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  • Zigzag design on shell called landmark feat for early humans

    By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's a simple zigzag design scratched onto the surface of a freshwater mussel shell on the Ind...

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  • Scientists map genetic diversity of sub-Saharan Africa

    By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have made the most comprehensive map yet of African genetic variation and say it shoul...

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  • Europe recovers wayward Galileo satellite

    FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Europe has recovered one of two satellites that were put into the wrong orbit when launched in August and may ...

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  • Airbus, Safran inaugurate space launcher venture

    PARIS (Reuters) - Aerospace groups Airbus and Safran formally inaugurated a joint venture to pool their space launcher activities on...

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  • Japanese asteroid probe sets off on six-year journey

    By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese space probe named after a falcon blasted off on Wednesday, setting off on a six-year rou...

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  • Bill would cap Russian engines on U.S. satellite launches

    By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A compromise defense policy bill in Congress would bar the purchase of more Russian-made r...

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  • Stolen dinosaur skull can be returned to Mongolia: U.S. court

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The remains of a 70-million-year-old dinosaur that was falsely labeled as a cheap replica and smuggled into New...

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  • New U.S. spaceship set for Thursday test flight

    By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A new U.S. spaceship designed to fly astronauts to Mars and other deep space destina...

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  • European ministers approve new Ariane 6 rocket

    By Cyril Altmeyer LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - European nations approved funding for a new Ariane 6 space rocket on Tuesday, pooling their...

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  • Gene studies suggest King Richard III was a blond, blue-eyed boy

    LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists analyzing 500-year-old bones found under a car park say it is now beyond almost any doubt that...

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