Colombia among top picks for Nobel Peace Prize
The architects of a historic accord to end Colombia's 52-year war are among the favourites to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize as speculation mounts ahead of next week's honours.
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Nairobi's famed National Park threatened by railway
Munching, the giraffe looks up towards the skyscrapers looming in the distance.
Ecology
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From America to Viagra: finding what you're not looking for
It's serendipity: from America to Viagra, history is full of great discoveries helped along by chance, as more than a century of Nobel prizes can attest.
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Google asks for airspace access for internet balloons
Google, which is hoping to beam the internet to remote areas of the world via balloon, went before the UN's aviation agency to ask member states to let it ply their airspace.
Telecom
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Curiosity finds evidence of Mars crust contributing to atmosphere
NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence that chemistry in the surface material on Mars contributed dynamically to the makeup of its atmosphere over time. It's another clue that the history of the Red Planet's atmosphere ...
Space Exploration
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Researchers sample unusually rich deep-sea area off Hawaii
Federal researchers have just returned from an expedition to study the biodiversity and mechanisms of an unusually rich deep-sea ecosystem off the coast of Hawaii's Big Island.
Environment
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