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Student-built solar motorbikes hit the road in Kenya

URUDI, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Motorcycle taxi operators waiting for passengers in this village in western Kenya's Kisumu County lounge on their various machines – but Alfred Omondi's plug-in electric scooter stands out from the crowd.

Moon Express contracts Rocket Lab for launches to land spacecraft on the moon

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Silicon Valley's Moon Express Inc said it has signed up Lockheed Martin-backed Rocket Lab to launch its robotic spacecraft as it seeks to become the first private venture to reach the moon.

Deadly piglet virus may have entered U.S. on ‘reusable’ feed bags: USDA

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The deadly piglet virus that killed millions of U.S. pigs over the past two years may have entered the country on large bags typically used to transport feed and other bulk products, the Agriculture Department said.

Double trouble: asteroid, volcanoes implicated in dinosaur doom

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was a combination of calamities - an asteroid strike followed by vast volcanic eruptions half a world away - that doomed the dinosaurs and many other creatures 66 million years ago.

Substance found to curb fuel fireballs from air and vehicle crashes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Aiming to reduce dangerous explosions after plane crashes and truck accidents, scientists have developed a substance that can be added to fuel to curb formation of a fine mist that can erupt into a deadly fireball after a collisi...

Lockheed-Boeing rocket firm poised for rare commercial launch

Cape Canaveral, Fla (Reuters) - A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket is being prepared for a commercial satellite launch on Friday, a market the Lockheed Martin and Boeing partnership has said it aims to grow to as its monopoly on U.S. militar...

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Student-built solar motorbikes hit the road in Kenya

Moon Express contracts Rocket Lab for launches to land spacecraft on the moon

Deadly piglet virus may have entered U.S. on ‘reusable’ feed bags: USDA

Double trouble: asteroid, volcanoes implicated in dinosaur doom

Substance found to curb fuel fireballs from air and vehicle crashes

Lockheed-Boeing rocket firm poised for rare commercial launch

U.S. East Coast Threatened by Hurricane Joaquin

Egypt’s lost Queen Nefertiti may lie concealed in King Tut’s tomb

Berlin candy store offers 3D printed sweet treats

Berlin candy store offers 3D printed sweet treats

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