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Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana told Fox News host Harris Faulkner Thursday that former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey were “not ethical people” while ...

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If you haven’t heard of a tardigrade before, prepare to be wowed. These clumsy, eight-legged creatures, nicknamed water bears, are about half a millimeter long and can survive practically anything: ...

Space advertising is not currently a problem, but the enterprise needs to be smothered before it has a chance to grow, according to a group of concerned astronomers. Reading time 4 minutes Astronomers ...

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