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Let the lava flow! Iceland's volcano show is a hit 09 Dec 2022 - 11:25 am
Real molten lava originated from tephra and that erupted in 1918 from the Katla Volcano in southern Iceland, cools down on the basalt structure at the Lava Show showroom in Reykjavik city center, Iceland, on December 1, 2022. (Photo by Jeremie RICHARD / AFP)
US FDA authorizes bivalent COVID shots for 6 months old 08 Dec 2022 - 07:30 pm
Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, US, on August 29, 2020. File Photo / Reuters
Teenage walruses dine on gourmet mussels at new home in US zoo 08 Dec 2022 - 02:43 pm
Six-year-old walruses Balzak and Lakina swim inside the exhibit at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, U.S., November 17, 2022. Katie Cotterill/Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium/Handout via REUTERS
Swirled brownies make a simple dessert even better 08 Dec 2022 - 01:58 pm
From left, tahini, white chocolate-peppermint and cheesecake swirl brownies. Photo by Scott Suchman for The Washington Post.
'Downton Shabby': US producer quits Hollywood to do up UK family pile 08 Dec 2022 - 11:44 am
An aerial view shows Hopwood Hall, the ancestral home of US film producer Hopwood DePree, that dates from the 15th century, which he is in the process of restoring, in Middleton, northern England on November 28, 2022. Photo by OLI SCARFF / AFP
Twitter to hike Blue pricing to $11 for iPhone app users -report 08 Dec 2022 - 10:07 am
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Oldest DNA on record - 2 million years - reveals Greenland's lost world 07 Dec 2022 - 08:18 pm
An artist's reconstruction shows the Kap Kobenhavn formation in northernmost Greenland two million years ago, at a time when temperatures were significantly higher than northernmost Greenland today, in this undated handout image obtained by Reuters on December 6, 2022. (Beth Zaiken/Handout via Reuters)
Webb telescope promises new age of the stars 07 Dec 2022 - 12:43 pm
In this file photo taken on September 06, 2022 This handout picture released by NASA on September 6, 2022 shows a stellar nursery nicknamed the Tarantula Nebula captured in crisp detail by NASA's Webb telescope, revealing never-before-seen features that deepen scientific understanding, the agency said. (Photo by Space Telescope Science Institut / NASA / AFP)
Sony says it has technology for humanoid robots, just looking for use 06 Dec 2022 - 02:01 pm
People watch Sony's robotic dogs 'Aibo' during a ritual ceremony Sichi-Go-San, which is usually held for praying for children's health and wellbeing, at the Kanda Myojin shrine in Tokyo, Japan, November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
Warmer noses are better at fighting colds: study 06 Dec 2022 - 12:23 pm
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Prehistoric 'wonderfully weird beast' Whatcheeria grew big quickly 05 Dec 2022 - 05:02 pm
A skull of the large early tetrapod and apex predator Whatcheeria, which lived an amphibious lifestyle around 330 million years ago and whose fossils have been found in Iowa, is seen with its many sharp teeth visible in the collections of the Field Museum, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., in this undated handout image. Kate Golembiewski/Field Museum/Handout via REUTERS
Australia starts building 'momentous' radio telescope 05 Dec 2022 - 11:16 am
This handout released on December 5, 2022 by Australia's Department of Industry, Science and Resources shows an artist's impression of low-frequency stations forming the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope, to be built in Western Australia. Photo by Handout / Australia's Department of Industry, Science and Resources / AFP
Climate change supercharges threat from forest-eating bug 05 Dec 2022 - 11:04 am
This handout photograph released by Luonnonvarakeskus-Natural Resources Institute Finland on November 11, 2022, shows a gallery made by beetles, one of many on a tree which restrict the water and nutrient flow of the tree causing the death of the tree, above The Arctic Circle, in Finnish Lapland, near Vikajarvi on July 21, 2020, where during the last 20 years Scandinavian Arctic Forests have been the target of an increasing amount of wood bugs, due to longer summers. Photo by IpsGallery_MarkusMelin / NATURAL RESCOURCES INSTITUTE FINLAND/LUONNONVARAKESKUS / AFP
Meet the Spanish twin chefs who earned a third Michelin star 05 Dec 2022 - 10:54 am
In this photograph taken on December 1, 2022 Spanish twin chefs, Javier (R) and Sergio (L) Torres prepare some meals in the kitchen of their restaurant 'Cocina Hermanos Torres' after receiving the distinction of three-stars from the Michelin guide, in Barcelona. Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP
Chinese astronauts return to earth after 'successful' six-month mission 04 Dec 2022 - 06:35 pm
File photo: Rocket launch at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China, October 16, 2021. (REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)
As chatbot sophistication grows, AI debate intensifies 04 Dec 2022 - 10:21 am
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Afro-Greeks struggle to emulate 'idol' Antetokounmpo 04 Dec 2022 - 09:52 am
Children who are second-generation migrants play basketball at a basketball court in the centre of Athens on October 8, 2022. Photo by Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP
Microsoft is ready to fight for its $69bn Activision deal 03 Dec 2022 - 08:51 pm
Microsoft logo is seen on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard logo in this illustration taken January 18, 2022. File Photo / Reuters