WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A trove of 47 fossil human teeth from a cave in southern China is rewriting the history of the early migration of our species out of Africa, indicating Homo sapiens trekked into Asia far earlier than previously known and much ear...
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What a nightmare: sleep no more plentiful in primitive cultures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Maybe we cannot blame late-night TV, endless Internet surfing, midnight snacks, good books, bothersome work deadlines and other distractions of modern life for encroaching on our sleep.
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U.S., Alaska End Exxon Valdez Legal Action
U.S. and Alaskan authorities have ended their efforts to seek additional damages from Exxon Mobil Corp over the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill and the subsequent settlement,
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Bronze Age cemetery unearthed in southwestern Poland
DUNINO, Poland - Excavations for a motorway in southwestern Poland led to an unusual and unexpected discovery – the remains of a huge, almost perfectly preserved Bronze Age cemetery.
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‘Cute furball’ is best-preserved mammal from dinosaur age
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scurrying under the feet of dinosaurs in swampy terrain in Spain around 125 million years ago was a furry chipmunk-sized critter with tiny hedgehog-like spines, horny body armor and an unpleasant fungal hair infection.
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Teeth from Chinese cave recast history of early human migration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A trove of 47 fossil human teeth from a cave in southern China is rewriting the history of the early migration of our species out of Africa, indicating Homo sapiens trekked into Asia far earlier than previously known and much ear...
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Lilly pill trumps Humira in arthritis study
(Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co's experimental pill for rheumatoid arthritis proved superior to Abbvie Inc's leading injectable Humira treatment in a large study, which analysts said could prod them to raise sales forecasts for the medicine.
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Repaired SpaceX rocket to fly by early December, company says
(story corrects to remove reference to SpacePharma satellite, which is due to go on a later flight, paragraphs 5 and 6)
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Solar plane prepares for Amazon mission
Student engineers from ETH Zurich are preparing to fly their world-record breaking solar plane over the Amazon rainforest.
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Israeli engineer designs grounded drone delivery service
Israeli industrial designer Kobi Shikar has come up with the concept of a parcel delivery drone that will never get off the ground - and that's just fine with him.
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