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Earth 2,000 light years closer to supermassive black hole at center of our galaxy than we thought

A new map of the Milky Way by Japanese space experts has put Earth 2,000 light years closer to the supermassive black hole at...

AI ‘doctor’s assistant’ among projects given £20m

A computerized system that advises doctors on the best treatment to give a patient is among the artificial intelligence (AI) projects that have been...

Electric carmakers are in a stock market bubble

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Hundreds of Syrians exit Lebanese town over tensions: UN

At least 270 Syrian families have left a north Lebanon town, as hostility toward them mounted over a murder allegedly committed by a Syrian...

Urban women have higher risk of chronic diseases than rural dwellers in Africa

African women who live in cities are seven percent more likely to have chronic diseases than rural dwellers.

Europe’s one-time bond market pariahs now locked in race to 0%

Less than a decade ago, when Portugal stood at the brink of bankruptcy, its bond rate jumped above 18%. This week it yielded next...

China’s first domestically made nuclear reactor goes online

China powered up its first domestically developed nuclear reactor – the Hualong One – a significant step in Beijing's attempts to become less dependent...

Polar scientists wary of impending satellite gap

There is going to be a gap of several years in our ability to measure the thickness of ice at the top and bottom...

Cyprus rocky testing ground For Mars

International and Cypriot experts on Friday discussed a research project to test space equipment on the Mediterranean island before sending it to Mars to...

Yemen: In a country stalked by disease, COVID barely registers

On a ward in Ataq general hospital, in the dusty central province of Shabwa in Yemen, six-month-old Muna Bassam is lying on her back,...

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