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Artemis II, the next mission in NASA’s Artemis program to explore the Moon, is scheduled to launch from Florida within the coming weeks. The mission will be the first crewed mission to the vicinity of ...

After decades of campaigning, the tide is finally turning on the use of animals in laboratory experiments. The government - soon to be followed by the EU - has published its strategy to make such ...