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    Oceanologist: Porpoises rare in Baltic Sea, but globally not endangered

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    Samples for Polish experiment on ISS to be launched into orbit on April 21

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    Precipitation to glass: It takes water days to thousands of years to make this 'journey'

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    Archaeologists have completed another stage of work in Pharaoh Shepseskaf's tomb

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