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Massive asteroid to fly past Earth this month
HOUSTON - An asteroid nine times larger than the QE2 is due to sail past the Earth later this month.
Dealing with the dragon
Martin Cui is describing a scenario perhaps not unfamiliar to businesses that have ventured into China and had to work with local government officials and shareholders.
Clinical testing of S’pore’s first H1N1 vaccine starts
SINGAPORE — Singapore’s first healthy volunteer has been given a dose of the H1N1 influenza vaccine developed by Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)...
New technique could revolutionise IVF, says clinic
LONDON — Fertility specialists say they have developed a radical technique that can boost the chances of IVF couples having a healthy baby.
Most scientists say man responsible for climate change
WASHINGTON — A survey of thousands of peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals has found 97.1 per cent agreed that climate change is caused by human activity.
Poly students develop S$11 water filter
SINGAPORE — Singapore Polytechnic (SP) students have developed a water filtration cartridge that costs a mere S$11 and can last up to two years. Their work was under the...
NASA telescope’s planet-hunting days may be over
CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida) - NASA’s first telescope dispatched to hunt for Earth-like planets that may support life elsewhere in the universe has lost use of its positioning...
Breakthrough in human ‘cloning’
NEW YORK — Scientists in the United States reported yesterday (May 15) that they have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a long-standing goal that could...
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