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Days after failed moonlanding, Israel plans second lunar mission
Kahn, an Israeli philanthropist, donated $42 million of the $100 million cost of the mission. "NASA has expressed regret over the failure of the Genesis mission to land on the moon, but we commended spaceIL for its privately funded mission to orbit the moon". [Full Article...]
Climate Protesters Shut Waterloo Bridge and Oxford Circus

Black hole named 'Powehi' by Hawaii university professor

2 children dead, many homes damaged as storms pummel South

At least four killed in powerful thunderstorms, tornadoes in South

Recently imaged black hole gets its name

Launch Alert: Falcon Heavy Ready For Thursday Launch Attempt
Scientists Add Human Genes to Monkeys' Brains to Study Cognitive Evolution
The experiment, which was conducted at the Kunming Institute of Zoology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences with the help of US researchers at the University of North Carolina, involves inserting a human version of Microcephalin ( MCPH1 ), a gene that is believed to play a role in the development of human brains, into the brains of 11 rhesus monkeys, according to AFP . [Full Article...]