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In 1960, Nasa launched rhesus monkey Miss Sam on a Mercury escape test, reaching 1,800 mph before she landed safely in the Atlantic |

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In January 1960, Nasa launched the rhesus monkey Miss Sam aboard a Little Joe rocket from Wallops...

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Swiss scientists built tiny flying robots without motors or batteries, using sound waves to generate thrust and steer them through the air |

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Engineers in Switzerland have worked out how to make miniature robots fly and steer without a single...

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A 324-million-year-old fossil reveals an early insect with paddle-like limbs that lived between water and land before insects conquered Earth |

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Representative Image of Chosha praecursor, an early insect with paddle-like abdominal appendages in a prehistoric landscape (AI-generated...

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Quote of the day by Galileo Galilei: “The book of the universe cannot be understood unless one first learns to…” |

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The universe has fascinated humanity for centuries, but understanding it requires more than simply looking at the...

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In 1989, UK researchers turned 50 tonnes of coal-fired power station waste into an underwater reef; lobsters and crabs arrived within 3 weeks

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Representative Image (AI-generated) What happens when waste from a coal-fired power station is placed beneath the sea?...

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Quote of the day by Neil deGrasse Tyson: “As an educator, it’s my duty to empower you to think. So that you can…” – a powerful message on education |

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Quote of the day by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Image: Wikipedia) Neil deGrasse Tyson‘s words present education as...

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In 1925, a Kansas farm boy built his own telescope from scratch. Five years later, his homemade astronomy led him to discover Pluto |

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Long before Clyde Tombaugh was searching the skies from an observatory in Arizona, he was a farm...

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Hong Kong scientists found that ultrathin diamond sheets can generate electricity when bent, revealing a hidden piezoelectric effect |

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Diamond has long been regarded as a nonpiezoelectric material. Now, researchers have identified a piezoelectric effect in...

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Scientists use robots more than two kilometres beneath the Pacific to discover huge lava fields around an active underwater volcano |

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More than two kilometres beneath the surface of the Pacific, off the coast of Oregon, an active...

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Once hunted to near extinction, Brazil’s humpback whales make a stunning comeback, population surges from just 2,000 to nearly 35,000 in two decades

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A humpback whale breaches off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP photo) Humpback whales are...

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