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Harvard’s modern-day Darwin warns against humanity’s downward slope
By Tim McLaughlin and Kanupriya Kapoor BOSTON (Reuters) - The Harvard University scientist who has called for setting aside half the planet as a nature preserve says the slope of human history will al...
Oct 27, 2021
German dogs to sniff out wildlife at building sites to speed up work
BERLIN (Reuters) - Sniffer dogs are being trained by Germany's Deutsche Bahn (DB) to find protected wildlife at planned major building sites to speed up projects, the railway group said on Tuesday. Hu...
Oct 26, 2021
Remote-sensing reveals details of ancient Olmec site in Mexico
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Aerial remote-sensing of a large region of Mexico has revealed hundreds of ancient Mesoamerican ceremonial centers, including a large one at an important site for the ancien...
Oct 25, 2021
Blue Origin, Boeing chart course for ‘business park’ in space
(Reuters) - Billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin on Monday unveiled plans to develop a commercial space station called "Orbital Reef" with Boeing, aiming to launch the spacecraft in the second hal...
Oct 25, 2021
Roche launches genomic profiling kit to ease cancer research
By Michael Shields ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche is launching a new genomic profiling kit that lets cancer researchers explore tumours without having to send tissue samples to centralised laboratories, the...
Oct 25, 2021
COVID-19 vaccines not linked to pregnancy loss; mixing vaccines may confer greater protection
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 have yet to be certifie...
Oct 22, 2021
Patagonian fossils show Jurassic dinosaur had the herd mentality
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - A vast trove of fossils unearthed in Argentina's southern Patagonia region is offering the oldest-known evidence that some dinosaurs thrived in a complex and well-organized ...
Oct 21, 2021
Remains of ‘Big John’, largest known triceratops, sell for 6.65 million euros
PARIS (Reuters) -The fossilised remains of 'Big John', the largest triceratops dinosaur ever discovered by paleontologists, sold for 6.65 million euros ($7.74 million) at a Paris auction on Thursday. ...
Oct 21, 2021
S.Korea prepares to launch first domestically produced space rocket
By Josh Smith GOHEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korea is scheduled to conduct its first test launch into space of a domestically built rocket on Thursday in a major step toward jumpstarting the c...
Oct 20, 2021
Goodbye, Columbus: Vikings crossed the Atlantic 1,000 years ago
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Long before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, eight timber-framed buildings covered in sod stood on a terrace above a peat bog and stream at the northern tip of Canada's island...
Oct 20, 2021
