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Conjoined twins separated with help of Virtual Reality. Twins sharing a cranium and brain were successfully separated in Rio de Janeiro after months of preparation and a 27-hour operation. It was the most complex separation to date.
Cheetahs to be moved from South Africa to India. The transportation of the animals across continents and reintroduction to the wild is a first. The project is an important conservation step in saving cheetahs from extinction.
ECJ rules NGO illegal migrant ships cannot be detained without cause. The European Court of Justice ruled a port country can take detention measures only in the "event of a clear risk to safety, health or the environment."
Great Barrier Reef records highest coral growth in decades. Marine scientists have found that parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have recorded their highest levels of coral cover since monitoring began nearly four decades ago.
Tonga’s volcanic eruption could temporarily warm the planet’s surface. The massive amount of water vapour blasted high into the atmosphere from the eruption is set to temporarily warm the Earth's surface, according to detections from a NASA satellite.
Scientists create synthetic mouse embryos, a potential key to healing humans. Stem cell researchers have created synthetic mouse embryos without using a sperm or egg, growing them in an artificial womb. Researchers hope this will lead to the development of artificial organs.
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