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    An extended exposure of the Falcon 9 rocket as it launches from Cape Canaveral Photograph: John Raoux/AP Tuesday’s launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral air force station in Florida was the culmination of months of preparation for the first commercial flight to the International Space Station

    An extended exposure of the Falcon 9 rocket as it launches from Cape Canaveral Photograph: John Raoux/AP

    Tuesday’s launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral air force station in Florida was the culmination of months of preparation for the first commercial flight to the International Space Station

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    We can’t get enough of the solar eclipse photos and footage. On this picture, sun spots are visible as the moon moves into full eclipse position. Unlike in a total solar eclipse, the moon in an annular eclipse appears too small to cover the sun completely, leaving a ‘ring of fire’ effect Photograph: JAXA/NASA/Hinode via Getty Images

    We can’t get enough of the solar eclipse photos and footage. On this picture, sun spots are visible as the moon moves into full eclipse position. Unlike in a total solar eclipse, the moon in an annular eclipse appears too small to cover the sun completely, leaving a ‘ring of fire’ effect
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    Popocatepetl gives a spectacular display in the Mexican central state of Puebla, but residents at the foot of the volcano can no longer sleep soundly since it erupted back into action more than a week ago, spewing out a hail of rocks, steam and ashes Photograph: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images

    Popocatepetl gives a spectacular display in the Mexican central state of Puebla, but residents at the foot of the volcano can no longer sleep soundly since it erupted back into action more than a week ago, spewing out a hail of rocks, steam and ashes Photograph: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images

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    Rare footage of white orca in wild

    Scientists have filmed what is believed to be the first sighting of an adult white killer whale in the wild. The marine mammal, nicknamed Iceberg and believed to be at least 16 years old, was swimming with its mother and siblings in waters off the Kamchatka peninsula off the far eastern coast of Russia. Fully albino orcas can have weak immune systems and die young, but partial albinos can live into adulthood

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    Most of the 20th century people have been trying to treat homosexuals - from psychoanalysis, oestrogen therapy, electric shock and aversion therapy. This is the latest round is much more spiritually-based and has been going for at least 25 years in the US and, increasingly, here. It seems to be a mixture of a feeling that the person is “wounded” - they talk about emotional woundedness in their stuff. That seems to be old psychoanalytical theory about a distant father and an overbearing mother, stuff that’s been already shown to be not associated with sexuality, but they [campaigners] keep on this line. Professor Michael King on the scientific support cited by anti-gay campaigners for their belief in the power of “therapy” to change the sexual orientation of gay people

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