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Denmark says sorry for taking Greenland children in 1950s social experiment
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's prime minister on Wednesday delivered a face-to-face apology to six living victims of a 1950s social experiment in which 22 Greenlandic children were taken from their ...
Mar 09, 2022
Primordial octopus was up in arms – 10 instead of eight
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the roughly 300 known octopus species dwelling in the world's oceans, having eight arms is a defining characteristic. But that is not the way it started. Scie...
Mar 08, 2022
COVID-19 can cause brain shrinkage, memory loss – study
(Reuters) - COVID-19 can cause the brain to shrink, reduce grey matter in the regions that control emotion and memory, and damage areas that control the sense of smell, an Oxford University study has ...
Mar 08, 2022
Omicron infections contagious for at least 6 days; Takeda drug shows promise as COVID treatment
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...
Mar 07, 2022
Scientists identify new gene differences in severe COVID patients
By Manas Mishra (Reuters) - Scientists have pinpointed 16 new genetic variants in people who developed severe COVID-19 in a large study published on Monday that could help researchers develop treatmen...
Mar 07, 2022
Redhill antiviral shows promise in safety study; J&J shot less effective preventing hospitalization
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...
Mar 02, 2022
Stellar ‘vampire’ finds love at first bite with companion star
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have gotten a good look at what happens when a "vampire" star sucks the outer layers of material from a companion star, stripping this "bitten" victim...
Mar 02, 2022
NOAA’s latest weather and fire-tracking satellite launched to orbit
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - An Atlas V rocket blasted off from Florida on Tuesday carrying to orbit the next big satellite designed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to pro...
Mar 01, 2022
Scientist uses tiny trackers to keep tabs on funnel-web spiders
By Jill Gralow SYDNEY (Reuters) - Some Sydney funnel-web spiders are scrambling into the Australian brush carrying special cargo: a telemetry tracker to study how far a mature male can travel at night...
Mar 01, 2022
As climate dangers rise, scientists predict disasters before they happen
By Jake Spring (Reuters) - For climate scientists reviewing a Pacific Ocean temperature forecast map in November, a bright red, sideways "V", thousands of kilometres long signalled disaster. Combined ...
Mar 01, 2022
