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Chimes from Crusader times: Recreating Nativity Church’s Mediaeval music
By Rinat Harash JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Crusader-era bells and organ pipes from the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem are inspiring researchers' efforts to re-create music as it may have sounded in th...
Dec 21, 2021
Omicron infections appear no less severe than Delta; COVID-19 lowers sperm count, motility
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 20, 2021
Japan billionaire Maezawa set to land in Kazakhstan after 12-day space flight
ZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa was set to return to earth on Monday after a 12-day journey into space, a voyage he said he saw as a dry run for his planned trip...
Dec 19, 2021
Antibodies weak vs Omicron; treatment may help patients on ventilators
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 17, 2021
This subterranean creature has 1,306 legs. Yes, that’s a record.
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Deep underground in an exploratory drill hole in a mining region of Australia, scientists have discovered a "marvel of evolution," a remarkably elongated blind millipede pos...
Dec 16, 2021
Ground control to Maezawa: SoftBank’s Son speaks to orbiting protege
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp founder and CEO Masayoshi Son said he spoke by phone to fashion magnate and protege Yusaku Maezawa, who is currently on a trip to the International ...
Dec 16, 2021
Zoo in Chile tests experimental COVID vaccine on lions and tigers
By Rodrigo Gutierrez and Gerardo Gomez (Reuters) - At the Buin Zoo on the outskirts of Chilean capital Santiago, a veterinarian sporting a tiger-striped face mask administers an experimental COVID-19 ...
Dec 15, 2021
Omicron thrives in airways, not lungs; new data on asymptomatic cases
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 15, 2021
Russia hopeful of space rides from NASA to ISS from 2022 – agency head
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow expects NASA to start taking cosmonauts to the International Space Station again and is hopeful that cooperation can resume next year, the head of the Russian space agency wa...
Dec 15, 2021
NASA’s Webb telescope promises an ‘amazing journey’ for astronomy
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was finished years late at a cost far higher than planned, but NASA's James Webb Space Telescope due for launch next week may usher in a new era in astronomy a...
Dec 14, 2021
