Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Science News (Master Feed)
Tortoise and its egg found in latest Pompeii discovery
ROME (Reuters) - The remains of a tortoise and its egg have been unearthed by archaeologists in Pompeii, the Roman city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD. The animal was found hidden under the cl...
Jun 24, 2022
The ‘Mount Everest’ of bacteria discovered in Caribbean swamps
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The largest-known bacterium - a vermicelli-shaped organism that was discovered in shallow mangrove swamps in the Caribbean and is big enough to be seen with the n...
Jun 23, 2022
Ancient Inca tomb discovered under home in Peru capital
By Carlos Valdez LIMA (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed an Inca-era tomb in the heart of Peru's capital Lima, archaeologists said on Wednesday, a burial dug up under a working-class home and belie...
Jun 22, 2022
European Space Agency expects NASA backing for suspended Mars mission
By Zuzanna Szymanska BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Space Agency expects strong support from its U.S. counterpart NASA after the agency's plans to cooperate with Russia on a Mars research mission wer...
Jun 22, 2022
ESA expects strong NASA support after Mars mission suspended due to Ukraine war
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Space Agency (ESA) said on Wednesday that it expects strong support from its U.S. counterpart NASA after the European agency's plans to cooperate with Russia on a Mars ...
Jun 22, 2022
Biden nominates Arati Prabhakar as his top science adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated Arati Prabhakar as the new White House science adviser, who would be the first woman of color and first immigrant to hold such a ro...
Jun 21, 2022
Swimming-Trans athlete Ivy slams FINA policy as ‘unscientific’
By Shrivathsa Sridhar BENGALURU (Reuters) - Transgender cyclist Veronica Ivy questioned the move by swimming's governing body FINA to restrict the participation of trans athletes in elite women's comp...
Jun 21, 2022
Burning space rocket debris lights up Iberian skies
MADRID (Reuters) -Remnants of a Chinese space rocket reentering the atmosphere left long shiny trails in the night sky over Spain after midnight on Tuesday, leaving many onlookers amazed and puzzled. ...
Jun 21, 2022
Chilean beachgoers become guardians of Elasmosaurus fossils
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - While strolling along Los Tubos beach on the central Chilean coast, a group of neighbors found strange remains which turned out to be fossils of an ancient marine reptile that liv...
Jun 21, 2022
Scientists probe link between ‘snow blood’ and climate change
By Cecile Mantovani and Denis Balibouse CHAMONIX, France (Reuters) - Standing on a snowy mountainside about 2,500 metres above sea level, Eric Marechal holds up a crimson test-tube. Inside is an algae...
Jun 21, 2022
