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Mystery object that crashed into Florida home last month was ‘discarded space junk’, NASA says | Science & Tech News
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A mystery object that fell from the sky before crashing into a home in Florida last month was a piece of space junk, NASA has said. The space agency said on Monday the cylindrical chunk of metal, which weighed 0.7kg (1.6lbs) and was 10cm (four inches) tall and around 4cm (1.5 inches) wide had been…
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Computer scientist is not mystery Bitcoin inventor ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’, judge rules | Business News
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An Australian computer scientist is not ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’, the pseudonym attributed to the unknown person widely credited with inventing Bitcoin, a High Court judge has ruled. Dr Craig Wright, who claimed he was Satoshi, was sued by the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (Copa), a non-profit group that includes cryptocurrency firms. During the five-week trial, the…
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WHO seeks answers from China about mystery outbreak of respiratory illness | World News
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The World Health Organisation has asked China for more detailed information about an outbreak of a respiratory illness and reported clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children. Since mid-October, the WHO said northern China had reported an increase in influenza-like illnesses compared with the same period in the previous three years. In recent days, local media…
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Mystery sudden deaths of endangered African elephants now solved, scientists say | Science & Tech News
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A team of scientists say they have discovered what caused the sudden deaths of hundreds of elephants in Africa in 2020. More than 300 elephants died in Botswana’s Okavango delta in the May and June of 2020, with another 35 dying in Zimbabwe two months later. The deaths triggered an international mystery, with only poaching…
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Mystery Chinese spacecraft returns to Earth after 276 days in orbit | World News
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An experimental Chinese spacecraft has returned to Earth after staying in orbit for 276 days, China’s state media has reported. The spacecraft completed a landmark mission to test the country’s reusable space technologies, the report added. State media said the uncrewed spacecraft returned to the Jiuquan launch centre in northwest China as scheduled. The spacecraft…
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Astronomers solve mystery about quasars – and the likely future of the Milky Way | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have solved the mystery of how quasars – the brightest and most powerful objects in the universe – are ignited. These celestial objects of very high luminosity are found in the centres of some galaxies and can be a trillion times brighter than the sun, according to NASA. Although first discovered 60 years ago,…
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Mystery behind how the X chromosome gets it shape could finally be resolved | UK News
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Scientists believe they have resolved one of the great mysteries of life – how chromosomes get their X shape. Chromosomes are long DNA molecules which contain the genetic material of an organism. These structures were discovered in the late 1800s after the light microscope was invented. They have an X shape, but the reason behind…
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NASA releases new images of Uranus which could unravel mystery about planet | Science & Tech News
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NASA has released stunning new images of Uranus which could help unravel a mysterious feature of the planet. The images, taken using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, show the planet’s rings in more detail than they have ever been seen before. Though the rings have been captured in previous images, these are said to be…
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Mystery of 17th-century warship wreck off UK coast is solved by scientists | World News
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Scientists have solved the mystery of the identity of a 17th-century Dutch warship wrecked off the coast of England while carrying slabs of fine Italian marble. While the wreck sank in 1672 and was discovered in 2019 off the coast of Sussex, until now it was known as the “Unknown Wreck off Eastbourne”. However, scientists…
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Baby deaths mystery from 1930s solved by researchers finding ‘abnormal’ gene shape link to vitamin D side-effects | UK News
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An 80-year-old mystery linked to a wave of baby deaths in the 1930s and 1940s has finally been solved by researchers. The fatal ingredient was found in household staples – milk, bread, cereal, margarine. But it was put there to try and make children healthier. In the early 1900s, more than 80% of children were…