Global warming will make insects hungrier, eating up key crops: study
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France-Presse TAMPA, United States (APF) - Researchers have found a new way that global warming is…
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Robot teachers invade Chinese kindergartens
by Elizabeth Law and Danni Zhu Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The Chinese kindergarten children giggled as they…
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‘Blood moon’ dazzles skygazers in century’s longest eclipse on July 27
by Pascale Mollard Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- The longest "blood moon" eclipse this century dazzled skygazers…
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Red planet and ‘blood moon’ pair up to dazzle skygazers
by Mariette le Roux and Pascale Mollard Agence France-Presse The longest "blood moon" eclipse this century will coincide with Mars'…
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Sterilized mosquito trial slashes dengue-spreading population in an Australian town
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP)--More than 80 percent of a dengue fever-spreading mosquito has been wiped out in an Australian town during…
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Candidate AIDS vaccine passes key early test
by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- The near 40-year quest for an AIDS vaccine received…
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Electricity potential answer to the mystery of ‘flying’ spiders
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Cloudy with a chance of... spiders? The phenomenon of "flying" spiders gliding into the air…
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Saving the koala, with science
by Mariëtte Le Roux © Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - Australia's iconic koala, its very existence imperilled by disease,…
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US trial over Roundup cancer link set to open
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP)-- First of its kind trial over whether Monsanto herbicide Roundup caused a groundskeeper's lethal cancer…
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End of the line for ASIMO, Japan’s famed robot?
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - It has played football with former US president Barack Obama and danced for German leader…
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Robotics Barbie aims to inspire young scientists
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- An inspirational new version of Barbie will encourage young girls to embark on careers…
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Early detection of ‘olive tree leprosy’ with drones
by Marlowe Hood Agence France-Presse A bacterial infection ravaging olive orchards in southern Europe can be detected from small…
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