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Vaccination after COVID improves immunity; ivermectin fails in major trial
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...
Apr 01, 2022
NASA’s SOFIA observatory studies neighboring galaxy from Chile
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - An airplane-borne telescope has flown high above Chile at night this month to observe a sliver of the universe as scientists aim to gain a better understanding of how stars are bo...
Mar 31, 2022
Scientists publish the first complete human genome
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists on Thursday published the first complete human genome, filling in gaps remaining after previous efforts while offering new promise in the search for clues regarding d...
Mar 31, 2022
Hubble telescope spots Earendel, the most distant star on record
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have discovered the most distant individual star on record, a bright behemoth they nicknamed Earendel - Old Englis...
Mar 31, 2022
After killer asteroid, mammals got bigger before they got smarter
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the aftermath of the asteroid impact 66 million years ago that doomed the dinosaurs, it appears that brawn was more important than brains for the mammals that ...
Mar 31, 2022
Blue Origin makes 4th flight, successfully lands after 10-minute voyage
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Blue Origin, the space tourism venture launched by entrepreneur Jeff Bezos, completed its fourth flight with a crew on Thursday, landing successfully in rural west Texas af...
Mar 31, 2022
S.Korea says it successfully test-fired first solid-fuel space rocket
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's military said it had successfully test-fired a solid-fuel space rocket for the first time on Wednesday, a step it says will help eventually launch a const...
Mar 30, 2022
U.S. astronaut, 2 Russian cosmonauts poised to share Soyuz ride from orbit
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - A U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts were set to depart the International Space Station (ISS) together on a Soyuz capsule back to Earth on Wednesday, despite heighte...
Mar 29, 2022
Towering ice volcanoes identified on surprisingly vibrant Pluto
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A batch of dome-shaped ice volcanoes that look unlike anything else known in our solar system and may still be active have been identified on Pluto using data fro...
Mar 29, 2022
Blue Origin’s 4th astro-tourism flight set to launch without big names
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The fourth commercial flight of Jeff Bezos' space tourism venture Blue Origin, offering short suborbital joyrides to well-heeled thrill-seekers and celebrity guests, was du...
Mar 29, 2022
