Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Science News (Master Feed)
Japan space probe carrying asteroid rocks lands in Australian outback
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A Japanese space probe carrying the first extensive samples of an asteroid has completed its six-year mission, landing safely in the remote Australian outback, Japan's space agen...
Dec 05, 2020
Bezos says Blue Origin will take the first woman to moon’s surface
(Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin will take the first woman to the moon's surface, the billionaire said on Friday as NASA nears a decision to pick its first privately built lunar lande...
Dec 05, 2020
Thai researchers unearth rare whale skeleton
By Juarawee Kittisilpa SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand (Reuters) - Thai researchers have unearthed a rare partially fossilised skeleton belonging to a Bryde's whale believed to be around 5,000 years old at an ...
Dec 04, 2020
‘This is not science fiction,’ say scientists pushing for ‘neuro-rights’
By Avi Asher-Schapiro (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Scientific advances from deep brain stimulation to wearable scanners are making manipulation of the human mind increasingly possible, creating a ne...
Dec 03, 2020
Brazilian soy farmers try 5G technology with Huawei equipment
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian farm state of Goias rolled out a pilot project on Thursday to increase productivity and take fast action against disease using fifth-generation technology and equipm...
Dec 03, 2020
China completes lunar sample collection ahead of schedule
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Chang'e-5 lunar vehicle has finished collecting samples of lunar rocks and soil more than a day ahead of schedule in the first lunar sample retrieval mission since the 1970...
Dec 03, 2020
Bezos’ Blue Origin taps former Pentagon, NASA officials for new advisory board
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Blue Origin said on Tuesday it formed a new advisory board of former Pentagon and NASA officials, as billionaire Jeff Bezos' space company vies for lucrative go...
Dec 01, 2020
Automakers pledge to work with Biden to reduce emissions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group representing major automakers on Tuesday vowed to work with President-elect Joe Biden on efforts to reduce vehicle emissions even as the industry remains split over an e...
Dec 01, 2020
Massive Puerto Rico telescope collapses
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) - The massive telescope at Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory that had been deteriorating since August collapsed on Tuesday, officials said, after 57 years of astronomical di...
Dec 01, 2020
China successfully lands spacecraft on moon to retrieve lunar rocks
BEIJING (Reuters) - China successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon's surface on Tuesday in a historic mission to retrieve lunar surface samples, Chinese state media reported. China launched its Ch...
Dec 01, 2020
