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  1. Stakeholders counsel farmers on benefits of GMOs
    TODAY.ng

    Stakeholders have called on Nigerian farmers to take advantage of modified technologies to increase yield. A debate on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is raging.

  2. China launches world's first quantum satellite
    Anadolu Agency

    State media reported that the 631-kilogram (1,390-pound) satellite, Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS), was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Center in the Gobi Desert's northwest at 1.40 a.m.

  3. Simulated black hole experiment backs Hawking prediction
    BBC News

    A lab experiment has lent support to one of Stephen Hawking's most important predictions about black holes. Prof Jeff Steinhauer simulated a black hole in a super-cooled state of matter called a Bose-Einstein condensate.

  4. Unwanted pet goldfish growing to the size of a football in Australia
    BBC News

    If you've ever released a pet goldfish into the wild, you probably didn't expect it may get as big as a football. But researchers from Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia, have tracked these huge fish travelling hundreds of kilometres in ...

  5. BC kayakers treated to 'exhilarating' humpback whale breach captured on video
    CBC.ca

    A group of kayakers were treated to an extreme close-up with a small pod of humpback whales off B.C.'s South Coast last week. "There's not a whole lot you can do when the humpbacks decide they're going to move," said Heather Lawrence, who filmed part ...

  6. Neonic pesticide link to long-term wild bee decline
    BBC News

    The large-scale, long-term decline in wild bees across England has been linked to the use of neonicotinoid insecticides by a new study.

  7. USC scientists want to find this primitive African squirrel to see why it hasn't evolved for 30 million years
    LA Daily News

    The Zenkerella squirrel is one of only five animals species that has a direct lineage dating back 49 million years. Credit: Illustration by Joseph Smit/Public Domain.

  8. Nasa launches million dollar contest to create 'Valkyrie' AI robot for Mars missions
    Daily Mail

    A new astronaut will join the roster to help facilitate man's first trip to Mars. Nasa is recruiting teams to develop and display the ability of a Robonaut 5 (R5) robot with a series of tasks that could save astronauts' lives in space.

  9. Has a new, fifth force of nature been found?
    CBS News

    There may be a fifth force of nature, a new study suggests. "If true, it's revolutionary," study lead author Jonathan Feng, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine, said in a statement.

  10. Googly-Eyed Stubby Squid Spotted 3000 Feet Under the Sea off California Coast
    ABC News

    A googly-eyed stubby squid was recently spotted nearly 3,000 feet under the sea off the coast of California. The tiny purple squid was caught on video last week by a team of scientific explorers aboard the E/V Nautilus, according to Susan Poulton, ...

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