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2022-08-30 20:15:05 The Royal Navy's largest aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, has broken down near its base of Portsmouth – on day two of its mission to the U.S.

The centerpiece of modern combat fleets, an aircraft carrier is a warship that is equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for deploying and recovering aircraft at sea.

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2022-08-30 18:37:03 The giant drone, RQ-4 RangeHawk, will soon be used to support the development of hypersonic missiles in the U.S., its manufacturer, Northrop Grumman, said in a press release.

Hypersonic missiles are the newest frontier in the weapons race, with countries like Russia and North Korea laying claims to have successfully demonstrated this technology

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2022-08-30 15:10:37 The world needs more oil and gas to deal with the energy shortages it is currently facing, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said at an energy conference in Norway on Monday.

The comment might seem strange coming from a person who sells electric vehicles, battery packs, and solar roofing products. However, this isn't the first time Elon Musk has made such a comment.

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2022-08-30 13:20:31 A species of jellyfish — called turritopsis dohrnii — seems to have reached immortality.

A team of Spanish researchers has been successful in deciphering the genome of a jellyfish famed for its capacity to resurrect itself after death.

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2022-08-30 02:30:24 The James Webb Space Telescope has recently shared images of the spectacularly spiral M74 Phantom Galaxy, proving why it is the best space telescope made by humanity so far.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may seem like a NASA project considering that it is named after one of NASA's administrators. Though, what gets forgotten behind the nomenclature is that the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and European Space Agency (ESA) are also contributors to the program.

For instance, the ESA has contributed to the NIRSpec and MIRI Instrument and also worked to launch the telescope last year. The ESA's efforts are being rewarded by guaranteeing at least 15 percent of the JWST observation time, an arrangement that was also followed for the Hubble Space Telescope.

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2022-08-29 23:59:06 Chances are you've already eaten 3D-printed food.

"If you've ever put ketchup or mustard on a hotdog or put frosting on a cake, that's 3D printing, in a way, except that you're manually doing it. Picture the same with a machine - an application of additive manufacturing," Jonathan Blutinger, a Ph.D. student in the Creative Machines Lab at Columbia University.

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2022-08-29 21:30:28 Chief Superintendent Frederick Cherril from Scotland Yard was called to an air raid shelter in London, where the body of a 40-year-old pharmacist, Everlyn Hamilton, was found in the gutter.

Cherrill was brilliant at his work; he was a pioneer and palm print expert who had already played a significant role in the evolution of fingerprint forensics. His trademark? He was said to be able to identify single fingerprints at the crime scene, a difficult task back then.

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2022-08-29 06:00:38 When it rains, it pours. Researchers have reported the first known case of a 36-year-old-man testing positive for COVID-19, HIV, and monkeypox all at the same time, according to a report by Global News published on Friday.⁠
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The incident first published in the Journal of Infection on August 19, indicates the patient developed a fever, sore throat and fatigue after returning from a trip to Spain earlier this summer where he had unprotected sexual intercourse, a key transmission risk for HIV.⁠
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