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Russia delays launch of relief ship to keep investigating space station leak
(Reuters) - Russia is delaying the launch of a ship to bring two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut back from the International Space Station (ISS) while it investigates a pressure loss in a...
Feb 13, 2023
Call of the wild? Hungarian research explores why your dog is prone to howling
By Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) - When Hungarian animal behaviourist Fanni Lehoczki noticed the frequent howls of her Siberian husky "Bizsu" didn't always provoke other dogs into a wolf-like res...
Feb 13, 2023
Russia reports pressure glitch on cargo ship docked to ISS
(Reuters) - Russia's space agency reported an unexplained loss of pressure on Saturday in a cargo craft docked to the International Space Station but said there was no threat to the crew. Roscosmos sa...
Feb 11, 2023
At Mexico’s Chichen Itza site, researchers discover ancient ‘elite’ residences
By Lorenzo Hernandez PISTE, MEXICO (Reuters) - Archaeologists have revealed a group of structures discovered at the famed Mayan Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, believed...
Feb 11, 2023
Croatian restaurant offers one pot menu cooked by robotic chef
By Antonio Bronic ZAGREB (Reuters) - Craving gnocchi with lamb, black risotto or zucchini pasta? You can order any of them at a Croatian restaurant where a robotic chef is able to rustle up about 70 d...
Feb 10, 2023
Factbox-Chinese tech firms working on ChatGPT-style technology
BEIJING (Reuters) - The global buzz around Microsoft chatbot ChatGPT has spread to China, shoring up stocks in artificial intelligence (AI) related firms and prompting a flurry of local companies to a...
Feb 10, 2023
Blue Origin awarded its first NASA interplanetary launch contract for Mars mission
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Blue Origin, the private space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, was awarded its first interplanetary NASA contract on Thursday to lau...
Feb 09, 2023
SpaceX test-fires Starship booster in milestone for debut orbital launch
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -SpaceX's towering Super Heavy booster, one half of the company's Starship rocket system, briefly roared to life for the first time on Thursday in a test-firing t...
Feb 09, 2023
‘Whodunit’ mystery arises over trove of prehistoric Kenyan stone tools
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have a mystery on their hands after the discovery of 330 stone tools about 2.9 million years old at a site in Kenya, along Lake Victoria's shores, that...
Feb 09, 2023
Egypt opens 4,000-year-old tomb on Luxor’s West Bank, oldest open to public
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has restored, documented and opened to tourists the Middle Kingdom tomb of Meru, the oldest site accessible to the public on Luxor's West Bank, home to some of its most spectac...
Feb 09, 2023
