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Monday December 18th, 2017 night edition

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'Ghost cat': Bronx Zoo welcomes new baby snow leopard just in time for Halloween.

Snow leopards were captured on film for the first time ever in eastern Tibet with the help of remote infrared cameras, Chinese media reported Monday.

The cameras were set up in the Nujiang River Valley, also known as the Nu River.

It is home to one of Asia's last "wild rivers" unencumbered by dams or other projects, according to the U.S.-based non-profit environmental group International Rivers.

The presence of the leopards may be a sign that local conservation efforts are working, Xinhua said.

Snow leopards are classified as a "vulnerable" species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which estimates there are between 2,500 and 10,000 left in the world.

Tibet is a special autonomous region of China and has been ruled by Beijing since 1951. »

Scientists cautiously back Trump’s moon plan

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The announcement drew support from NASA, aerospace proponents, and Congressmen Lamar Smith (R-Texas), who chairs the House Science, Space and Technology Committee.

The moon, he says, could be a useful test-bed for spacecraft designs and other technology ultimately designed to reach beyond.

The moon, he notes, is only three days away, which means it’s possible to go there many times in fairly rapid sequence. »

The Neuroscientist Who Discovered He Was a Psychopath

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One afternoon in October 2005, neuroscientist James Fallon was looking at brain scans of serial killers.

“I was looking at many scans, scans of murderers mixed in with schizophrenics, depressives and other, normal brains,” he says.

When he looked up the code, he was greeted by an unsettling revelation: the psychopathic brain pictured in the scan was his own. »

Surgeon admits to branding initials on patients' livers

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(CNN) An accomplished British surgeon has admitted branding two of his patients' livers with his initials.

Dr. Simon Bramhall, 53, admitted to Birmingham Crown Court that he etched "SB" onto the livers of two transplant patients in 2013 using an argon beam.

Argon beam coagulators are commonly used during such operations to stop blood flow and resection organs. »