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Earth & Beyond launches fund to invest in Israeli space-related firms
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Earth & Beyond Ventures, a new early-stage venture fund investing in Israel's emerging commercial space ecosystem, said on Thursday it had launched with commitments of $125 milli...
Feb 09, 2023
Tree study shows how drought may have doomed ancient Hittite empire
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Around 1200 BC, human civilization experienced a harrowing setback with the near-simultaneous demise or diminishment of several important empires in the Middle Ea...
Feb 08, 2023
Astronomers astonished by ring around frigid distant world Quaoar
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The small distant world called Quaoar, named after a god of creation in Native American mythology, is producing some surprises for astronomers as it orbits beyond...
Feb 08, 2023
Explainer-Bard vs ChatGPT: What do we know about Google’s AI chatbot?
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc and rival Microsoft are once again locked in a race to rule the internet zeitgeist after the Google owner launched "Bard" in answer to AI chatbot sensation ChatGPT. Just minut...
Feb 07, 2023
Glacial lake floods threaten communities in Asia, South America
By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) - Melting mountain glaciers pose a growing flood risk to some 15 million people around the world, researchers said in a report published on Tuesday, with communities in Asia...
Feb 07, 2023
In-vitro plant gene editing technique excluded from GMO rules, EU court says
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - In-vitro plant gene editing techniques that are used conventionally and have a long safety record are excluded from EU laws restricting the use of genetically modi...
Feb 07, 2023
Generation Space launches startup accelerator in U.S
(Reuters) - Seraphim Space said on Monday that a unit of the British space investment firm would help provide 12 early-stage U.S. startups with more than $150 million in funding through a new accelera...
Feb 06, 2023
Israeli scientists develop sniffing robot with locust antennae
TEL AVIV, Israel (Reuters) - A new sniffing robot equipped with a biological sensor that uses the antennae of locusts could help advance disease diagnosis and improve security checks, its Israeli deve...
Feb 06, 2023
Elon Musk says to attempt Starship launch in March
(Reuters) - SpaceX may attempt a Starship rocket system launch in March, its billionaire chief Elon Musk said in a tweet on Saturday. "If remaining tests go well, we will attempt a Starship launch nex...
Feb 04, 2023
With frigid innovation, scientists make a new form of ice
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Using a device that might be described as a super-duper cocktail shaker, scientists have fashioned a previously unknown form of ice - one that might exist on our ...
Feb 03, 2023
