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Baby in India born ‘pregnant’ with his half-formed twin
August 2, 2017
Baby in India born ‘pregnant’ with his half-formed twin
A baby in India has been born ‘pregnant’ with his half-formed twin. The rare case of ‘fetus-in-fetu’ is a congenital…
Egyptian scientist wins the Innovation Prize for Africa
July 23, 2017
Egyptian scientist wins the Innovation Prize for Africa
Egypt’s Aly al-Shafei, professor of Mechanical Engineering at Cairo University, announced the winner of the grand prize for The African…
Germany to support Egypt to be main aerospace center in Africa
July 13, 2017
Germany to support Egypt to be main aerospace center in Africa
The German Aerospace Center expressed readiness to provide Egypt with technical and logistic support to turn it into a main…
Looking for Humans’ origins in a Bulgarian savannah
June 16, 2017
Looking for Humans’ origins in a Bulgarian savannah
Palaeontologists work near the site in Bulgaria where a fossilised tooth with three roots was found, which some researchers say…
This is us: Earliest fossils of our species found in Morocco
June 8, 2017
This is us: Earliest fossils of our species found in Morocco
How long has our species been around? New fossils from Morocco push the evidence back by about 100,000 years. The…
A real scorcher: NASA probe to fly into sun’s atmosphere
June 2, 2017
A real scorcher: NASA probe to fly into sun’s atmosphere
The Parker Solar Probe is set to orbit within 3.9 million miles of the sun’s surface, where temperatures exceed 2,500…
Google Artificial Intelligence (AI) beats human Chinese master in ancient checkers game of Go
May 23, 2017
Google Artificial Intelligence (AI) beats human Chinese master in ancient checkers game of Go
A Google artificial intelligence program defeated a Chinese grand master at the ancient board game Go on Tuesday, a major…
Strongest dinosaur ever, Tyrannosaurus rex., could bite with the force of three cars
May 18, 2017
Strongest dinosaur ever, Tyrannosaurus rex., could bite with the force of three cars
Scientists have come up with one more reason to be amazed by Tyrannosaurus rex. When the huge carnivorous dinosaur took…
Egyptian researcher develops lifetime supercapacitor for pacemakers
May 8, 2017
Egyptian researcher develops lifetime supercapacitor for pacemakers
Egyptian researcher Islam Mosa, who works at the University of Connecticut, has developed a supercapacitor battery that can be used…
First large-scale malaria vaccine trials for Africa
April 24, 2017
First large-scale malaria vaccine trials for Africa
A new malaria vaccine will be tested on a large scale in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi, the World Health Organization…