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SpaceX wins U.S. contract for spacecraft to send astronauts to moon: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA has awarded Elon Musk's SpaceX a contract to build a spacecraft to fly astronauts to the moon, bypassing Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc, the Wa...
Apr 16, 2021
‘Like Godzilla, but actually real’: study shows T. rex numbered 2.5 billion
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If one Tyrannosaurus rex - the school bus-sized meat-eating dinosaur that stalked the Cretaceous Period landscape - seems impressive, how about 2.5 billion of the...
Apr 15, 2021
Exclusive: New zinc-fortified wheat set for global expansion to combat malnutrition
By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Scientists at a leading global grains research institute expect to sharply ramp up new wheat varieties enriched with zinc that can boost the essential min...
Apr 15, 2021
UAE partners with Japan’s iSpace to send rover to the moon in 2022
DUBAI (Reuters) - Japanese space company iSpace will transport a United Arab emirates rover to the moon in 2022, the company announced on Wednesday. Under the agreement, iSpace said it would also prov...
Apr 14, 2021
Listen to the music of a spider’s web. Tell me what do you hear?
(Reuters) - It is an eerie, foreboding, reverberating tune, enough to send a tingle down your spine. This is what a spiderweb sounds like. From communication to construction, spiderwebs may offer an o...
Apr 13, 2021
Autoimmune-disease drugs may reduce vaccine response; antibody treatments ineffective vs Brazil variant
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 12, 2021
On Gagarin flight anniversary, Putin vows Russia will remain space power
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic space flight on Monday with a pledge that Moscow would remain a key space and nuclear power. ...
Apr 12, 2021
UAE selects first Arab woman for astronaut training
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has selected the first Arab woman to train as an astronaut, as the Gulf country rapidly expands into the space sector to diversify its economy. Emirati natio...
Apr 11, 2021
Moderna vaccine antibodies last at least 6 months; lung transplant can save some COVID-19 survivors
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 09, 2021
Beast of five teeth: Chilean scientists unearth skunk that walked among dinosaurs
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A fossil of a skunk-like mammal that lived during the age of dinosaurs has been discovered in Chilean Patagonia, adding further proof to recent evidence that mam...
Apr 08, 2021
