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• NASA's Juno Probe Halfway Through 1st Orbit of Jupiter

  31-07-2016 14:19
  
  NASA's Juno spacecraft is about to start heading toward Jupiter for the first time since its July 4 arrival at the giant planet. At 3:41 p.m. EDT (1941 GMT) today (July 31), Juno will reach the farthest point in its 53-day orbit around Jupiter — a spot about 5 million miles (8 million kilometers) away from the solar system's largest planet, NASA officials said. Then, Jupiter's powerful gravity will pull Juno back in, and the spacecraft will begin zooming toward an Aug. 27 close approach th
  
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• Hurricane Drought Hits a New Record

  31-07-2016 14:00 via rss.sciam.com
  
  A hurricane has not appeared in the Gulf of Mexico in almost three years
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• Islamic State attacks two energy plants in north Iraq, kills five

  31-07-2016 12:04
  By Mustafa Mahmoud KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamic State militants stormed two energy facilities in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing at least five workers and shutting down a major oil pumping station, security and oil sources said. Security sources believe the attackers escaped to the Bai Hassan oil station, 25 km further northwest, the sources said. The attack forced the suspension of activity at an oil station which had been pumping 55,000 barrels per day to the northern Kurdish region, oil
  
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• Many Houthis, seven Saudi troops killed near Yemen border

  31-07-2016 10:07
  Seven Saudi troops and dozens of Houthi fighters were killed in heavy fighting on the border with Yemen, Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Sunday, as the main combatants in Yemen's war prepared for a further week of peace talks in Kuwait. It said in a statement that dozens of Houthi fighters were killed near the border strip and their military vehicles destroyed by coalition aircraft that repelled their assault.
  
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• Militants attack two energy plants in north Iraq, kill at least four

  31-07-2016 09:41
  By Mustafa Mahmoud KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Militants stormed two energy facilities in northern Iraq on Sunday, shooting at least four workers and detonating explosives that sent flames into the sky, security sources said.
  
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• Militants attack second energy facility in northern Iraq - security sources

  31-07-2016 09:08
  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militants in northern Iraq stormed an oil facility on Sunday and detonated explosives at an oil storage tank, sending flames into the sky, security sources said. The assault on the Bai Hassan station, about 40 km (25 miles) northwest of Kirkuk, followed an attack in the early morning on a gas station nearby which left at least four workers dead. The sources said clashes were ongoing. It was not clear if there were casualties in the second incident. ...
  
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• Militants storm Iraq gas compressor station - security sources

  31-07-2016 07:26
  By Mustafa Mahmoud KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Militants stormed a gas facility in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing four workers and planting several explosives before security forces managed to regain control, security sources said.
  
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• First wave-propelled robot swims, crawls and climbs using a single, small motor

  31-07-2016 06:00
  
  (American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) "The robot requires barely any maintenance, which is very unusual for an almost completely 3-D-printed prototype that's this dynamic," Zarrouk says. "I believe it will be useful for traveling through the intestine for imaging and biopsies, and for infiltrating problematic, complex security areas, such as tunnels, destroyed buildings and pipes."
  
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• Nine people found dead near Pemex pipelines in western Mexico

  31-07-2016 03:44
  The state prosecutor's office in Mexico's western state of Michoacan said on Saturday that nine people were found dead near Pemex pipelines in the municipality of Cuitzeo. In a statement, the prosecutor's office said it was investigating whether the incident was related to fuel theft.
  
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