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Angola satellite inoperative, Russia to build another one April 23, 2018
LUANDA (Reuters) - Russia's space agency said on Monday that Angola's first national telecoms satellite, AngoSat-1, was inoperative and Russia would build another one for launch in 2020. […]
Igor the Siberian tiger gets stem-cell hip treatment in Hungary April 21, 2018
SZEGED, Hungary (Reuters) - Igor, a Siberian tiger in a Hungarian zoo, received stem-cell joint treatment on Wednesday which doctors hoped would help heal its hip and allow it to live happily, on less medicine. […]
Flatpack fear no more? Robot assembles IKEA chair frame April 19, 2018
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Robots in Singapore have completed a task many humans dread - assembling flat-packed IKEA furniture. […]
SpaceX rocket launched from Florida carrying NASA planet-hunting telescope April 19, 2018
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on SpaceX's first high-priority science mission for NASA, a planet-hunting orbital telescope designed to detect worlds beyond our solar system that might be capable of harboring life. […]
Gates backs gene technologies in fight to end malaria April 18, 2018
LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - Gene-editing technologies that alter mosquitoes' DNA could prove critical in the fight against malaria, Bill Gates said on Wednesday, and ethical concerns should not block progress in such gene-modifying research. […]
Plastic-eating enzyme holds promise in fighting pollution April 17, 2018
(Refiles this April 16 story to fix affiliation in 10th paragraph.) […]
More than 100 parts for NASA's Orion capsule to be 3D printed April 17, 2018
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - More than 100 parts for U.S. space agency NASA's deep-space capsule Orion will be made by 3D printers, using technology that experts say will eventually become key to efforts to send humans to Mars. […]
Gerst aims to be 'nice boss' as first German ISS commander April 17, 2018
COLOGNE (Reuters) - Astronaut Alexander Gerst says he aims to be a "nice boss" when he becomes the $100 billion International Space Station's first German commander later this year. […]
GE rides gene therapy wave with ready-made viral drug factories April 17, 2018
LONDON (Reuters) - General Electric is raising its bet on biotechnology with the launch of prefabricated manufacturing units for producing virus-based gene and cell therapies, novel anti-cancer treatments and vaccines. […]
Rocket-control glitch delays launch of NASA's planet-hunting satellite April 16, 2018
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - An 11th-hour technical glitch prompted SpaceX to postpone its planned launch on Monday of a new NASA space telescope designed to detect worlds beyond our solar system, delaying for at least 48 hours a quest to expand astronomers' known inventory of so-called exoplanets. […]

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