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Climate change: Extreme weather causes huge losses in 2020
The world continued to pay a very high price for extreme weather in 2020, according to a report from the...
Doggerland: How did the Atlantis of the North Sea sink?
Around 10,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, the sea level in northern Europe was still...
When will we have a COVID-19 vaccine?
There are more than 50 clinical trials worldwide testing potential vaccines, known as candidates, against COVID-19. So far, one of the vaccine...
Hayabusa2: Capsule with asteroid samples scheduled to return to Earth
In the desert of South Australia on Sunday, December 6 at around 4:30 a.m. local time, a container of dust and...
Hayabusa2: Capsule with asteroid samples scheduled to return to Earth
The Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 is to deliver samples of asteroid Ryugu to Earth this Saturday night. A year and...
German scientists identify warning sign for severe COVID
Researchers at German universities have identified immature blood cells that could signal coagulation complications in patients with COVID-19. Potential severe...
Science fiction films a ‘projection’ of our coronavirus times
This has got to be the best and worst time for an online film festival. There's no red carpet, but...
Chinese spacecraft sets off on Moon sample quest
China has launched a mission to try to retrieve rock samples from the Moon. Its robotic Chang'e-5 spacecraft departed the...
NASA launch Saturday: This satellite will track Earth’s sea level rise
More than 830 miles above Earth's surface, a next-generation satellite will keep an eye on global sea levels. The Sentinel-6...
‘Real and imminent’ extinction risk to whales
More than 350 scientists and conservationists from 40 countries have signed a letter calling for glo..
Federal Government focuses on “integrated security”
Berlin (dpa) – The Federal Government is responding to the challenges of an increasingly unstable world order by means of a “policy...
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