CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - An unmanned SpaceX rocket exploded about two minutes after liftoff from Florida on Sunday, destroying a cargo ship bound for the International Space Station in the latest in a string of mishaps in supplying the orbiting outpost.
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Aratana’s experimental appetite stimulator succeeds in study on dogs
(Reuters) - Animal health drugmaker Aratana Therapeutics Inc said its experimental appetite-stimulating drug was found effective in dogs in a pivotal study.
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Barge Captain Gets Prison Time for Fatal Explosion
An Illinois man who was captain of a petroleum barge that exploded in a Chicago canal in 2005, killing a crew member, was sentenced to six months in prison on Friday, prosecutors said.
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U.S. Air Force mulls plans to replace Russian rocket engines
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force competition to develop a rocket propulsion system to end dependence on Russian rocket engines drew broad response from companies, the Air Force said on Friday.
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New Marine Pollution Instrument
The Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, which entered into force internationally in April this year, provides another tool in the armory
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Cargo Ship Celtica Hav Diverted To Aberdeen after Fire
Fire erupted in cargo holds of general cargo vessel Celtica Hav on June 25 shortly after she left Aberdeen UK, bound for Hamburg.
Vessel, which was bound for Hamburg,
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Scientists crack gene secret that lets poppies make morphine
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have identified a key gene used by poppies to make morphine, paving the way for better methods of producing the medically important drug, potentially without the need for cultivating poppy fields.
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It’s no hallucination, that creature is just really weird
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was a creature so strange that experts literally could not make heads nor tails of it.
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Svitzer Orders Pair of Damen Tugboats
Svitzerhas ordered two more Damen ASD 3212 tugs with 80 tons bollard pull performance for its escort and towing operations on the Thames and Felixstowe. They are
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London mayor suggests $15 billion ‘megafund’ to boost biotech
LONDON (Reuters) - Banks, investors and big drug companies should consider creating a 10-billion-pound ($15.7 billion) "megafund" to help biotech firms in London and across Britain compete with U.S. rivals, London mayor Boris Johnson said on Thursday.
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