United Arab Emirates launches mission to Mars

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[caption id="attachment_6436" align="alignnone" width="959"] A picture taken on Jul 19, 2020, shows a screen broadcasting the launch of the "Hope" Mars probe at the Mohammed...

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Red kite 30-year Chilterns project a ‘conservation success’

July 19, 2020July 20, 2020

The reintroduction of red kites to an area of outstanding natural beauty 30 years ago has been a "true conservation success story", an expert has...

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Assam flooding: Several rare rhinos die in India’s Kaziranga park

July 19, 2020July 20, 2020

More than 100 wild animals, including at least eight rare rhinos, have died in recent flooding at a national park in north-eastern India, officials say....

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Twitter says attackers downloaded data from up to eight non-verified accounts

July 18, 2020July 18, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6289" align="alignnone" width="896"] The Twitter logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration taken November 26, 2019. [/caption] SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter said...

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SpaceX capsule carrying NASA astronauts slated for Aug 2 return

July 17, 2020July 18, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6283" align="alignnone" width="948"] A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off [/caption] WASHINGTON:...

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Amazon soya and beef exports ‘linked to deforestation’

July 17, 2020July 18, 2020

Up to one-fifth of Brazil's soya exports to the European Union may be "contaminated" by illegal deforestation, a study has found. [caption id="attachment_6277" align="alignnone" width="957"]...

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Scientists shed light on how the blackest fish in the sea ‘disappear’

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020

An ocean mystery - how the blackest fish in the deep sea are so extremely black - has been solved in a study that began...

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Climate change: Summers could become ‘too hot for humans’

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020

Millions of people around the world could be exposed to dangerous levels of heat stress - a dangerous condition which can cause organs to shut...

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Solar Orbiter: Closest ever pictures taken of the Sun

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020

New pictures of the Sun taken just 77 million km (48 million miles) from its surface are the closest ever acquired by cameras. [caption id="attachment_5990"...

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Methane emissions rise 9 per cent in decade

July 14, 2020July 15, 2020

[caption id="attachment_5727" align="alignnone" width="941"] Methane (CH4) has a warming potential 28 times higher than CO2 over a 100-year period [/caption] PARIS: Emissions of methane -...