Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Science News (Master Feed)
Ozone harms East Asian crops, costing $63 billion a year, scientists say
By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) - Fossil fuel emissions aren't just driving climate change and worsening air quality, they're also hurting crop yields enough to cause some $63 billion in annual losses in E...
Jan 17, 2022
Explainer-Scientists struggle to monitor Tonga volcano after massive eruption
By Kanupriya Kapoor SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Scientists are struggling to monitor an active volcano that erupted off the South Pacific island of Tonga at the weekend, after the explosion destroyed its se...
Jan 17, 2022
Anemia in astronauts could be a challenge for space missions
By Harikrishnan Nair (Reuters) - The next "giant leap" for humans may be a trip to Mars, but having enough oxygen-carrying red blood cells for the journey might present a challenge, new research sugge...
Jan 14, 2022
Indonesia’s sweeping restructuring of science sector faces criticism
By Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's government is facing criticism from some top scientists and lawmakers that a sweeping restructuring bringing together the country's le...
Jan 14, 2022
Son calls father’s pig-heart transplant a miracle of science
By Natasa Bansagi (Reuters) - The son of a transplant recipient who was implanted with a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind surgery, called his father's procedure "a miracle." The s...
Jan 13, 2022
Second alien moon identified is much like the first: big and strange
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For only the second time, astronomers have detected what appears to be a moon orbiting a planet in another solar system. Just like the first time, this one has tr...
Jan 13, 2022
Polish scientists find gene that doubles risk of serious COVID
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish scientists have found a gene that they say more than doubles the risk of becoming severely ill with COVID-19, a discovery they hope could help doctors identify people who are...
Jan 13, 2022
NASA begins process of bringing new space telescope into focus
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - NASA on Wednesday embarked on a months-long, painstaking process of bringing its newly launched James Webb Space Telescope into focus, a task due for completion in time for...
Jan 12, 2022
Older date for Ethiopian fossils sheds light on rise of Homo sapiens
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Volcanic ash left over from a huge ancient eruption has helped scientists determine that important early Homo sapiens fossils found in Ethiopia in 1967 are older than previo...
Jan 12, 2022
Like a fish out of water? Israeli team trains goldfish to drive
BEERSHEBA, Israel (Reuters) - Goldfish are capable of navigating on land, Israeli researchers have found, after training fish to drive. The team at Ben-Gurion University developed an FOV - a fish-oper...
Jan 10, 2022
