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Urine traces provide insight into ancient animal domestication 18 Apr 2019 - 04:58 pm
Excavations underway at Asikli Hoyuk, the site of an ancient Turkish settlement where salts left behind by animal and human urine give clues about the development of livestock herding.  AFP/Askili Research Project / Mary Stiner
Facebook bans UK far-right groups 18 Apr 2019 - 04:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo are seen in front of displayed binary digits in this illustration taken, March 18, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Earth, meet Polo: Ralph Lauren unveils plastic bottle shirt 18 Apr 2019 - 02:16 pm
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Samsung's foldable screens fail in some early review models 18 Apr 2019 - 11:34 am
FILE PHOTO: The Samsung Galaxy Fold phone is shown on a screen at Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s Unpacked event in San Francisco, California, U.S., February 20, 2019 REUTERS/Stephen Nellis/File Photo
May the shopping be with you: French supermarket tests robot delivery 18 Apr 2019 - 10:30 am
A woman does her shopping at a store using an autonomous robot, shaped and inspired by Star Wars R2D2, in a test for the delivery of groceries by Franprix supermarket chain in the 13th district of Paris, France, April 17, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
NASA astronaut to set record for longest spaceflight by a woman 17 Apr 2019 - 07:53 pm
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Opinion: The terrible timing of YouTube's Notre-Dame snafu 17 Apr 2019 - 07:26 pm
A picture illustration shows YouTube on a cell phone in front of a YouTube copyright message regarding a video on an LCD screen in central Bosnian town of Zenica June 18, 2014. Reuters/Dado Ruvic
EU unfair practices digital rules put spotlight on Google, Amazon, Facebook 17 Apr 2019 - 03:25 pm
FILE PHOTO: Small toy figures are seen in front of Google logo in this illustration picture, April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Why TikTok ban may not have the desired results 17 Apr 2019 - 12:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: The logo of the TikTok application is seen on a mobile phone screen in this picture illustration taken February 21, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
Seals, caviar and oil: Caspian Sea faces pollution threat 16 Apr 2019 - 06:50 pm
Baku men fish at an embankment of the Caspian Sea whose surface at many palces now shows strips and patches of oil in this poto taken on March 22, 2019. AFP / Mladen Antonov
UK proposes banning social media 'likes' for children 15 Apr 2019 - 02:33 pm
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World's largest plane makes first flight 14 Apr 2019 - 04:43 pm
This handout photograph obtained courtesy of Stratolaunch shows the Stratolaunch plane flying above the California desert, April 13, 2019, the first test flight of the US company's gigantic aircraft whose wingspan is almost half that of an Airbus A380. (A
Seychelles president's underwater speech: Protect our oceans 14 Apr 2019 - 10:23 am
Screen grab of the video of president addressing from under the ocean that was shared live on twitter.
To get to the Moon in 2024, the rocket is just NASA's first headache 12 Apr 2019 - 07:59 pm
Vacuum sealed food on display inside the NASA Lunar Habitat designed by Lockheed Martin during the 35th Space Symposium at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, on April 9, 2019. AFP / Jason Connolly
WhatsApp renames, tweaks feature to ignore archives 12 Apr 2019 - 01:07 pm
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No nausea for Beth Moses, Virgin's space tourist trainer 11 Apr 2019 - 10:45 pm
(From L to R) Virgin Galactic Chief Pilot Dave Mackay, Chief Astronaut Instructor Beth Moses, and Lead Pilot trainer Mike ‘Sooch’ Masucci pose at the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April 9, 2019. AFP / Ivan Couronne
Scientists reveal first image ever of a black hole 10 Apr 2019 - 05:42 pm
A handout photo provided by the European Southern Observatory on April 10, 2019 shows the first photograph of a black hole and its fiery halo.
Green machines? Flying taxis could slash emissions for long journeys 09 Apr 2019 - 11:03 pm
An artistic rendering of an electric vertical takeoff and landing taxi cruising through an urban center. Dave Brenner/University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability