German carmakers under fire for tests on humans, monkeys
by Michelle FITZPATRICK Agence France-Presse FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) -- German carmakers came under fire Monday following revelations they…
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Exercise tracking app reveals details of military sites
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A map showing paths taken by users of an exercise tracking app reveals potentially sensitive…
6 years ago
Chinese volunteers spend 200 days on virtual ‘moon base’
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese students spent 200 continuous days in a "lunar lab" in Beijing, state media said Friday,…
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Dutch police launch biggest-ever DNA hunt for boy’s killer
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- Dutch police on Friday launched the country's biggest ever DNA search, asking over 20,000 men…
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Ariane 5 satellites in orbit but not in right location
by Fred Farine Agence France-Presse KOUROU, France (AFP) -- Two commercial satellites have been placed in orbit by an Ariane…
6 years ago
Take the next U-turn: US driver following GPS plunges into lake
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Technology won't always save us. A man blindly following his GPS app has driven an…
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First monkeys cloned by process that made Dolly the sheep
by Etienne Lamy-Smith with Kerry Sheridan in Miami Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Scientists in China have created the…
6 years ago
SpaceX performs first ‘static fire’ of Falcon Heavy rocket
MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- SpaceX on Wednesday test-fired its Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in a launch…
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Two US spacewalkers replace latching end of robotic arm
MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Two US astronauts floated outside the International Space Station on Tuesday for a seven-hour, 24-minute…
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Facebook acknowledges social media’s risks to democracy
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - Facebook acknowledged Monday that widespread use of social media can be harmful to democracy, while pledging to work to…
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