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Shark followed on 12,000-mile trip

Nicole, a great white shark, logged more than 12,000 miles swimming from Southern Africa to Australia and back, the first proof of a link between the two continents? shark populations, researchers say. A temporary satellite tracking device documented Nicole?s 99-day swim. Six months later, Nicole was identified from photos taken off the coast of South Africa. Satellite tracking technology may provide new perspectives on shark movements.

Source: CNN

Cryostat ice explorer destroyed Sunday

Space agencies are investigating why the rocket carrying a European mission to map polar ice fell into the ocean. The European Space Agency?s Cryostat spacecraft was lost minutes after liftoff from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome...

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