Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Science News (Master Feed)
Argentine scientists discover fossil of largest raptor dinosaur
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A team of Argentine paleontologists digging in Patagonia have discovered the remains of the largest dinosaur belonging to the raptor family ever recorded. The dinosaur, a new ...
Apr 28, 2022
Catch a falling rocket with a helicopter? Yes, that’s the plan
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Small rocket builder Rocket Lab USA Inc is gearing up for a mission that seems more appropriate for a big-budget action movie: catching a falling four-story-tal...
Apr 28, 2022
Mental health issues in kids rose during pandemic; awareness and use of COVID treatments is low
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...
Apr 28, 2022
Fossils of giant marine reptiles found high in the Swiss Alps
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Fossils from some of the largest creatures ever to swim Earth's oceans - whale-sized marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs - have been found in a counterintuitive place: atop ...
Apr 28, 2022
Sanders seeks to cut $10 billion funding proposal for new NASA lunar lander
By Joey Roulette and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders asked lawmakers to delete language from a bill that would fund development of a new lunar lander for NASA, a mo...
Apr 27, 2022
A fifth of world’s reptile species deemed threatened with extinction
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About a fifth of reptile species - from the Galapagos tortoises to the Komodo dragon of the Indonesian islands, from West Africa's rhinoceros viper to India's gha...
Apr 27, 2022
SpaceX launches ‘Crew 4’ astronauts on flight to space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) -Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX launched four more astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA on Wednesday, including a medical doctor t...
Apr 27, 2022
SpaceX set to launch space station’s next astronaut crew for NASA
By Joe Skipper and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX was due to launch the next long-duration astronaut crew to the International Space Station (ISS) for ...
Apr 26, 2022
Could key ingredients for life have arrived from space? Scientists say yes
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fresh examination of meteorites that landed in the United States, Canada and Australia is bolstering the notion that such objects may have delivered to Earth ea...
Apr 26, 2022
Inmarsat chief warns of potentially hazardous satellite boom
LONDON (Reuters) - British satellite company Inmarsat warned on Tuesday of dangerous levels of space debris from satellite constellations planned by Elon Musk's Starlink, Amazon, Chinese operators and...
Apr 26, 2022
