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Atlantic haven a test bed for planet's sickly oceans
AFP, Published on 03/12/2019
» ON BOARD THE ARCTIC SUNRISE: Clad in diving gear or oilskins and gumboots, a team of scientists and activists spent weeks in the South Atlantic, enduring storms and choppy seas to check up on a place almost no-one has heard of.
Parents of missing migrants begin Mexico caravan crossing
AFP, Published on 16/11/2019
» TUXTLA GUTIéRREZ (MEXICO) - A caravan made up of 50 parents of disappeared Central American migrants departed on Friday from Mexico's southern border for a cross-country journey in search of their missing relatives.
High tide: French police warn cocaine fortune hunters off beaches
AFP, Published on 13/11/2019
» RENNES (FRANCE) - Authorities have closed beaches in southwest France as packages of cocaine continue to mysteriously wash up along the country's Atlantic coast, with more than 1,000 kilograms discovered since mid-October, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Airbus hit by series of cyber attacks on suppliers
AFP, Published on 26/09/2019
» PARIS: European aerospace giant Airbus has been hit by a series of attacks by hackers who targeted its suppliers in their search for commercial secrets, security sources told AFP, adding they suspected a China link.
From the mouths of babes: bottles that weaned prehistoric infants
AFP, Published on 26/09/2019
» TOKYO - Archaeologists have uncovered the first evidence that our prehistoric ancestors in Europe weaned their infants much the way we do now, using specialised baby bottles to feed them animal milk.
World Championships seek Bolt successor, shake off doping
AFP, Published on 26/09/2019
» DOHA: The first World Athletics Championships of the post-Usain Bolt era get under way here Friday with the sport desperately seeking a new superstar as it tackles a slew of ongoing doping controversies.
Scientists unveil appearance of ancient human relative
AFP, Published on 20/09/2019
» JERUSALEM: We know what Neanderthals looked like. Now, thanks to ancient DNA, Israeli scientists have unveiled the appearance of another of our ancient relatives.
A shocking find: new high-voltage electric eels revealed
AFP, Published on 10/09/2019
» TOKYO - Call it a shock discovery: DNA research has revealed two entirely new species of electric eel in the Amazon basin, including one capable of delivering a record-breaking jolt.
India loses contact with Moon lander
AFP, Published on 07/09/2019
» BANGALORE: India lost contact with its unmanned spacecraft just before it was due to land on the Moon on Saturday, in a blow to the country's ambitious low-cost lunar programme.
HMS Terror shipwreck offers up secrets of lost Arctic expedition
AFP, Published on 29/08/2019
» OTTAWA: Almost two centuries after descending to its watery grave, the HMS Terror could offer up new clues to its demise -- and solve one of the most enduring mysteries in the history of Arctic discovery.