Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Science News (Master Feed)
Study reveals how immune system of astronauts breaks down
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Evidence is growing about the many ways that traveling in the microgravity environment of space tampers with the human body, with new research showing how it dial...
Jun 22, 2023
Stonehenge-like 4,000-year-old sanctuary discovered in Netherlands
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old sanctuary made up of ditches and burial mounds in the central Netherlands that they believe may have served a similar purpose to S...
Jun 21, 2023
Fossils show ancient long-necked sea beast’s ‘gruesome’ decapitation
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In shallow waters about 242 million years ago, a strange marine reptile built unlike any other animal ever on Earth hunted for fish and squid, using an inordinate...
Jun 20, 2023
Libra Group embarks on space leasing with Arctic ground station
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) - Libra Group said it aims to become the world's first space leasing company offering satellites, space ports and other infrastructure, and is setting up a ground sta...
Jun 20, 2023
Lab crunch: British science has nowhere to go
By Kate Holton OXFORD, England (Reuters) - For Ros Deegan, the thrill of raising $100 million to expand a biotech firm among the dreaming spires of Oxford was soon tempered: unable to find a bigger la...
Jun 20, 2023
Two sea turtles nest on Spain’s Mediterranean coast as waters warm
MADRID (Reuters) - Two loggerhead turtles have laid their eggs on two separate Spanish beaches over the past 48 hours, as the endangered species moves further west, which scientists say could be due t...
Jun 19, 2023
Spain’s PLD Space aborts test rocket launch -webcast
(Reuters) - Spanish startup PLD Space aborted a test launch of its reusable Miura-1 rocket at the last moment early on Saturday, a live webcast showed. The launch in Huelva in southwest Spain was scru...
Jun 16, 2023
Coffee research group progresses on naturally decaffeinated varieties
By Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A Brazilian coffee research institute has started a decisive stage in a two-decade project to develop arabica coffee varieties that are naturally decaffeinated,...
Jun 16, 2023
Scientists discover duck-billed dinosaur roamed Chile 72 million years ago
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A duck-billed herbivorous dinosaur roamed the ancient and remote river plains of Patagonia in southern Chile some 72 million years ago, a new study revealed on Friday. Scientists ...
Jun 16, 2023
Virgin Galactic plans first commercial spaceflight in June, shares jump
(Reuters) - Virgin Galactic Holdings, the space tourism firm founded by Richard Branson, said on Thursday its first commercial spaceflight would launch later this month, sending its shares up 28% in t...
Jun 15, 2023
