Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Science News (Master Feed)
How to kill a star? Astronomers see a ‘demolition derby’ scenario
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have spotted an immensely energetic explosion emanating from an ancient galaxy, apparently triggered by a type of star destruction hypothesized for de...
Jun 23, 2023
Climate change may have stimulated plankton bloom behind Thai mass fish die-off: expert
By Napat Wesshasartar BANGKOK (Reuters) - Climate change might have stimulated a plankton bloom that caused thousands of dead fish to wash up along a 3- to 4-kilometre stretch of beach in Thailand's s...
Jun 23, 2023
Study reveals how immune system of astronauts breaks down
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Evidence is growing about the many ways that traveling in the microgravity environment of space tampers with the human body, with new research showing how it dial...
Jun 22, 2023
Stonehenge-like 4,000-year-old sanctuary discovered in Netherlands
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old sanctuary made up of ditches and burial mounds in the central Netherlands that they believe may have served a similar purpose to S...
Jun 21, 2023
Fossils show ancient long-necked sea beast’s ‘gruesome’ decapitation
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In shallow waters about 242 million years ago, a strange marine reptile built unlike any other animal ever on Earth hunted for fish and squid, using an inordinate...
Jun 20, 2023
Libra Group embarks on space leasing with Arctic ground station
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) - Libra Group said it aims to become the world's first space leasing company offering satellites, space ports and other infrastructure, and is setting up a ground sta...
Jun 20, 2023
Lab crunch: British science has nowhere to go
By Kate Holton OXFORD, England (Reuters) - For Ros Deegan, the thrill of raising $100 million to expand a biotech firm among the dreaming spires of Oxford was soon tempered: unable to find a bigger la...
Jun 20, 2023
Two sea turtles nest on Spain’s Mediterranean coast as waters warm
MADRID (Reuters) - Two loggerhead turtles have laid their eggs on two separate Spanish beaches over the past 48 hours, as the endangered species moves further west, which scientists say could be due t...
Jun 19, 2023
Spain’s PLD Space aborts test rocket launch -webcast
(Reuters) - Spanish startup PLD Space aborted a test launch of its reusable Miura-1 rocket at the last moment early on Saturday, a live webcast showed. The launch in Huelva in southwest Spain was scru...
Jun 16, 2023
Coffee research group progresses on naturally decaffeinated varieties
By Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A Brazilian coffee research institute has started a decisive stage in a two-decade project to develop arabica coffee varieties that are naturally decaffeinated,...
Jun 16, 2023
