Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Science News (Master Feed)
UK study finds mRNA COVID-19 vaccines provide biggest booster impact
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna that use mRNA technology provide the biggest boost to antibody levels when given 10-12 weeks after the second dose, a ...
Dec 02, 2021
Work and play in space? NASA awards $415.6 million for new space hubs
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - NASA announced on Thursday it has awarded $415.6 million to billionaire Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, stalwart contractor Northrop Grumman Corp and venture-backed Nan...
Dec 02, 2021
Hot little planet as dense as iron zips around red dwarf star
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have spotted one of the smallest planets ever discovered outside our solar system, a scorching-hot world a bit larger than Mars and just about as dense...
Dec 02, 2021
That radio DJ you hear might already be a robot
By Jane Lanhee Lee and Rollo Ross OAKLAND/LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Reuters) - Andy Chanley, the afternoon drive host at Southern California's public radio station 88.5 KCSN, has been a radio DJ for over 3...
Dec 02, 2021
After delay, NASA astronauts set for spacewalk to replace faulty space station antenna
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Two NASA astronauts were set to embark on a spacewalk on Thursday to replace a faulty antenna on the International Space Station (ISS), after a 48-hour delay prompted by an...
Dec 02, 2021
Madagascar food crisis caused more by poverty, natural weather than climate change – study
By Andrea Januta (Reuters) - Poverty, poor infrastructure and natural weather variability are bigger contributors to Madagascar's food crisis than climate change, according to a study released on Thur...
Dec 01, 2021
Brain problems found in 1% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients; real-world data shows Moderna vaccine highly effective
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 01, 2021
Tanzania footprints offer clues on origin of human upright walking
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Five fossil footprints left in volcanic ash 3.66 million years ago in Tanzania are giving scientists new insight on a landmark in human evolution - upright walking - while s...
Dec 01, 2021
Armored dinosaur wielded a tail resembling an Aztec war club
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - More than half a millennium ago, Aztec warriors brandished a weapon called a macuahuitl, a wooden club with jagged obsidian blades embedded on its sides, to inflict gruesome...
Dec 01, 2021
Biden administration turns focus to space as rivals China, Russia loom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Wednesday laid out a new strategy for responsible civil, commercial and national security-related use of space amid growing commercial interests and ...
Dec 01, 2021
