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Dinosaur tail feathers found encased in amber at a market in Myanmar
A 99-million-year-old dinosaur tail has been found trapped in a piece of amber at a market in northern Myanmar, near the Chinese border.
A 99-million-year-old dinosaur tail has been found trapped in a piece of amber at a market in northern Myanmar, near the Chinese border.
The exhibition is the closest experience possible to visiting the famous site.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft sent back more jaw-dropping photos of Saturn this week.
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The space debris, which is falling constantly through the atmosphere, has previously only been found in Antarctica and the deep ocean.
In heartbreaking news for those fond of a tipple, researchers have found that moderate drinking of alcohol increases the risk of having an irregular heartbeat.
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An unmanned Russian cargo ship loaded with more than 2.5 tonnes of food and supplies for the International Space Station has broken apart about six minutes after lift-off, Russia's space agency Roscosmos says.
Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical executive nicknamed "big pharma bro", has congratulated a group of Australian high school students who managed to cook a drug in their school laboaratory that his company sells for more than $1000 a tablet.
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, the century-old organisation charged with maintaining the periodic table, finally announced it had approved the names of four new elements.
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Reports that Sydney schoolboys made a drug that his company charges at $US750 a tablet draw comments on social media.
He outraged the world by hiking the price of an essential drug by more than 5000 per cent.
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The deal will allow the company to bid for business in the burgeoning Chinese market using Australian-designed technology.
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