WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. scientists have used high-tech detective work to identify the remains of four leaders of Jamestown, the New World's first successful English colony, more than 400 years after they died, the Smithsonian Institution said on Tu...
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Scientists identify men who died at Virginia’s Jamestown 400 years ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. scientists have used high-tech detective work to identify the remains of four leaders of Jamestown, the New World's first successful English colony, more than 400 years after they died, the Smithsonian Institution said on Tu...
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U.S. investigators blame Virgin Galactic crash on lax pilot training
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Federal investigators cited inadequate training of test pilots by a Northrup Grumman Corp subsidiary on Tuesday as a leading factor behind last year's fatal crash of an experimental Virgin Galactic passenger spaceship o...
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Diesel Spill in Houston Ship Channel
A small section of the Upper Houston Ship Channel was closed Tuesday morning after a report of 1,000 gallons of diesel entered Greens Bayou from a cement facility, the U.
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Toothy terror: dinosaurs like T. rex had unique serrated teeth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If you want to know the secret behind the success of Tyrannosaurus rex and its meat-eating dinosaur cousins, look no further than their teeth.
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Wrecked ‘Russian Submarine’ Found in Swedish Waters
A wrecked mini-submarine was found last week in waters off of Sweden’s eastern coast.
Authorities believe it is a Russian model, primarily because of Cyrillic letters on the hull.
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In Africa’s ‘cradle,’ an old fossil site yields new finds
KROMDRAAI, South Africa (Reuters) - Crouched in a shallow square grid dug into the red African earth, American graduate student Sarah Edlund uses a hand brush to scrape soil into a dustpan.
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Tanker and Cargo Ship Collided in Shanghai
General cargo vessel "Jiang Xia Xiang" collided with the tanker "Bai Chi" on July 23, 2015, at 1 a.m. in the Wusong area, Shanghai, on the Yangtze river.
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Araya Adrift in Black Sea
The bulk carrier Araya lost power and adrift on 90 nautical miles off Odessa, Ukraine in Black Sea on July 25.
The carrier, en route from Ilyichevsk Ukraine to Constanta Romania,
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Passenger Vessel Runs Aground in Aegean Sea
A passenger vessel (Flying Cat) with a total of 253 persons on board was safely evacuated on Sunday after running aground off Tinos island in the Aegean Sea,
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