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Moon rocks retrieved by Soviet space mission sold for $855G Three tiny Moon rocks brought back from space by the unmanned Soviet Luna-16 mission were sold for $855,000 at auction on Thursday. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2RtibOk

Mysterious sea creature draws 'alien' comparisons Marine biologists have identified a mysterious looking sea creature as a New Zealand rough skate. A mom and her daughter found it on a beach in the country and took to social media to figure out what it was. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2E4Uc4Y

'Rare first edition' copy of 'The Hobbit' sells for big bucks A "rare first edition" copy of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2Q4ljTW

Neanderthals and humans were hooking up way more than anyone thought Way more sex happened between Neanderthals and the ancestors of modern humans across Europe and Asia than scientists originally thought, a new study finds. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2RledHd

Recovered Hubble Telescope nabs nifty new picture After taking a short break from observing the cosmos, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is officially back up and running, and the observatory captured a stunning new view of a distant, star-forming galaxy. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2zwZcLH

This strange hum circled the whole world. But nobody heard it. There was a hum that nobody could hear. It was a seismic event, one that originated off the coast of Mayotte on Nov. 11, a tiny island in the waters between Madagascar and Mozambique. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2Q1IqhP

Mysterious sea creature draws 'alien' comparisons with its sharp teeth, spiky skin Dozens of people offered suggestions — from a flying squirrel fish to a saw shark. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2Seb9ww

China is halting the work by team on gene-edited babies HONG KONG (AP) — China's government ordered a halt Thursday to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies, as a group of leading scientists declared that it's still too soon to try to make permanent changes to DNA that can be inherited by future generations. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2KKU2QM

A handful of the thousands of Central American migrants camped out at the U.S.-Mexican border waiting to plead their case for asylum in the United States launched a hunger strike on Thursday to protest the Mexican police blocking their way. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8260648 https://ift.tt/2Qo7VcR

Three weeks after flames incinerated most of a Northern California town in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century, the search for more human remains has officially ended with at least 88 people confirmed dead and nearly 200 still listed as missing. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8260648 https://ift.tt/2zGTzuD

The U.S. Army is investing millions of dollars in experimental exoskeleton technology to make soldiers stronger and more resilient, in what experts say is part of a broader push into advanced gear to equip a new generation of "super-soldiers." from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8260648 https://ift.tt/2Q5eth6

Two toddlers in a car were hit by gunfire from another vehicle in front of a hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, on Thursday and were in stable condition at the medical facility, police said. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8260648 https://ift.tt/2DSCO2o

The man who plowed his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at last year's white nationalist rally in Virginia had every intention to kill, a prosecutor told jurors on Thursday as James Fields' murder trial got underway. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8260648 https://ift.tt/2Q1XrQJ

The chairman of the California state Democratic Party said on Thursday he would resign amid allegations that he engaged in unspecified sexual misconduct with party staffers. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8260648 https://ift.tt/2Qtlyr3

Police in Georgia on Thursday arrested a suspect in a shooting that wounded two people at an Alabama mall and left another man dead after he was apparently mistaken for the gunman during Black Friday sales, federal officials said. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8260648 https://ift.tt/2E4AJkz

California's top utilities regulator on Thursday ordered the embattled power utility Pacific Gas and Electric Co to implement safety recommendations the agency's staff outlined in an independent third-party report. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8260648 https://ift.tt/2zwj5mb

Victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme will soon receive another $695.3 million from a government compensation fund, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday, less than two weeks before the 10th anniversary of the swindler's arrest. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8260648 https://ift.tt/2E4kSmm

Maryland on Thursday asked the state's top court to reinstate the murder conviction of a man whose guilt was cast into doubt by the "Serial" podcast, saying his lawyer would have run "a terrible risk" by interviewing a witness who provided an alibi that conflicted with what the man had told investigators. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8260648 https://ift.tt/2QtPMtS

For two dozen third-graders who survived the massive wildfire that largely obliterated Paradise, California, school is now the small home of their teacher, Sheri Eichar: Reading center on the couch, math in the kitchen nook, language in the corner. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8260648 https://ift.tt/2re5GKF