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Science: Fifty Years Later: a Look at Sputnik's Legacy
When Sputnik first orbited the Earth 50 years ago, the world gazed at the heavens in awe and apprehension. The world's first man-made satellite marked a stunning achievement and helped define the course of the space race. |
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Science: Etna's fireworks
Etna erupts regularly, but rarely causes any damage to the surrounding villages. Although the local airport of Catania, based at the base of the volcano, would close during the night as a precaution. |
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Science: Humans blamed for dolphin's demise
The first extinction of a large vertebrate for more than 50 years has been declared after desperate efforts to rescue it came up short. Experts say the Yangtze River Dolphin has been killed off due to it being getting caught up in the nets of fishing boats in Eastern China where it lived. It... |
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Science: Dirt digger rocketing toward Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A robotic dirt and ice digger rocketed toward Mars on Saturday, beginning a 422 million-mile journey that NASA hopes will culminate next spring in the first ever landing within the red planet's Arctic Circle. |
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