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New Venus mission aims to unlock mysteries of 'Earth's twin'

Venus is the most Earth-like planet in size, composition and distance to our sun - but its surface is about 450C (842F).

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Europe wants to go its own way on digital identity

In its latest ambitious digital policy announcement, the European Union has proposed creating a framework for a “trusted and secure European e-ID” (aka digital identity) — which it s

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Hundreds of worms being sent into space for research on human muscle loss

As part of a new project involving UK scientists, the worms will be flown to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday.

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The SPAC trash ticker is counting down

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This week had the whole crew aboard to record: Grace and Chris making u

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Climate change drives global movement of marine species from equator

Photo taken in 2019 shows a sea turtle near Indonesia's Maratua Island. /CFP A University of Auckland-led research showed for the first time at a global scale and across all kinds of species t

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Yahoo Answers is shutting down - here are 10 of the best questions ever asked

For more than a decade the site was a magnet for trolls and pure comic genius, but Yahoo Answers is set to be shut down.

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Boy finds 480 million-year-old fossil using set he got for Christmas

Sid Singh was digging in his garden when he unearthed the fossilised remains of a creature dating back to the era of Pangea.

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Researchers look to ‘worm blobs’ to improve robotic movement

What, you are no doubt asking, is a worm a blob? Well, it’s a blob of worms, obviously. More specifically, it’s a blob of California blackworms. It’s not a flock, nor a swam nor a school. It’s a big,

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Trump's foreign policies hurt U.S., allies more than China

Verizon jumbotron advertises 5G network at Times Square in New York, U.S.. /Getty Editor's Note:Ken Moak taught economic theory, public policy and globalization at university level for 33 year

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Wildlife diseases poised to spread northwards as climate changes

As the world's climate warms, parasite-carried wildlife diseases will move north, with animals in cold far-north and high-altitude regions expected to suffer the most dramatic increases, warns a stud

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Unusual beak bone discovery reveals new pterosaur

Pterosaurs were winged cousins to dinosaurs and varied in size between being as massive as a fighter jet to as small as a sparrow.

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Amazon brings Twitch’s livestreams to its Amazon Music app

Amazon is leveraging its investment in live-streaming site Twitch to expand its Amazon Music service. The company announced this morning Twitch’s livestreams will now be available in the Amazon

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Hear from Lyft, Cruise, Nuro and Aurora about the road ahead for driverless vehicles

Autonomous vehicles have yet to become mainstream, but companies like Lyft, Cruise, Nuro and Aurora are still fighting the good fight. The AV space has always faced its share of regulatory and devel

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Treating children for worms yields long-term benefits: study

Children who receive sustained treatment against common parasitic infections grow up to achieve a higher standard of living, with long-lasting health and economic bene

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AI researchers condemn predictive crime software, citing racial bias and flawed methods

A collective of more than 1,000 researchers, academics and experts in artificial intelligence are speaking out against soon-to-be-published research claims to use neural networks to “predict cri

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NASA’s ‘Artemis Accords’ set forth new and old rules for outer space cooperation

NASA’s plan to return to the Moon is ambitious enough on its own, but the agency is aiming to modernize international cooperation in space in the process. Today it published a summary of the 

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GOP senator rejects Trump's demand for Obama to testify on Russia probe

Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, on Thursday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's demand that his predecessor, Barack Obama, should be called to