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Scientists sail for Greenland to study glacier melt risk

By Susanna TwidaleHARWICH, England, July 15 (Reuters) - An international team of around 80 scientists and crew will set sail on polar research ship the RSS David Attenborough for Greenland ‌this week to investigate whether the island's rapidly melting glaciers could...

Rare T. rex fossil sells for record $50.1 million at auction

A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton from South Dakota has become the world's most expensive fossil sold at auction, after fetching a record $50,130,000 at Sotheby's in New York Tuesday.The skeleton, which is about 67 million years old, is nicknamed Gus after the late Gary...

Astronomers detect sugar in interstellar space for the first time

Astronomers have detected a natural sugar found in raspberries in clouds of interstellar dust and gas near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.The sweet discovery shows for the first time that compounds that are key to life can form in the vast expanse between stars...

Russian Soyuz rocket launches fresh crew to space station

Physician-astronaut Anil Menon, a former flight surgeon with NASA and then SpaceX who rejoined NASA as an astronaut along with his wife Anna, rocketed into space Tuesday with two Russian cosmonauts for an eight-month stay aboard the International Space Station.Soyuz...

Why training your sense of smell might be good for brain health

Stopping to smell the roses is good life advice. And research suggests it may have an added benefit: It could be a good way to improve your brain health.The loss of the sense of smell is often one of the first warning signs of neurodegenerative conditions such as...

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Can Dogs Sense PTSD?

Can Dogs Sense PTSD?

It’s safe to say that dogs are pretty incredible. According to a survey done by the American Veterinary Medical Association, there were around seventy-seven million dogs in American households at the end of 2016. To quote a cliché, dogs are “man’s best friend” and for...

Recent Deadly Crash Halts Uber’s Progress with Autonomous Vehicles

Following several car crashes and one recent fatality in its testing of autonomous vehicles, Uber  has temporarily stopped testing of these self-driving cars. In the most recent incident involving a self-driving vehicle driving in Tempe, Arizona, a Volvo SUV hit and...