Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Science News (Master Feed)
Scientists observe chimpanzees using human-like warfare tactic
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - On the boundary of dangerous territory, a troop of about 30 individuals engaging in a border patrol climbs a rocky hill to conduct reconnaissance. Detecting the sounds of ad...
Nov 02, 2023
Explainer-Can solar geoengineering stop global warming?
By David Stanway (Reuters) - As the world struggles to renounce its burning of fossil fuels, scientists are studying whether atmospheric geoengineering could help limit warming and avert climate catas...
Nov 01, 2023
Relics of huge primordial collision reside in Earth’s deep interior
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seismologists have recognized since the 1970s that two mysterious continent-sized blobs reside in the deepest part of Earth's mantle, one under Africa and the oth...
Nov 01, 2023
Biggest Chinese Antarctic fleet sets off to build research station
BEIJING (Reuters) - Two Chinese icebreaker research vessels and a cargo ship set sail on Wednesday for the Antarctic with more than 460 personnel on board to help complete construction of China's fift...
Nov 01, 2023
FDA panel says Vertex/CRISPR to assess safety risks of gene therapy in follow-up study
(Reuters) - A panel of advisers to the U.S. health regulator said on Tuesday Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics could assess potential safety risks of their sickle cell disease gene therap...
Oct 31, 2023
Europe’s space agency boss sees progress on Ariane 6 launcher
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - Europe's top space official said on Tuesday there was "light at the end of tunnel" in efforts to bring the delayed Ariane 6 to the launchpad and restore Europe's indepe...
Oct 31, 2023
Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact fouled Earth’s atmosphere with dust
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was, to put it mildly, a bad day on Earth when an asteroid smacked Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago, causing a global calamity that erased three...
Oct 30, 2023
Cricket-Talismanic Rohit leads India’s blemish-free campaign by example
By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Virat Kohli remains the cynosure of all eyes wherever and whenever India plays but skipper Rohit Sharma has quietly grown into the team's undisputed talisman...
Oct 30, 2023
Putin aims to have Russian space station by 2027
(Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the first segment of Russia's new orbital station, which Moscow sees as the next logical development in space exploration after the International ...
Oct 26, 2023
Factbox-Partner nations on China’s lunar research station programme
BEIJING (Reuters) - Belarus this week joined China's International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) programme, the third country to sign up this month for a plan to eventually set up a permanently inhabi...
Oct 26, 2023
