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China urges U.S. to act responsibly in space
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday that the United States ignored obligations under outer space treaties, exposing astronauts to danger. China urges the United States to ...
Dec 28, 2021
Japan aims to put a person on the moon by late 2020s
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan revised the schedule of its space exploration plans on Tuesday, aiming to put a Japanese person on the moon by the latter half of the 2020s. "Not only is space a frontier that ...
Dec 28, 2021
FACTBOX-Five facts about naturalist E.O. Wilson
(Reuters) - Here are five facts about American biologist, naturalist and environmentalist E.O. Wilson, hailed as the Darwin of the 21st century, who died on Sunday at age 92 : * A young Wilson lost mo...
Dec 27, 2021
Chinese citizens slam Musk online after space station near-misses
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese citizens lashed out online against billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk's space ambitions on Monday after China complained that its space station was forced to take evasive ...
Dec 27, 2021
Modern-day Darwin, E.O. Wilson, dies at 92
By Kanupriya Kapoor SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Edward O. Wilson, a U.S. naturalist dubbed the "modern-day Darwin" died on Sunday at the age 92 in Massachusetts, his foundation said in a statement. Alongsid...
Dec 27, 2021
NASA’s revolutionary new space telescope due for launch from French Guiana
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary $9 billion instrument able to peer more deeply into the cosmos than ever, was due for launch early Saturday from South Am...
Dec 25, 2021
NASA’s next big space telescope set for blastoff from French Guiana
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The James Webb Space Telescope, a NASA instrument designed to allow humankind's first glimpse of the infant universe as it existed when the earliest galaxies are believed t...
Dec 24, 2021
Lick it up: Japan professor creates ‘tele-taste’ TV screen
By Rikako Murayama and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese professor has developed a prototype lickable TV screen that can imitate food flavours, another step towards creating a multi-sensory vie...
Dec 22, 2021
Common health issues raise risk for severe COVID-19; sudden food aversion in toddlers may be due to COVID
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified...
Dec 22, 2021
Launch of NASA’s new space telescope delayed until Christmas Day
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Liftoff of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, designed to peer farther than ever into the universe, has been delayed until Christmas Day at the earliest, due to poor weathe...
Dec 21, 2021
