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Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Japan on Thursday aborted the launch of its next-generation H3 rocket.

Feb. 16 (UPI) -- The United States, where more zoonotic diseases have originated than any other country in the world, has "blind spots" in its strategies for preparing for such threats, according to an analysis published Thursday.

Feb. 16 (UPI) -- A large dinosaur print discovered by a local archeologist in Burniston Bay, England, in 2021, likely belonged to a "Megalosaurus-like Theropod," according to research findings published Thursday.

Feb. 16 (UPI) -- A new study from Northwestern Medicine suggests that the original COVID-19 vaccine worked so well that it actually hurt boosters given too soon by "mopping up" the new shots before they can become effective.

A new study finds brain changes in F16 fighter pilots, which could shed light on what happens to astronauts during space travel.

Feb. 16 (UPI) -- The latest images sent back to Earth by NASA's James Webb Telescope show three clusters of galaxies converging to form a megacluster, astronomers confirmed Wednesday.

Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Rare video footage has been released showing the Titanic shipwreck when it was discovered nearly four decades ago at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Climate change could cause an exodus of plankton from the tropics, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Austin.

Feb. 15 (UPI) -- For the first time, scientists have uncovered evidence of "cosmological coupling," linking black holes to dark energy. University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers scanned 9 billion years of data to make the proposal.

Feb. 15 (UPI) -- NASA has released a composite of hundreds of images showing the locations of samples collected by the Perseverance Mars rover.

Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Researchers at Cornell University have developed and are testing an artificial intelligence tool that can track online conversations in real time, alerting a person before things get too heated.

Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Researchers at RMIT University have developed a new method to extract hydrogen from seawater without desalination. The advance could help simplify the process of obtaining hydrogen for renewable energy.

Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Artificial intelligence operated a tactical training aircraft for more than 17 hours recently, aerospace company Lockheed Martin revealed Monday.

Feb. 13 (UPI) -- The crew for NASA's next privately-funded mission to space has been selected as the agency moves closer toward commercializing space travel.

Feb. 10 (UPI) -- NASA has commissioned private space launch company Blue Origin, to launch the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers mission which will study Mars' magnetosphere.

Feb. 10 (UPI) -- A crew of Chinese astronauts on a six-month mission aboard the country's newly completed space station ventured outside the orbiter for the first time Friday for what became a successful spacewalk.