Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Science News (Master Feed)
Fukushima wastewater release would have limited impact on S.Korean waters – study
By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - The release of waste water from Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant would have a negligible effect on South Korean waters, according to a government study pu...
Feb 16, 2023
Astronomers marvel at ‘perfect explosion,’ a spherical cosmic fireball
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed what might be the "perfect explosion," a colossal and utterly spherical blast triggered by the merger of two very dense stellar remnants...
Feb 15, 2023
Warm water melts weak spots on Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’, say scientists
By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Scientists studying Antarctica's vast Thwaites Glacier - nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier - say warm water is seeping into its weak spots, worsening melting...
Feb 15, 2023
Explainer-Bird flu: what are the risks to people and animals?
By Tom Polansek (Reuters) - Countries ranging from the United States and Britain to France and Japan have suffered record losses of poultry in outbreaks of avian flu in the past year. The disease, whi...
Feb 15, 2023
Roman-era sarcophagus uncovered in Gaza
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - A Roman-era sarcophagus, likely to have belonged to a prominent individual, was uncovered at the site of a 2,000-year-old Roman cemetery discovered last year in t...
Feb 14, 2023
JAXA delays Japan’s H3 rocket launch to Feb 17 citing weather conditions
(Reuters) - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will delay the maiden launch of its heavy-lift H3 rocket to Feb. 17 from Feb. 15 due to weather conditions, the space agency said on Tuesday. "As ...
Feb 13, 2023
Russia delays launch of relief ship to keep investigating space station leak
(Reuters) - Russia is delaying the launch of a ship to bring two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut back from the International Space Station (ISS) while it investigates a pressure loss in a...
Feb 13, 2023
Call of the wild? Hungarian research explores why your dog is prone to howling
By Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) - When Hungarian animal behaviourist Fanni Lehoczki noticed the frequent howls of her Siberian husky "Bizsu" didn't always provoke other dogs into a wolf-like res...
Feb 13, 2023
Russia reports pressure glitch on cargo ship docked to ISS
(Reuters) - Russia's space agency reported an unexplained loss of pressure on Saturday in a cargo craft docked to the International Space Station but said there was no threat to the crew. Roscosmos sa...
Feb 11, 2023
At Mexico’s Chichen Itza site, researchers discover ancient ‘elite’ residences
By Lorenzo Hernandez PISTE, MEXICO (Reuters) - Archaeologists have revealed a group of structures discovered at the famed Mayan Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, believed...
Feb 11, 2023
