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Chinese rocket falls to Earth, NASA says Beijing did not share information
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chinese rocket fell back to Earth on Saturday over the Indian Ocean but NASA said Beijing had not shared the "specific trajectory information" needed to kn...
Jul 30, 2022
Gluttonous cosmic ‘black widow’ is heaviest-known neutron star
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed the most massive known example of an object called a neutron star, one classified as a "black widow" that got particularly hefty by gobb...
Jul 29, 2022
Invasive frog and snake species cost world economy $16 billion, study shows
By Brian Ellsworth MIAMI (Reuters) - Two invasive species, the American bullfrog and the brown tree snake, cost the world an estimated $16 billion between 1986 and 2020 by causing problems ranging fro...
Jul 28, 2022
Reinfection, severe outcome more common with BA.5 variant; virus spike protein toxic to heart cells
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified...
Jul 28, 2022
Rescued manatee released in natural Florida habitat after flying over 1,000 miles
CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. (Reuters) - A large manatee made its way back home on Wednesday after months of rehabilitation and an over 1,000-mile flight from Texas to its natural habitat in Florida. Rescuers ...
Jul 28, 2022
China closely tracking remnants of its most powerful rocket
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is closely tracking the remnants of a Long March 5B rocket launched over the weekend and will release information on the situation in a timely manner, its foreign ministry sa...
Jul 27, 2022
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 flight jacket fetches $2.8 million
(Reuters) - Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin's flight jacket, which he wore on the historic mission to the moon in 1969, was sold for about $2.8 million in New York, auction house Sotheby's said. The j...
Jul 27, 2022
Experimental chewing gum reduces Omicron in saliva; sexual dysfunction, hair loss among long COVID symptoms
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified...
Jul 26, 2022
Scientists defend T. rex as only species of mighty Tyrannosaurus
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - T. rex still reigns as the king of dinosaurs, according to scientists who on Monday argued against a contentious hypothesis advanced this year that the mighty mea...
Jul 25, 2022
Shakin’ bacon? Belgian researchers study pigs’ response to music
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Scientists in Belgium are investigating a farmer's claim that different styles of music affect the behaviour of his pigs. Piet Paesmans first noticed the phenomenon when his son s...
Jul 25, 2022
