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Delayed 2nd Pfizer/BioNTech shot boosts antibodies in elderly; COVID-19 obesity risk higher for men
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
May 14, 2021
Latin America’s female scientists pack a big punch despite glass ceiling
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Latin America's female scientists and researchers are packing a big punch despite a hard-to-break glass ceiling for top roles in academia and business, reflect...
May 14, 2021
Chinese spacecraft to land on Mars on May 15-19 – National Space Administration
BEIJING (Reuters) - An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft is set to land on Utopia Planitia on Mars between May 15 and May 19 Beijing time, the China National Space Administration said on Friday. The spacecr...
May 14, 2021
New species of crested dinosaur identified in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A team of palaeontologists in Mexico have identified a new species of dinosaur after finding its 72 million-year-old fossilized remains almost a decade ago, Mexico's National I...
May 14, 2021
For deep-diving elephant seals, it takes lots of work to stay fat
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - For elephant seals - one of the most distinctive of the 33 species that comprise the world's seal family - it is hard work to stay fat. Scientists have conducted the most th...
May 13, 2021
mRNA vaccines appear effective vs India variant; people with HIV at higher risk for severe COVID-19
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
May 12, 2021
Child’s burial site tells of early man’s emotional life – Kenyan archaeologist
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The discovery of the oldest known human burial site, a child's grave in a Kenyan cave, sheds new light on the emotional life of early Homo sapiens, the head of archaeology for the ...
May 12, 2021
Faraway NASA probe detects the eerie hum of interstellar space
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The classic 1979 sci-fi horror film "Alien" was advertised with the memorable tagline, "In space no can hear you scream." It did not say anything about humming. I...
May 11, 2021
Explainer-Why all the fuss over falling debris from China’s most powerful rocket?
By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - China launched into orbit last month the first piece of a permanent space station using its most powerful rocket, but international focus has fallen instead on the re-e...
May 11, 2021
NASA spacecraft starts trip back to Earth after collecting asteroid samples
(Reuters) - A NASA spacecraft, which scientists believe has collected samples from an asteroid, began its two-year journey back to Earth on Monday. NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is attempting to comple...
May 10, 2021
