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17 Apr 2024- updated by Mr Ang

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News from The Straits Times & other Sources (recent months)  

• Mars Exploration (NASA)
• ‘A long goodbye’: Nasa Mars helicopter sends last message to Earth [17 Apr 2024, The Straits Times] New!
• Mars 2020 Mission (NASA)
• Mars once had wet and dry alternating climates conducive for life to form: Study [10 Aug 2023, The Straits Times]  
• NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter succeeds in historic first flight [19 Apr 2021, nasa.gov] 
• Technical outage crippled Dutch air traffic for hours, authorities say [16 Apr 2024, The Straits Times] New!
• Exploration of the deep sea has much to offer for science, but caution needed for mining of its resources [15 Apr 2024, The Straits Times] New!
• Nasa unveils probe bound for Jupiter's possibly life-sustaining moon [12 Apr 2024, The Straits Times] New!
• Peking University’s weight-loss course shows results, fuels online craze [12 Apr 2024, The Straits Times] New!
• RSAF’s new Boeing and Airbus helicopters attain full operational capability [11 Apr 2024, The Straits Times] New!
• UK Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs dies aged 94 [10 Apr 2024, The Straits Times] New!
• Peter Higgs, physicist who theorised Higgs boson, dies aged 94 [9 Apr 2024, bbc.com] New!
• Google launches Gemini, most powerful model to date in AI race [10 Apr 2024, The Straits Times] New!
• Driver jumps out seconds before van crushed by falling crane in Sengkang, crane operator arrested 
• ST Engineering joint venture AirX to test wing-in-ground craft in area off Changi [9 Apr 2024, The Straits Times] New!
• I chose this path, I must finish it: First woman to top SAF’s gruelling combat diver course [8 Apr 2024, The Straits Times] New!
• China wants to go high-tech to boost its economy. Does the success of Hefei city hold the key? [6 Apr 2024, The Straits Times] New!
• Drones clean the Supertrees, water and fertilise plants at Gardens by the Bay [2 Apr 2024, The Straits Times] New!
• NY earthquake
• 'I am still fine': New York rattled by small earthquake, aftershock [7 Apr 2024, The Straits Times] New!
• 4.8-magnitude earthquake rattles New York, New Jersey [6 Apr 2024, The Straits Times] New!
• Taiwan earthquake 
• Taiwan helicopters pluck quake-stranded tourists to safety [6 Apr 2024, The Straits Times] New!
• ‘Seemingly endless’: Some 500 aftershocks continue to rattle Hualien in wake of Taiwan quake [6 Apr 2024, The Straits Times] New!
• What are the reasons behind the low death toll? Will there be a bigger aftershock? [5 Apr 2024, The Straits Times] New!
• Helicopter rescues Taiwan miners as earthquake injuries top 1,000 [4 Apr 2024, The Straits Times] New!

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