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Heat is on to bring cooling to 1 billion people without it 08 Nov 2019 - 12:52 pm
Men cool off from the heatwave as they shower at a water fountain along a road in Karachi, May 25, 2018. Reuters /  Akhtar Soomro
Shrinking Arctic ice linked to spread of deadly animal virus 08 Nov 2019 - 10:00 am
An undated handout picture obtained from the Russian Arctic National Park on March 4, 2019, shows  A polar bear off the coast of the remote Russian northern Novaya Zemlya archipelago. AFP
Iconic Pacific bird sanctuary ravaged by plastic and death 07 Nov 2019 - 06:37 pm
Midway Atoll, one of the older formations in the Hawaiian Islands chain, provides nesting habitat for millions of seabirds, including Laysan albatross and black-footed albatross.
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Huge trove of mammoth skeletons found in Mexico 07 Nov 2019 - 06:37 pm
The skeletal remains were found in Tultepec, near the site where President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's government is building a new airport for Mexico City. (YouTube/AFP news agency)
Green cement? Captured carbon may fuel new markets and help climate 07 Nov 2019 - 06:37 pm
Marisas hotel made with cement and lava on the roof of the owners' former house in the village of Portelo in Cha das Caldeiras valley, Cape Verde on March 30, 2019. AFP  / Anne-Sophie Faivre Le Cadre
Standing tall: Scientists find oldest example of upright ape 07 Nov 2019 - 05:02 pm
Twenty-one fossilized bones of the most complete partial skeleton of a male of the extinct ape species Danuvius guggenmosi, which lived about 12 million years ago in southern Germany, is seen in this photo illustration released in Tubingen, Germany on Nov
Robot Wars: Russia's Yandex begins autonomous delivery testing 07 Nov 2019 - 03:14 pm
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Russian internet group Yandex is pictured at the company's headquarter in Moscow, Russia October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo
China imposes curfew on minors in gaming crackdown 07 Nov 2019 - 10:04 am
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Leaked Facebook records belie public push for user privacy 06 Nov 2019 - 11:38 pm
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Put down that phone! Indonesians invent device to aid internet-addicted 06 Nov 2019 - 01:06 pm
Nettox, a wristband device invented by Indonesian students to alert people about the time they spent being sedentary, is pictured on a table during a test at a university in Depok near Jakarta, Indonesia, October 16, 2019. Picture taken October 16, 2019.
Scientists predict El Nino in 2020 based on earlier warning method 05 Nov 2019 - 09:03 pm
Workers remove mud from the N-11 road after floods caused by torrential rain north of Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 23, 2019. Reuters/Albert Gea
Microsoft launches new Office app for Android, iOS 05 Nov 2019 - 11:26 am
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Boeing tests space crew capsule, reports problem with parachute 05 Nov 2019 - 07:56 am
This NASA handout photo released November 4, 2019 shows Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner’s four launch abort engines and several orbital maneuvering and attitude control thrusters as they ignite in the company’s Pad Abort Test, pushing the spacecraft away from
Microsoft wants to teach drones, robots and drills how to think 04 Nov 2019 - 07:31 pm
A Microsoft logo is seen on an office building in New York City, July 28, 2015. Reuters / Mike Segar
Oil spill in Brazil hits breeding grounds for humpback whales 04 Nov 2019 - 06:30 pm
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae straining krill in Alaskan sea. (Southeast National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Microsoft Japan says four-day work week boosted productivity 40% 04 Nov 2019 - 04:38 pm
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NASA probe provides insight on solar system's border with interstellar space 04 Nov 2019 - 12:31 pm
This NASA file handout image obtained on August 9, 2002 shows one of the twin Voyager spacecraft.  AFP/ NASA
Tesla under scrutiny over software, battery problems 04 Nov 2019 - 09:45 am
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