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In science news around the world this week, polio has returned to China for the first time in more than a decade, the price tag of the James Webb Space Telescope has risen to $8 billion, Italy lacks funds to interpret data from its new telescope, an icebreaker deal will keep Antarctic research afloa...

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Published in:Science
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2011
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.333.6047.1204-b
https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1126/science.333.6047.1204-b
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Summary:In science news around the world this week, polio has returned to China for the first time in more than a decade, the price tag of the James Webb Space Telescope has risen to $8 billion, Italy lacks funds to interpret data from its new telescope, an icebreaker deal will keep Antarctic research afloat, and Russia has postponed a crewed mission to the International Space Station.