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‘Space pups’: Mouse sperm stored on ISS produces healthy young

Shawdesh Desk: Turns out the comic books were wrong. Japanese researchers found mouse sperm exposed to high levels of cosmic radiation for nearly six years produced a large brood of

Facebook obtains VAT registration from NBR

Shawdesh Desk: Social media giant Facebook on Sunday got Value Added Tax (VAT) registration from the National Board of Revenue (NBR). The National Board of Revenue (NBR) in July 2019

Photos show Chinese rover on dusty, rocky Martian surface

Shawdesh Desk: The dusty, rocky Martian surface and a Chinese rover and lander bearing small national flags were seen in photos released Friday that the rover took on the red

Websites begin to work again after major breakage

Shawdesh desk: A number of leading websites stopped working for a time on Tuesday, including Amazon, Reddit and Twitch. The UK government website – gov.uk – was also down as

France fines Google 220 mn euros over online ad dominance

Shawdesh dEsk: France’s competition regulator on Monday fined Google 220 million euros ($267 million) after finding it had abused its dominant market position for placing online ads, as US tech

Twitter Nigeria: Phone companies told to block site

Shawdesh Desk: Nigeria’s government has told the country’s mobile phone networks to block access to Twitter, a statement from the industry umbrella body said. Phone users are reporting difficulties in

France Mila affair: Thirteen on trial over online abuse

Shawdesh Desk: Thirteen people will go on trial over online abuse against a French teenager who posted videos critical of Islam. Ten men and three women aged between 18 and

New dark matter map reveals cosmic mystery

Shawdesh desk: An international team of researchers has created the largest and most detailed map of the distribution of so-called dark matter in the Universe. The results are a surprise