Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Science News (Master Feed)
Moon-forming region seen around planet in another solar system
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Scientists for the first time have spotted a moon-forming region around a planet beyond our solar system - a Jupiter-like world surrounded by a disk of gas and dust massive ...
Jul 22, 2021
The leader’s brain: Neuroscience in the workplace
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) - The brain rarely fires on all cylinders even at the best of times - what more during a pandemic? Understanding our operating systems can help us better navigate ch...
Jul 21, 2021
Pioneering female aviator Wally Funk is ‘America’s new sweetheart’
(Reuters) - Wally Funk became the oldest person to reach space on Tuesday - some 60 years after first undergoing astronaut training. Funk was one of the so-called Mercury 13 group of women https://www...
Jul 20, 2021
NASA encourages the use of commercial companies for space -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA is encouraging the use of commercial companies for space missions after the successful flight of the Blue Origin capsule to the edge of space, White House spokeswoman Jen P...
Jul 20, 2021
China unveils 600 kph maglev train – state media
BEIJING (Reuters) - China unveiled a maglev train capable of a top speed of 600 kph on Tuesday, state media said. The maximum speed would make the train, self-developed by China and manufactured in th...
Jul 20, 2021
Factbox: Jeff Bezos’ journey from suburban garage to edge of space
(Reuters) - U.S. business mogul Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com Inc, is set to launch into space aboard his company Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket on Tuesday, nine days after rival Richard Branson...
Jul 20, 2021
Jeff Bezos, world’s richest man, set for inaugural space voyage
By Eric M. Johnson VAN HORN, Texas (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, on Tuesday is set to blast off aboard his company Blue Origin's New Shepard https://graphics.reuters.com/SPACE-EX...
Jul 20, 2021
‘Not really nervous’: Billionaire Bezos girds for inaugural space flight
By Eric M. Johnson (Reuters) - American billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos said on Monday he is excited and curious but not very nervous on the eve of taking part in his company Blue Origin's inaugura...
Jul 19, 2021
Bezos and crewmates prepare for inaugural Blue Origin space flight
By Eric M. Johnson (Reuters) - Billionaire American businessman Jeff Bezos and his three crewmates are engaging in a crash course of training on Sunday in preparation for his company Blue Origin's ina...
Jul 18, 2021
Scientists stunned by rare Arctic lightning storms north of Alaska
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Meteorologists were stunned this week when three successive thunderstorms swept across the icy Arctic from Siberia to north of Alaska, unleashing lightnin...
Jul 16, 2021
