A rare sanctuary in Congo looks after baby bonobos away from poaching threat

A rare sanctuary in Congo looks after baby bonobos away from poaching threat

Micheline Nzonzi cradled a small and sleepy bonobo, an orphan whose life she will try to save over the next three years or so. “Without me, without us...

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Elon Musk Calls Fully Reusable Rockets A 'Crazy Hard Problem' As SpaceX Pushes Starship V4

Elon Musk Calls Fully Reusable Rockets A 'Crazy Hard Problem' As SpaceX Pushes Starship V4

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has outlined that engine reliability is a crucial aspect for rocket reusability, being equally important to heat shield integrity. ‘Crazy Hard Problem’ Responding to user @GeniusGTX on X, who had sha…

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Critically Ill Hantavirus Patient Is on an Artificial Lung

Critically Ill Hantavirus Patient Is on an Artificial Lung

A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sickened passenger said Tuesday. The o…

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Ten years on, the Nagoya Protocol on sharing genetic resources is still confusing scientists—guidance now available

Ten years on, the Nagoya Protocol on sharing genetic resources is still confusing scientists—guidance now available

More than a decade after the Nagoya Protocol, which aims to fairly share the benefits of utilizing genetic resources, became law, microbiologists and other scientists still face practical challenges and confusion. A new …

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Owkin to Build AI Agents as Part of a Multi-Year K Pro License Agreement With AstraZeneca

NEW YORK & PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Owkin, the agentic AI company pioneering Biological Artificial Superintelligence to revolutionize drug discovery and development, today announced an agreement with AstraZeneca to build …

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Former Philippine ‘drug war’ police chief runs away from government agents to avoid international arrest warrant

Former Philippine ‘drug war’ police chief runs away from government agents to avoid international arrest warrant

Scurrying through the backhalls and stairwells of the Philippine Senate, trailed by aides and falling over at least once, the large, bald man was trying to evade local agents.

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Kids are in a ‘reading recession,’ as test scores continue to decline

Kids are in a ‘reading recession,’ as test scores continue to decline

Researchers are warning that the U.S. is experiencing a reading recession, a slide that predates the COVID-19 pandemic. A new analysis of state test scores from third to eighth grade for over 5,000 school districts in 38…

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Kids are in a ‘reading recession,’ as test scores continue to decline

Kids are in a ‘reading recession,’ as test scores continue to decline

Researchers are warning that the US is experiencing a reading recession, a slide that predates the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Kids are in a ‘reading recession,’ as test scores continue to decline

Kids are in a ‘reading recession,’ as test scores continue to decline

Researchers are warning that the U.S. is experiencing a reading recession, a slide that predates the COVID-19 pandemic. A new analysis of state test scores from third to eighth grade for over 5,000...

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Kids are in a ‘reading recession,’ as test scores continue to decline

Kids are in a ‘reading recession,’ as test scores continue to decline

Researchers are warning that the U.S. is experiencing a reading recession, a slide that predates the COVID-19 pandemic. A new analysis of state test scores from third to eighth grade for over 5,000...

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