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Turkmenistan said Thursday it had significantly reduced a gas fire that has been raging for half a century at a site dubbed ...

A never-before-seen type of giant space explosion – the biggest bangs since the Big Bang – has been accidentally captured by the Gaia space telescope.

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The number of people being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ...