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Watch the crew dragon astronauts answer quick questions

[ad_1] NASA and SpaceX are all ready for Saturday’s historic Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The Crew-1 mission is entering the history books for being the first operational astronaut flight using SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. It follows the Crew Dragon’s first successful human test flight to …

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Rare Bigfin Squid first spotted in Australian waters

[ad_1] CANBERRA, November 12 (Xinhua) – Researchers from the Australian National Science Agency filmed the elusive Bigfin Squid in Australian waters for the first time. On Thursday, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) revealed that a deep-sea voyage into the Great Australian Bight off the coast of South …

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Evolution favors new diseases of “intermediate” severity

[ad_1] Credit: Public Domain CC0 New epidemic diseases have an evolutionary advantage if they are of “intermediate” severity, the research shows. Scientists tested the theory that pathogens (pathogenic organisms) that inflict intermediate levels of damage on their host have the most evolutionary success. The study, led by the University of …

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