Sci-Tech

Mice, fish and flies: the animals still being sent into space

by Pascale MOLLARD-CHENEBENOIT Agence France-Presse   PARIS, France (AFP) - Sixty years after Laika the dog became the first living…

Amid soaring profits, Facebook vows to curb abuse

  by Glenn Chapman Agence France Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Facebook on Wednesday reported profits leapt on…

Baby bats learn language from peers: study

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Baby bats learn language from peers in their colony, and will adopt the group's dialect,…

Singapore opens new, high-tech airport terminal

SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Singapore's Changi Airport opened a cutting-edge terminal Tuesday with a fully automated check-in system including facial…

Monster planet found orbiting dwarf star: ‘surprised’ astronomers

PARIS, France (AFP) -- A "monster" planet, which should in theory not exist, has been discovered orbiting a faint dwarf…

In desert of Oman, a gateway to life on Mars

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse Agence France-Presse DHOFAR, Oman (AFP) -- In sunglasses and jumpsuits, a crew of European test astronauts…

SpaceX launches Korean satellite, sticks rocket landing

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Monday carrying a South Korean communications satellite to boost broadband coverage…

New iPhone brings face recognition (and fears) to the masses

by Rob Lever Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Apple will let you unlock the iPhone X with your…

US museum debuts first 3-D holograms of Holocaust survivors

by Nova SAFO Agence France-Presse CHICAGO, United States (AFP) -- Seated onstage at a museum near Chicago, Adina Sella talks…

NASA says interstellar object pays ‘visit’ to our Solar System

Reuters -- A small asteroid or comet that has been spotted racing through our solar system may have come from…

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