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Alien Probe or Galactic Driftwood? SETI Tunes In to 'Oumuamua Ever since its discovery in mid-October as it passed by Earth already outbound from our solar system, the mysterious object dubbed 'Oumuamua (Hawaiian for "first messenger") has left scientists utterly perplexed. Zooming down almost perpendicularly inside Mercury's orbit at tens of thousands of ...
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The Tax Overhaul Could Cripple the US as a Leader in Science The graduate education system in the United States is rightly considered the best in the world. But Republicans in the House of Representatives have passed a bill that would undermine America's great universities and the nation's preeminence in scientific research, submitting to the self-serving ...
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Man in custody after terror attack on New York transport hub A man is in custody after he allegedly attempted to detonate a pipe bomb in a terrorist attack in an underground passageway near the busy Port Authority bus terminal in New York on Monday morning. James O'Neill, New York's police commissioner, said 27-year-old Akayed Ullah suffered burns after ...
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Branson's knee-in-the-groin showdown with BA's Walsh on hold Branson proposed a £1m bet that Virgin would still exist in five years. Walsh said he would accept on the basis he was suggesting Branson would no longer be in control of the airline – and that the stake be modified to a knee in the groin, arguing that £1m would not be a painful loss for the Virgin boss.
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Trump Jerusalem move hinders US interests in the region Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital upended decades of US foreign policy and created scores of anti-US/anti-Israel protests worldwide, while effectively killing the idea that Washington is a neutral party in the Palestinian-Israel conflict among the few who still had that perception.
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The GOP tax plan would blow a hole in American science The scientific enterprise in America heavily relies on grad students. They do mostly invisible work in thousands of labs and research institutions across the US, on everything from basic research about human cells to clinical research on how to cure cancer. Their contributions are essential to running ...
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NHS managers in England back Kerslake's underfunding claim Ian Dalton, the watchdog's chief executive, said: "The financial situation at King's has deteriorated very seriously over recent months and we have now placed the trust in special measures to maximise the amount of scrutiny and support that it receives." Lord Kerslake would be replaced as chairman by ...
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Three children die in suspected arson attack on house in Salford Four fire engines were called toa street in Worsley, Greater Manchester, after the fire broke out in the mid-terraced house at about 5am on Monday. Greater Manchester police confirmed they were treating the blaze as suspicious and that a murder investigation was under way. Police said a 14-year-old ...
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Malcolm Turnbull denies he is anti-China in combative Q&A appearance In a combative performance on the ABC's Q&A program on Monday night, Turnbull rejected a suggestion that Australia's intelligence agencies could have leaked details of a private conversation between the Labor senator Sam Dastyari and the Chinese businessman Huang Xiangmo, and insisted that ...
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Easy electric car trade expected to lose power in 2018 For investors wanting to ride the electric car boom, one of the best trades of 2017 was buying shares in the miners that supply the raw materials. Little-known companies such as Lithium Americas and China Molybdenum, one of the world's largest cobalt producers, have surged, matching the returns of ...
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