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SCIENCEThursday 10 March 2016
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Cambodia is looking at
reintroducing tigers after
recently declaring them
functionally extinct within
its borders, meaning there
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Kesrleanulasnocsrthsaftoteor ttohMetahFresreaenarcishseteserjuniss-t In this May 29, 2010, file photo, school children with tiger’s ears headband gesture in front of a habitat loss and poachers
tiger poster during an event to encourage people to protect the endangered wild tiger species seeking their body parts for
around Asia countries held at the National Animal Museum in Beijing, China. sale on the black market.
They are also seeing their
Associated Press
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John Grunsfeld, head of
ence instrument itself. astronaut Scott Kelly com-
NASA’s science mission di- “The quest to understand pleted a 340-day mission c“rWafht,en inyoculudhianvge hNigAhS-Ale’vsel bitneor t foinrcmludeeadsurbinegcaautmseo-the
rectorate, said the scien- the interior of Mars has at the International Space Oppoplitoicrtaulnitycoamnmd itCmuerniotssi,ty it spdhaertiac gwaasess caonndsaidelarnedderout
tific goals are compelling been a long-standing goal Station that’s considered a rocvaenrs monakthee asullrfathcee, daniffder- coollfedcativtee.lyqknown as Exo-
and the repair plans are of planetary scientists for scientific steppingstone for Odyssey, Mars Reconnais- Mars 2016.q
