Sci-Tech

Exercise tracking app reveals details of military sites

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A map showing paths taken by users of an exercise tracking app reveals potentially sensitive…

Chinese volunteers spend 200 days on virtual ‘moon base’

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese students spent 200 continuous days in a "lunar lab" in Beijing, state media said Friday,…

Dutch police launch biggest-ever DNA hunt for boy’s killer

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- Dutch police on Friday launched the country's biggest ever DNA search, asking over 20,000 men…

Ariane 5 satellites in orbit but not in right location

by Fred Farine Agence France-Presse KOUROU, France (AFP) -- Two commercial satellites have been placed in orbit by an Ariane…

Take the next U-turn: US driver following GPS plunges into lake

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Technology won't always save us. A man blindly following his GPS app has driven an…

First monkeys cloned by process that made Dolly the sheep

by Etienne Lamy-Smith with Kerry Sheridan in Miami Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Scientists in China have created the…

SpaceX performs first ‘static fire’ of Falcon Heavy rocket

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- SpaceX on Wednesday test-fired its Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in a launch…

Two US spacewalkers replace latching end of robotic arm

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Two US astronauts floated outside the International Space Station on Tuesday for a seven-hour, 24-minute…

Facebook acknowledges social media’s risks to democracy

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - Facebook acknowledged Monday that widespread use of social media can be harmful to democracy, while pledging to work to…

Rocket Lab successfully sends rocket into orbit

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- Aerospace company Rocket Lab said Sunday it had successfully fired a rocket into orbit for…

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