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Safety regulators in the United States are investigating a fatal crash involving a Tesla Model S that was using an "Autopilot" feature, Tesla Motors announced in a blog post Thur
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The discovery of a vast supply of helium in Tanzania could alleviate an impending world shortage of the noble gas, researchers say. The group from Oxford and Durham universitie
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