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After delay, NASA astronauts set for spacewalk to replace faulty space station antenna
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Two NASA astronauts were set to embark on a spacewalk on Thursday to replace a faulty antenna on the International Space Station (ISS), after a 48-hour delay prompted by an...
Dec 02, 2021
Madagascar food crisis caused more by poverty, natural weather than climate change – study
By Andrea Januta (Reuters) - Poverty, poor infrastructure and natural weather variability are bigger contributors to Madagascar's food crisis than climate change, according to a study released on Thur...
Dec 01, 2021
Brain problems found in 1% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients; real-world data shows Moderna vaccine highly effective
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 01, 2021
Tanzania footprints offer clues on origin of human upright walking
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Five fossil footprints left in volcanic ash 3.66 million years ago in Tanzania are giving scientists new insight on a landmark in human evolution - upright walking - while s...
Dec 01, 2021
Armored dinosaur wielded a tail resembling an Aztec war club
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - More than half a millennium ago, Aztec warriors brandished a weapon called a macuahuitl, a wooden club with jagged obsidian blades embedded on its sides, to inflict gruesome...
Dec 01, 2021
Biden administration turns focus to space as rivals China, Russia loom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Wednesday laid out a new strategy for responsible civil, commercial and national security-related use of space amid growing commercial interests and ...
Dec 01, 2021
Nigerian priest saves traditional artefacts from Christian converts
By Seun Sanni ENUGU, Nigeria (Reuters) - A Roman Catholic priest is collecting and saving hundreds of traditional pre-Christian religious artefacts in southeast Nigeria that new converts to Christiani...
Dec 01, 2021
Singapore tests out ‘smart bandage’ for remote recovery
By Ying Shan Lee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Researchers in Singapore have developed a smart bandage to enable patients to have chronic wounds monitored remotely via an an app on a mobile device, potentiall...
Nov 30, 2021
Senators say U.S. must strengthen space debris monitoring
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of senators on Tuesday asked the Biden administration to do more to monitor and respond to space debris following Russia's anti-satellite test. Commerce Committee chair ...
Nov 30, 2021
World’s underground fungal life to be mapped for first time
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Scientists unveiled plans on Tuesday to map the world's huge underground webs of fungi for the first time, to identify hotspots that could better protect natural ec...
Nov 30, 2021
