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China launches new global positioning satellite
01 08 2010 BEIJING (Reuters) - China took a further step on Sunday toward ending its dependence on U.S. satellites to provide navigation and positioning services.
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Rabbits grow their own joint replacements in study
30 07 2010 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rabbits implanted with artificial bones re-grew their own joints, complete with cartilage, researchers reported on Thursday.
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Study changes picture of U.S. quake hazards
30 07 2010 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The risk of earthquakes in the U.S. Midwest may be more widespread than geologists have believed, but a "big one" may be less likely at Missouri's New Madrid fault, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Consumer gene test results misleading
30 07 2010 CHICAGO (Reuters) - People who send off their saliva to genetic testing companies to find out their risk for prostate cancer or diabetes are likely to get different results, depending on the company they choose, government investigators told lawmakers on Thursday.
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Russia to use space tech to develop energy sector
30 07 2010 MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will employ technologies, initially meant for outer space research programs, to develop its vast energy sector, Energy Ministry said on Tuesday in yet another sign of the Kremlin's modernization drive.
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Educated people cope better with dementia
30 07 2010 LONDON (Reuters) - Educated people are better able to cope with the physical effects of dementia, and even one extra year of education can significantly cut the risk of developing the brain-wasting disease, scientists said on Monday.
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Iran aims to put man in space by 2019: Ahmadinejad
30 07 2010 TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that Iran would send its first manned shuttle into space by 2019, Iran's English-language Press TV reported.
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Scientists inch towards finding "God particle"
30 07 2010 PARIS (Reuters) - Scientists working with particle accelerators in Europe and the United States said on Monday they may be closing in on the elusive Higgs Boson, the "God particle" believed crucial to forming the cosmos after the Big Bang.
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Mental health experts ask: Will anyone be normal?
30 07 2010 LONDON (Reuters) - An updated edition of a mental health bible for doctors may include diagnoses for "disorders" such as toddler tantrums and binge eating, experts say, and could mean that soon no-one will be classed as normal.
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Some space shuttle workers get layoff notice
30 07 2010 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's prime space shuttle contractor, United Space Alliance, sent layoff notices this week to more than 15 percent of its 8,100-member shuttle work force, officials said on Tuesday.
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Canadian archeologists find lost ship in Arctic
30 07 2010 OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian archeologists have discovered the wreckage of the ship that has been credited with discovering the fabled Northwest Passage, saying the vessel remains in good condition after being abandoned more than 150 years ago in the Arctic ice.
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Study changes picture of U.S. quake hazards
30 07 2010 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The risk of earthquakes in the U.S. Midwest may be more widespread than geologists have believed, but a "big one" may be less likely at Missouri's New Madrid fault, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Rabbits grow their own joint replacements in study
29 07 2010 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rabbits implanted with artificial bones re-grew their own joints, complete with cartilage, researchers reported on Thursday.
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Study changes picture of U.S. quake hazards
29 07 2010 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The risk of earthquakes in the U.S. Midwest may be more widespread than geologists have believed, but a "big one" may be less likely at Missouri's New Madrid fault, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Heatwave smog turns Muscovites into heavy smokers
28 07 2010 MOSCOW (Reuters) - The worst smog to hit Moscow in almost a decade has sent pollution 10 times above safe levels and Russia's chief lung doctor on Wednesday said residents were inhaling the equivalent of 40 cigarettes every few hours.
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Scientist says hundreds may die as smog blankets Moscow
28 07 2010 NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia (Reuters) - A prominent scientist said hundreds of people could die as smog from peat fires blanketed a sweltering Moscow for a second day on Tuesday.
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Some space shuttle workers get layoff notice
28 07 2010 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's prime space shuttle contractor, United Space Alliance, sent layoff notices this week to more than 15 percent of its 8,100-member shuttle work force, officials said on Tuesday.
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Scientists inch towards finding "God particle"
26 07 2010 PARIS (Reuters) - Scientists working with particle accelerators in Europe and the United States said on Monday they may be closing in on the elusive Higgs Boson, the "God particle" believed crucial to forming the cosmos after the Big Bang.
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Iran aims to put man in space by 2019: Ahmadinejad
23 07 2010 TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that Iran would send its first manned shuttle into space by 2019, Iran's English-language Press TV reported.
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Consumer gene test results misleading
23 07 2010 CHICAGO (Reuters) - People who send off their saliva to genetic testing companies to find out their risk for prostate cancer or diabetes are likely to get different results, depending on the company they choose, government investigators told lawmakers on Thursday.
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Archaeologists find new structure at Stonehenge
22 07 2010 LONDON (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered a wooden version of British prehistoric monument Stonehenge at the same site, the project's leader told Reuters on Thursday.
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Antarctic octopuses found with cold-resistant venom
22 07 2010 HONG KONG (Reuters) - Researchers have discovered four new species of octopus in Antarctica with venom that works at sub-zero temperatures.
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Test can predict success of IVF: U.S. report
20 07 2010 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have developed a formula that can predict whether fertility treatment will succeed more accurately than using age alone, and used it to develop a commercial test.
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Screening speech may aid autism diagnosis: study
20 07 2010 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A device may be able to automatically screen young children for autism based on how they talk, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Test can predict success of IVF: U.S. report
20 07 2010 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have developed a formula that can predict whether fertility treatment will succeed more accurately than using age alone, and used it to develop a commercial test.
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