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Modern-day Darwin, E.O. Wilson, dies at 92
By Kanupriya Kapoor SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Edward O. Wilson, a U.S. naturalist dubbed the "modern-day Darwin" died on Sunday at the age 92 in Massachusetts, his foundation said in a statement. Alongsid...
Dec 27, 2021
NASA’s revolutionary new space telescope due for launch from French Guiana
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary $9 billion instrument able to peer more deeply into the cosmos than ever, was due for launch early Saturday from South Am...
Dec 25, 2021
NASA’s next big space telescope set for blastoff from French Guiana
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The James Webb Space Telescope, a NASA instrument designed to allow humankind's first glimpse of the infant universe as it existed when the earliest galaxies are believed t...
Dec 24, 2021
Lick it up: Japan professor creates ‘tele-taste’ TV screen
By Rikako Murayama and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese professor has developed a prototype lickable TV screen that can imitate food flavours, another step towards creating a multi-sensory vie...
Dec 22, 2021
Common health issues raise risk for severe COVID-19; sudden food aversion in toddlers may be due to COVID
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...
Dec 22, 2021
Launch of NASA’s new space telescope delayed until Christmas Day
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Liftoff of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, designed to peer farther than ever into the universe, has been delayed until Christmas Day at the earliest, due to poor weathe...
Dec 21, 2021
Chimes from Crusader times: Recreating Nativity Church’s Mediaeval music
By Rinat Harash JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Crusader-era bells and organ pipes from the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem are inspiring researchers' efforts to re-create music as it may have sounded in th...
Dec 21, 2021
Omicron infections appear no less severe than Delta; COVID-19 lowers sperm count, motility
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...
Dec 20, 2021
Japan billionaire Maezawa set to land in Kazakhstan after 12-day space flight
ZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa was set to return to earth on Monday after a 12-day journey into space, a voyage he said he saw as a dry run for his planned trip...
Dec 19, 2021
Antibodies weak vs Omicron; treatment may help patients on ventilators
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...
Dec 17, 2021
