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Prehistoric fossil in Peru sheds light on marine origin of crocodiles
By Carlos Valdez LIMA (Reuters) - The discovery of a prehistoric crocodile fossil in Peru from around 7 million years ago has given paleontologists more clues as to how modern crocodiles, all freshwat...
May 17, 2022
Tooth from Laotian cave sheds light on enigmatic extinct humans
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A young girl's tooth excavated from a cave wall in northeastern Laos is providing new insight into the mysterious extinct human species called Denisovans and reve...
May 17, 2022
U.S. Congress panel to hold first UFO hearings in half a century
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two top U.S. defense intelligence officials were due to testify on Capitol Hill on Tuesday about what the government knows of unidentified flyi...
May 17, 2022
Royal Society names climate scientist first Brazilian member since 1800s
By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Royal Society scientific academy has elected climate scientist Carlos Nobre, a leading researcher studying the Amazon rainforest, as its first Brazilian member...
May 13, 2022
Britain, U.S. sign commercial spaceflight collaboration deal
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the United States have agreed to collaborate on future commercial spaceflight missions, boosting opportunities for firms from both countries to operate from spaceports i...
May 12, 2022
Symptoms linger two years for some; inflammatory protein patterns may provide long COVID clues
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...
May 12, 2022
In one giant leap for Earth plants, seeds are grown in moon soil
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists for the first time have grown seeds in soil from the moon - samples retrieved during NASA missions in 1969 and 1972 - in an achievement that heralds th...
May 12, 2022
Black hole scientists to announce ‘groundbreaking’ Milky Way galaxy discovery
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists are set to announce on Thursday what they call a "groundbreaking" Milky Way discovery in what could be the release of an image of the supermassive blac...
May 12, 2022
Chinese findings on Mars suggest water existed for longer on planet’s surface
BEIJING (Reuters) - Hydrated minerals discovered by China's robotic rover on Mars in a vast basin believed to be the site of an ancient ocean suggest water was present on the planet's surface for long...
May 12, 2022
Intact, pregnant ichthyosaur fossil recovered from Patagonian glacier in Chile
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean scientists successfully recovered one of the world's most complete ichthyosaur fossils with intact embryos from the Tyndall Glacier in Chile's Patagonia region. The preser...
May 11, 2022
