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Among the many existing reasons not to go into space - loneliness, aliens, inevitable to-the-death battles with intelligent computers - you can now ad...

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Nasa has designed a spacecraft filled with robotic hedgehogs that could be used to explore the moons of Mars. Created by researchers at Stanford an...

Samsung could be about to unveil a truly revolutionary television - and the rumour is that it might even be see-through. It sounds dubious. But sin...

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A meteorite from Mars has been found to contain 10 times as much water as other similar rocks from Mars. The astonishing find has been called a "mi...

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Spotify Disables Music Sales In UK...