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Polish scientists discover ancient Egyptian mummy was pregnant woman
WARSAW (Reuters) - An ancient Egyptian mummy once believed to be the remains of a male priest is actually the embalmed body of a woman in the third trimester of pregnancy, Polish scientists said on Fr...
Apr 30, 2021
Deep-sea mining tests resume after robot rescued from Pacific Ocean floor
(Reuters) - Belgium's Global Sea Mineral Resources has resumed tests that could lead to the mining of battery minerals from the Pacific Ocean floor after it managed to recover a robot stranded at a de...
Apr 30, 2021
Colombia warns of nine new strains of dangerous coffee fungus
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's coffee federation has discovered nine new, more aggressive variants of the fungus that causes coffee rust, it said on Thursday, urging producers to plant more resistant c...
Apr 29, 2021
U.S. FAA authorizes next three SpaceX launches
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Thursday it has authorized the next three launches of the SpaceX Starship prototype after the company made a few changes to the...
Apr 29, 2021
China launches key module of space station planned for 2022
BEIJING (Reuters) -China launched an unmanned module on Thursday containing living quarters for three crew on a permanent space station that it plans to complete by the end of 2022, state media report...
Apr 28, 2021
Placental infection may be more likely early in pregnancy; COVID-19 may cause heart failure in some patients
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 ...
Apr 28, 2021
Michael Collins, the ‘forgotten’ astronaut of Apollo 11, dies at 90
By Rosalba O'Brien (Reuters) -American astronaut Michael Collins, who as pilot of the Apollo 11 command module stayed behind on July 20, 1969, while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin traveled to the luna...
Apr 28, 2021
Mining robot stranded on Pacific Ocean floor in deep-sea mining trial
(Reuters) - A seabed mining robot being tested on the Pacific Ocean floor at a depth of more than 4 km (13,000 ft) has become detached, the Belgian company running the experimental trial said on Wedne...
Apr 28, 2021
FCC to votes to approve SpaceX satellite plan: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to approve the SpaceX plan to deploy Starlink satellites at a lower earth orbit, an FCC official confirmed to Reuters. The ...
Apr 27, 2021
John Kerry calls on scientists to lead fight against climate change denial
By Laurie Goering LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Widespread mistrust of science and disputes over basic facts, tied to growing political polarisation and disinformation campaigns, are undermini...
Apr 27, 2021
