In a rarity, a meteor hit and an asteroid near-miss on same day
By Irene Klotz BOSTON (Reuters) - An asteroid half the size of a football field passed closer to Earth than any other known object o...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Orbital Sciences Corp worries that budget pressures and "old habits" may limit funding for the U.S. governmen...
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Aquarium fights to get disabled turtle swimming again
By Ruairidh Villar KOBE, Japan (Reuters) - Life looked grim for Yu, a loggerhead turtle, when she washed up in a Japanese fishing ne...
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Ancient asteroid strike in Australia "changed face of earth"
By Michael Sin SYDNEY (Reuters) - A strike from a big asteroid more than 300 million years ago left a huge impact zone buried in Aus...
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"Meteorite rush" begins as Russian scientists find fragments
By Alissa de Carbonnel MOSCOW (Reuters) - A meteor that exploded over Russia's Ural mountains and sent fireballs blazing to earth ha...
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Tyrannosaurus at center of custody case going home to Mongolia
By Chris Francescani NEW YORK (Reuters) - A nearly complete 70-million-year-old tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton will be returned to Mo...
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Asteroid to pass close by Earth on Friday
By Irene Klotz BOSTON (Reuters) - A newly discovered asteroid about half the size of a football field will pass nearer to Earth than...
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U.S.-based inventors lead world in nanotechnology patents: study
By Erin Geiger Smith (Reuters) - Inventors based in the United States led the world in nanotechnology patent applications and grants...
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Tycoons Slim, Gates open Mexico agricultural research center
By David Alire Garcia TEXCOCO (Reuters) - Carlos Slim and Bill Gates, the two richest men on the planet, inaugurated a new agricultu...
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Pentagon stands by use of lithium-ion batteries on F-35 fighters
By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said it plans to continue using lithium-ion batteries on the new F-35 fight...
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