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Hawking launches biggest-ever search for alien life
July 20, 2015
Hawking launches biggest-ever search for alien life
British cosmologist Stephen Hawking on Monday launched the biggest-ever search for intelligent life in the universe in a 10-year, US$100-million…
Planned Parenthood head sorry for tone in video on fetal tissue use
July 19, 2015
Planned Parenthood head sorry for tone in video on fetal tissue use
Planned Parenthood's president apologized on Thursday for the "tone and statements" of a senior staff member who was secretly recorded…
Study: Long-term life support on Mars should be possible someday
July 8, 2015
Study: Long-term life support on Mars should be possible someday
When the first two human colonists land on Mars, they could step into their ready-made living quarters, remove their space…
Venus and Jupiter are coming closer today in Cairo skies
June 30, 2015
Venus and Jupiter are coming closer today in Cairo skies
Cairenes can enjoy a beautiful view tonight when the planets of Venus and Jupiter appear close together in the sky. According…
Solar-powered plane takes off from Japan for trans-Pacific crossing
June 30, 2015
Solar-powered plane takes off from Japan for trans-Pacific crossing
A solar-powered plane took off from Japan on Monday on the seventh leg of its journey round the world, a…
DNA-based technology detects meat, dairy fraud
June 22, 2015
DNA-based technology detects meat, dairy fraud
Researchers at the City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications in Alexandria have developed a new way of detecting fraud…
Japan aims to resume Antarctic whaling later this year
June 21, 2015
Japan aims to resume Antarctic whaling later this year
Japan says it plans to resume whale hunts in the Antarctic later this year, even though the International Whaling Commission…
Jupiter, Venus visible in Cairo Saturday
June 21, 2015
Jupiter, Venus visible in Cairo Saturday
Jupiter and Venus will be visible Saturday night in Cairo, said Egypt’s national astronomy body. Ashraf Tadrus, head of astronomy at…
NGO: Famed Syria mosaic museum damaged in barrel bombing
June 20, 2015
NGO: Famed Syria mosaic museum damaged in barrel bombing
Syria's best-known mosaic museum in the northern rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan has been seriously damaged in a regime barrel…
Is it a building? Is it a rock? Using technology to chart the ‘unmapped world’
June 16, 2015
Is it a building? Is it a rock? Using technology to chart the ‘unmapped world’
Load up Google Maps and zoom in on Manhattan and you will see skyscrapers' air vents mapped in three dimensions.…