Meteorite takes out roof and wall of Russian zinc factory
Meteorite crashes into Russia, injuring about 1,000 people.
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A Pamela Anderson pump-and-dump stock scam that people actually believed
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Asteroid miner ready to ‘save the Earth’ from falling celestial objects
Planetary Resources says it has already developed the prototype for a spacecraft that can help detect and characterize potentially hazardous asteroids.
China, Ghana gold production spike, others fall
The top 10 gold producing countries mined out 1,799 tonnes of the precious metal which is 2% more than in 2011.
