How a safari led me to discover the ancient history of house cats

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A stock image of a cat looking into the distance.

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Russia heads to the Moon for the first time in 47 years

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Russia is heading back to the Moon as it tries to reassert itself as a significant world power in the wake of its war on Ukraine. A rocket carrying the Luna-25 craft will mark Russia’s first lunar mission since 1976.

Small businesses turned an Chicago old meatpacking plant into a living experiment in sustainable food, and they are thriving

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One Planet Banner Test

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Space tourists will probably have sex up there, but they shouldn't get pregnant, researchers warn

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Space sex could be on the horizon.

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How to watch Virgin Galactic's first space tourist launch 300,000 feet above the ground

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Jon Goodwin, an 80-year-old British Olympian, and mother-daughter duo Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers, will be on Virgin Galactic's first private commercial spaceflight.

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Watch Virgin Galactic's first ever space tourist flight at 11am ET

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Virgin Galactic might hit another milestone today in its quest to provide trips to suborbital space. If the weather cooperates and everything goes as planned for the company, its first private passenger flight will be taking off from its Spaceport America facility at 11AM EDT.

Virgin Galactic 02 launch live updates: Flight will take mother, daughter, Olympian to space

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Left to right: Anastatia Mayers, Jon Goodwin, and Keisha Schahaff are flying to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic's first tourism spaceflight.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spotted a question mark in deep space. It could be 2 galaxies colliding.

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NASA, what is this?

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More than 300 people live year-round in Death Valley, one of the hottest places on Earth. Here's what it's like.

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Kids who live in Death Valley, California, enjoy the playground in the Cow Creek residential area.

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Researchers are shocked to find 2 great white sharks have become 'buddies' since the predators are typically solitary creatures

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A great white shark off the coast of Cape Cod in 2022.

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