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China launches int'l agricultural science program
The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) Wednesday launched an international agricultural science program to strengthen cooperation between CAAS and its global partners in developing cutting-edge agricultural science and technology.
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S. Africa parliament approves convention to establish world's largest radio telescope
South Africa's National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday approved a convention to establish the world's largest radio telescope observatory.
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Most distant world ever explored gets new name: Arrokoth
That means "sky" in the language of the Native American Powhatan people, NASA said Tuesday.
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Apollo 12: Fifty years ago, a passionate scientist's keen eye led to the first pinpoint landing on the Moon
When Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, it was a giant leap for mankind and a huge success for American engineering, but there was one aspect of the mission that hadn’t really gone as planned. When Neil Armstrong manually guided the lunar module to a safe touchdown, he had to override the computer which had the craft landing in a field of boulders. It left the demonstration of precision automated guidance to Apollo 12.
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Mini Mercury skips across sun's vast glare in rare transit
Mini Mercury skipped across the vast, glaring face of the sun Monday in a rare celestial transit.
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China to meet challenges of exploring asteroid, comet
Chinese space engineers are tackling the key technologies needed to explore a near-Earth asteroid and a main-belt comet with one space probe.
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Brazil plans to create 8 AI labs
The Brazilian government on Monday announced a plan to build eight artificial intelligence (AI) labs across the country.
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Wine cellar in space: 12 bottles arrive for year of aging
A dozen bottles of fine French wine arrived at the space station Monday, not for the astronauts, but for science.
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U.S. engineers develop two-legged, teleoperated robot that mimics human balance
Engineers in the United States have developed a method to control balance in a two-legged, remotely controlled robot, which may in the future carry out high-impact tasks in challenging environments.
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China's lunar rover travels over 300 meters on moon's far side
China's lunar rover Yutu-2 has driven 318.62 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory.
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