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The National Reconnaissance Office has now declassified a satellite program used to spy on America’s adversaries ...

Dominique Charron is the vice-president, programs and partnerships at the International Development Research Centre, Canada.

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After evacuating four astronauts from the ISS last month, NASA is looking ahead to its next crewed mission to the space ...

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A new analysis suggests that genes play a much larger role in human longevity than previously believed. But lifestyle factors ...

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A century ago, Erwin Schrödinger came up with an equation that says how the quantum world behaves. Now scientists are asking ...