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First images of British banknotes featuring King Charles III unveiled

Lauren Kent, CNN — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 02:35:40 +0000

(CNN) — The first images of banknotes featuring Britain’s King Charles III were unveiled on Tuesday by the Bank of England. Charles’ portrait will appear on English notes of £5, £10, £20 and £50. Meanwhile, the rest of the design will remain the same as the current notes that feature the late Queen Elizabeth II on the

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Understanding elephant trunks could be a breakthrough for robotics

Lauren Kent, CNN — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 21:24:15 +0000

Photo courtesy: Michel Milinkovitch/UNIGE

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Apes say hello and goodbye, just like people do, research shows

Lauren Kent, CNN — Sat, 21 Aug 2021 06:47:31 +0000

New research shows that apes purposefully use signals to begin and end social interactions.

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Are COVID-19 vaccines safe for cancer patients? Here is what cancer experts say

Lauren Kent, CNN — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 23:28:05 +0000

(CNN) — Are COVID-19 vaccines safe for cancer patients? It’s a question that has been on the minds of researchers and oncologists long before the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine rollouts began. Although there is a consensus that the vaccines are safe for most cancer patients, according to the American Cancer Society and others in the

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Massachusetts might soon have an official state dinosaur. A bunch of other states already do

Lauren Kent, CNN — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 17:49:31 +0000

(CNN) — We’ve all heard of state flowers and state birds, but Massachusetts is stepping it up by proposing a state dinosaur. There’s already a state fossil (surprisingly enough, dinosaur tracks), but now state Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis has announced plans to propose a bill aimed at adopting a state dinosaur. He told CNN he

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Why Pluto is no longer a planet (or is it?)

Lauren Kent, CNN — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 20:27:10 +0000

(CNN)— Pluto was long considered our solar system’s ninth planet. Although small, it orbits the sun and has the spherical shape required to be considered a planet. But today marks 13 years since Pluto received a harsh drop in status — officially dubbed Pluto Demotion Day. Pluto was relegated in 2006 when the International Astronomical Union

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The European Space Agency plans to start mining for natural resources on the moon

Lauren Kent, CNN — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 23:06:20 +0000

(CNN) — The European Space Agency plans to start mining for water and oxygen on the moon by 2025. The agency announced Monday it has signed a 1-year contract with European aerospace company ArianeGroup to explore mining regolith, also known as lunar soil or moon dust. Water and oxygen can be extracted from regolith, potentially

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