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Own up, says NASA, we won’t sack you
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Science: Secret satellites spy on Earth’s trembling ‘tear drop’
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Refreshment for the thirsty Everglades
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Technology: Adjustable racket turns heads
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Is it a bird, is it a plane or is it Mother Goose?
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Antarctica welcomes careful visitors
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The limits to Freedom: The space station used to be sexy – a patriotic game that could one day lead to Mars. Now critics say it is good for nothing but wasting taxpayers’ dollars
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Party’s over for supercollider
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Cool response to dinosaur ‘DNA’
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US takes a closer look at nuclear test veterans
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Electronics speeds up the pace of war
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Race against clock to repair Hubble
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