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Space startup Astra signs first commercial launch contract, boosts rocket capacity
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Billionaire-backed space transport startup Astra, which aims to go public before July in a $2.1 billion blank-check deal, has signed its first commercial launch ...
May 19, 2021
Chinese spacecraft successfully lands on surface of Mars -Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) -An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars on Saturday, state news agency Xinhua reported, making China the second space-faring nation after the Unite...
May 14, 2021
Explainer: What is the science behind the new U.S. mask guidance?
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday advised that fully vaccinated people do not need to wear masks outdoors and can avoid wearin...
May 14, 2021
Delayed 2nd Pfizer/BioNTech shot boosts antibodies in elderly; COVID-19 obesity risk higher for men
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
May 14, 2021
Latin America’s female scientists pack a big punch despite glass ceiling
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Latin America's female scientists and researchers are packing a big punch despite a hard-to-break glass ceiling for top roles in academia and business, reflect...
May 14, 2021
Chinese spacecraft to land on Mars on May 15-19 – National Space Administration
BEIJING (Reuters) - An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft is set to land on Utopia Planitia on Mars between May 15 and May 19 Beijing time, the China National Space Administration said on Friday. The spacecr...
May 14, 2021
New species of crested dinosaur identified in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A team of palaeontologists in Mexico have identified a new species of dinosaur after finding its 72 million-year-old fossilized remains almost a decade ago, Mexico's National I...
May 14, 2021
For deep-diving elephant seals, it takes lots of work to stay fat
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - For elephant seals - one of the most distinctive of the 33 species that comprise the world's seal family - it is hard work to stay fat. Scientists have conducted the most th...
May 13, 2021
mRNA vaccines appear effective vs India variant; people with HIV at higher risk for severe COVID-19
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
May 12, 2021
Child’s burial site tells of early man’s emotional life – Kenyan archaeologist
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The discovery of the oldest known human burial site, a child's grave in a Kenyan cave, sheds new light on the emotional life of early Homo sapiens, the head of archaeology for the ...
May 12, 2021
