Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Science News (Master Feed)
Rollout of NASA’s new moon rocket to launch pad delayed at least a month
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The highly anticipated rollout of NASA's big new moon rocket to its launch pad in Florida for final tests before a first flight has been delayed by at least a month, until ...
Feb 02, 2022
Placenta may have mechanism that protects fetus from COVID; vaccines safe with rheumatic diseases
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...
Feb 02, 2022
Hitchhiking in Earth’s orbit, asteroid may be with us for 4,000 years
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An asteroid that was discovered riding along in Earth's orbit is about three-quarters of a mile (1.2 km) wide and might remain as a hitchhiker with our planet for...
Feb 01, 2022
Olympics-Snowboarding-‘Super grippy’ man-made snow gets thumbs up
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Snowboarders from Australia and New Zealand praised the man-made snow after inspecting the slopestyle venue in Zhangjiakou before the events commence later this week. "T...
Feb 01, 2022
Penguins offer varied clues to Antarctic climate change
By Gloria Dickie and Natalie Thomas ABOARD THE MV ARCTIC SUNRISE, Antarctica (Reuters) - Peering through binoculars from an inflatable motorboat bobbing in frigid waters, polar ecology researchers Mic...
Feb 01, 2022
Science podcaster calls Spotify’s support of Joe Rogan a ‘slap in the face’
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - The executive producer and host of Gimlet Media's Science Vs podcast said she would devote her fact-checking show exclusively to contradicting misinformation on other p...
Jan 31, 2022
COVID shines spotlight on imbalanced approach to death globally -expert panel
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - The way we die needs a fundamental rethink, according to a group of international experts, who say COVID-19 has shed a harsh spotlight on care for the dying. Death...
Jan 31, 2022
China’s most used COVID shots effective against Delta variant-study
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's two most widely used COVID-19 vaccines, developed by Sinovac and Sinopharm, were shown to be effective against the Delta variant of the coronavirus, a study based on real-w...
Jan 31, 2022
Scientists count the world’s tree species (spoiler: it’s a bunch)
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - From the monkey puzzle tree of Peru to the Tasmanian blue gum of Australia, from the baobabs of Madagascar to the giant sequoias of California, the world is bless...
Jan 31, 2022
COVID patients face risks after hospital; kids’ hearts return to normal after rare inflammatory illness
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...
Jan 31, 2022
