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The SpaceX Starship lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 20, 2023.
The SpaceX Starship lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 20, 2023.
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Musk's dreams for Starbase city in Texas hang on vote

Tech billionaire Elon Musk's dream of gaining city status for his SpaceX spaceport in the southern US state of Texas could become a reality on Saturday, with voters set to green light Starbase as a new municipality.

2 days ago
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Rediscovering the beauty of travel through the Trip.com light and music show

Vibrant colors and luminous light reflections coming together, the Trip.com light and music show awakes the magical desire of wanderlust with its picturesque graphics projected into a cascading waterfall.

3 days ago
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Oldest-known ant preserved in 113 million-year-old Brazilian fossil

This ant is roughly 13 million years older than the previous oldest-known ants, specimens found in France and Myanmar that were preserved in amber, which is fossilized tree sap.

1 week ago

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Skeleton of huge dinosaur unearthed in Portugal

Paleontologists in Portugal have unearthed the fossilized skeleton of what could be the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe.

2 years ago
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Virtual reality revives Iraq's war-ravaged heritage

An Iraqi museum is using computer technology and virtual reality headsets to turn back time, so visitors can explore heritage sites destroyed by jihadist fighters and in battles to defeat them.

2 years ago
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Webb telescope finds CO2 for first time in exoplanet atmosphere

Although the exoplanet would never be able to support life as we know it, the successful discovery of CO2 gives researchers hope that similar observations could be carried out on rocky objects more hospitable to life.

2 years ago
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Elon Musk's Twitter friendship with Indian superfan

Not many people can boast of having candid conversations about planetary conquest with Elon Musk, but for Indian software engineer Pranay Pathole, a friendly chat with Musk is just a tweet away.

2 years ago
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Ex-security chief accuses Twitter of hiding major flaws

Twitter misled users and federal regulators about glaring weaknesses in its ability to protect personal data, the platform's former security chief claimed.

2 years ago
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You’re crying! Study shows dogs get teary-eyed when they reunite with owners

Dog owners know the pure joy of returning home to be greeted by their tail-wagging companion. But those ecstatic canines might be shedding more than just fur on your clothes -- they might also be tearing up, according to a new study published on Monday in the journal Current Biology.

2 years ago
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Apple warns of flaw that lets hackers into iPhones, Macs

Patches were released Thursday and Wednesday by the tech titan to fix what it described as a vulnerability hackers already knew about and may be taking advantage of.

2 years ago
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Bionic hand can be updated with new gestures, anytime, anywhere

Bionic hands convert electrical impulses from the muscles in the upper arm into movement powered by motors in the hand, enabling a user to hold a glass, open a door or pick up an egg.

2 years ago
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US astronaut Jessica Watkins sets sights on Moon ... and Mars

At 34, Watkins has many years ahead of her at the United States space agency NASA, and could very well be one of the first women to step foot on the Moon in the coming years as a member of the Artemis team preparing for upcoming lunar missions.

2 years ago
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Fresh fears after Facebook's role in US abortion case

Facebook sparked outrage by complying with US police probing an abortion case, boosting simmering fears the platform will be a tool for clamping down on the procedure.

2 years ago
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Facebook use plunges among US teens: survey

TikTok has "emerged as a top social media platform for US teens" while Google-run YouTube "stands out as the most common platform used by teens," the report's authors wrote.

2 years ago
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Online hell: Cyberbullying in Indonesia remains vicious and rampant

Shocking details aside, the death of a bullied student in Tasikmalaya last July goes to show how widespread cyberbullying remains here.

2 years ago
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Twitter says Musk making up excuses to breach deal

Twitter said the notion Elon Musk was "hoodwinked" into inking a $44 billion buyout deal defies reason and the facts.

2 years ago
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SpaceX debris discovered in Australian sheep paddock

A charred chunk of space junk found jutting from a paddock by an Australian sheep farmer was part of one of Elon Musk's SpaceX missions, authorities confirmed on Thursday.

2 years ago
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Scientists revive cells and organs in dead pigs

Scientists announced Wednesday they have restored blood flow and cell function throughout the bodies of pigs that were dead for an hour, in a breakthrough experts say could mean we need to update the definition of death itself.

2 years ago
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Webb telescope captures colourful Cartwheel Galaxy

Located around 500 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Sculptor, the Cartwheel gained its shape during a spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies.

2 years ago
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S.Korea develops nanotech tattoo as health monitoring device

South Koreans may soon be able to carry a device inside their own bodies in the form of a bespoke tattoo that automatically alerts them to potential health problems, if a science team's project bears fruit.

2 years ago
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Gluttonous cosmic 'black widow' is heaviest-known neutron star

Astronomers have observed the most-massive known example of an object called a neutron star, one classified as a "black widow" that got particularly hefty by gobbling up most of the mass of a stellar companion trapped in an unhappy cosmic marriage.

2 years ago
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First nationwide data journalism conference kicks off

The Data and Computational Journalism Conference Indonesia (DCJ-CI), which runs from Wednesday to Saturday and features 16 seminars and six workshops, covers new media technology and data-driven journalism.

2 years ago
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String theory: NASA Mars rover discovers mystery object

Is it tumbleweed? A piece of fishing line? Spaghetti? An object discovered by NASA's Mars rover has intrigued space watchers.

2 years ago
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Facebook's Meta posts first-ever revenue drop

Facebook-parent Meta reported its first quarterly revenue drop as the social media powerhouse battles a turbulent economy and the rising phenomenon of TikTok.

2 years ago
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European satellite firms eye tie-up to create ‘global champion’

French satellite-operator Eutelsat said on Monday it was in talks with British counterpart OneWeb for a tie-up to create a "global champion" in broadband internet, rivaling United States services like Elon Musk's Starlink.

2 years ago
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Will AI-based recruitment process lead to gender discrimination?

Do artificial intelligence-assisted recruitments lead to gender-based bias?

2 years ago
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String theory: NASA Mars rover discovers mystery object

But the most plausible explanation is more prosaic: it's likely remnants of a component used to lower the robotic explorer to the Martian surface in February 2021.

2 years ago
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Instagram top news source among UK teens: study

Nearly three in 10 teenagers used Instagram as their news source in 2022, with TikTok and YouTube both on 28 percent.

2 years ago
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YouTube vows to remove abortion misinformation

YouTube on Thursday said it will start removing videos containing false or unsafe claims about abortion in a crackdown on misinformation about the medical procedure.

2 years ago
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Webb telescope may have already found most distant known galaxy

Known as GLASS-z13, the galaxy dates back to 300 million years after the Big Bang, about 100 million years earlier than anything previously identified, Rohan Naidu of the Harvard Center for Astrophysics told AFP.

2 years ago
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Job seekers in Africa easy prey for online scammers

From careers in banking to roles in globe-spanning agencies, social media in Africa is awash with lucrative job offers.

2 years ago
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Court battle to open in Musk, Twitter buyout fight

Elon Musk and Twitter will face off Tuesday in the first court hearing over the Tesla chief's move to abandon their $44 billion buyout deal.

2 years ago
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Webb begins hunt for the first stars and habitable worlds

Here is a look at two early projects that will take advantage of the orbiting observatory's powerful instruments.

2 years ago