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New strain of swine flu detected in person for first time in UK | UK News
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A new strain of swine flu – similar to a flu virus currently circulating in pigs – has been detected in a human in the UK for the first time. The person was diagnosed with the infection – influenza A(H1N2)v – as part of routine national flu surveillance after visiting their GP in North Yorkshire…
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Scientists baffled after extremely high-energy particle detected falling to Earth | Science & Tech News
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A rare and extremely high-energy particle has been detected falling to Earth by astronomers. Named after the Japanese sun goddess, Amaterasu, it is one of the highest-energy cosmic rays ever detected, according to scientists. The Amaterasu particle has an energy exceeding 240 exa-electron volts (EeV) and comes only second in recorded history to the Oh-My-God…
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Fast radio burst: Astronomers spot most distant cosmic phenomenon detected so far in distant galaxy | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have spotted the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) to date in a galaxy so far away that its light took eight billion years to reach Earth. The remote blast of cosmic radio waves, whose source was detected by the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), lasted less than a millisecond. It…
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Mysterious dark spot on Neptune detected from Earth for first time | Science & Tech News
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Scientists have detected a mysterious dark spot on Neptune from Earth for the first time. The large, dark area is within Neptune’s atmosphere and next to an unexpected, smaller bright spot, experts have said. Spots are common on giant planets – the most famous being Jupiter’s Great Red Spot – but experts say this is…