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SpaceX's Crew Dragon accident could delay first crewed flight to the space station

Eyewitness photos showed plumes of smoke coming from the site, but no injuries were reported.

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Two Google employees say the company retaliated after they organized a walkout

The alleged retaliation, which Google denies took place, follows a worldwide walkout of employees in November.

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Presidential hopeful says he'd use burger and beer to deter space aliens

But one scientist wonders if hamburgers are good for aliens, whose biochemistry may be "somewhat different than ours!"

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On Instagram, users keep a keen eye on who watches their stories

A small feature has given rise to a cat-and-mouse game for people looking to catch exes, crushes, former friends and parents looking at their posts.

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Germany's Leica moves to distance itself from Tiananmen video

Germany's Leica moves to distance itself from Tiananmen video

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Elon Musk's SpaceX suffers capsule anomaly during Florida tests

Elon Musk's SpaceX suffers capsule anomaly during Florida tests

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Earth Day's founder's daughter says her father would be 'deeply distressed' right now

"I know that he saw the right to drink clean water and breathe clean air as fundamental inalienable rights of every American."

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Why alien 'megastructures' may hold key to making contact with extraterrestrials

Looking for evidence of Dyson spheres might be more fruitful than listening for radio transmissions.

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How the 'pink moon' got its nickname

It's not because the moon will be pink!

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Why April's 'pink moon' has some astronomers seeing red

"I think these names are distracting from the real interest in the moon."

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British cybersecurity researcher who helped to stop WannaCry attack pleads guilty in hacking case

Marcus Hutchins, who went by "MalwareTech" online, faces up to five years in prison for each of two counts.

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Once upon a time in Silicon Valley: How Facebook's open-data nirvana fell apart

Analysis: A lack of rules built upon optimism about the internet and amplified by a growth-at-all costs strategy has given way to scrutiny and skepticism.

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Trump's 'Game of Thrones' tweet was like 'five Super Bowl ads' for HBO, say brand experts

Trump's "Game Over" tweet about the Mueller report got 4 billion views in 24 hours, said one brand analytics company.

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Scientists create world's first 3D-printed heart using human cells

The team created a cell-containing "bioink" and used it to 3D print the organ layer by layer.

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U.S. looking at ways to hold Zuckerberg accountable

Discussions at the Federal Trade Commission come more than a year into an investigation of Facebook's data-handling practices.

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What happened before the Big Bang?

"It's my life's work to try to answer that question," University of Toronto physicist Renée Hložek says.

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Radical experiment restores some activity in pigs' brains hours after slaughter

New finding challenges the long-held view that brain cells undergo sudden and irreversible damage after death.

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Astronaut to establish new spaceflight record for women

Koch arrived at the space station in March and is now scheduled to remain in orbit until February.

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Declassified U-2 spy plane photos are helping archaeologists uncover ancient sites

The images offer a vast trove of information about ancient villages and agricultural sites.

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Stonehenge was built by descendants of Neolithic migrants, DNA study shows

Genetic material from old skeletons reveals pattern of migration from present-day Turkey.