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Russian scientists say they have recovered meteor fragments

Chelyabinsk police officers examine small objects near a hole in a frozen lake, reportedly the site of a meteor fall, outside the town of Chebakul. File photo via AFP.

Scientists said Monday they had discovered fragments of the meteor that spectacularly plunged over Russia’s Ural Mountains creating a shockwave that injured 1,200 people and damaged thousands of homes. The giant piece of space rock streaked over the city of Chelyabinsk in central Russia on Friday with the force of…

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Scientists regenerate 30,000 year-old plant

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Fruit seeds stored away by squirrels more than 30,000 years ago and found in Siberian permafrost have been regenerated into full flowering plants by scientists in Russia, a new study has revealed. The seeds of the herbaceous Silene stenophylla are far and away the oldest plant tissue to have been…

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