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Facebook taps user data to defend workers from threat

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) - Facebook gathers intelligence from its platform to identify people who threaten the firm or…

NASA heading back to Moon soon, and this time to stay

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- NASA is accelerating plans to return Americans to the Moon, and this time, the US…

Airbus pulls plug on costly A380 superjumbo as sales plummet

by Joseph Schmid Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- European aerospace giant Airbus said Thursday that it would stop…

Mission complete: NASA announces demise of Opportunity rover

by Ivan Couronne Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- During 14 years of intrepid exploration across Mars it…

Robot probes radioactive fuel at Japan’s Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A robot will attempt to examine radioactive fuel at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant on Wednesday in…

NASA to make final attempt to contact Mars Opportunity Rover

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US space agency NASA will make one final attempt to contact its Opportunity Rover on…

The art and science of Japan’s cherry blossom forecast

by Natsuko FUKUE Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- As spring approaches in Japan, the country's weather forecasters face one…

Instagram tightens rules on self-injury images

by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Instagram late Thursday announced it is clamping down on…

Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe to land on asteroid on Feb 22

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A Japanese probe sent to examine an asteroid in order to shed light on the origins…

Magnetic north pole leaves Canada, on fast new path

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The position of the Earth's magnetic North Pole -- used in navigation systems such as…

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