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Listen to the music of a spider’s web. Tell me what do you hear?
(Reuters) - It is an eerie, foreboding, reverberating tune, enough to send a tingle down your spine. This is what a spiderweb sounds like. From communication to construction, spiderwebs may offer an o...
Apr 13, 2021
Autoimmune-disease drugs may reduce vaccine response; antibody treatments ineffective vs Brazil variant
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 ...
Apr 12, 2021
On Gagarin flight anniversary, Putin vows Russia will remain space power
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic space flight on Monday with a pledge that Moscow would remain a key space and nuclear power. ...
Apr 12, 2021
UAE selects first Arab woman for astronaut training
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has selected the first Arab woman to train as an astronaut, as the Gulf country rapidly expands into the space sector to diversify its economy. Emirati natio...
Apr 11, 2021
Moderna vaccine antibodies last at least 6 months; lung transplant can save some COVID-19 survivors
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 ...
Apr 09, 2021
Beast of five teeth: Chilean scientists unearth skunk that walked among dinosaurs
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A fossil of a skunk-like mammal that lived during the age of dinosaurs has been discovered in Chilean Patagonia, adding further proof to recent evidence that mam...
Apr 08, 2021
Shrinking sea meadows store more carbon than forests. Scientists are racing to track what’s left
By Alessandra Prentice and Christophe Van Der Perre SAYA DE MALHA BANK, Indian Ocean (Reuters) - Hundreds of miles from the nearest shore, ribbon-like fronds flutter in the ocean currents sweeping acr...
Apr 08, 2021
China begins construction of its fifth rocket launch site
BEIJING (Reuters) - A port city in eastern China has launched an ambitious plan to build the country's fifth rocket launch site, under a longer-term goal to ramp up space infrastructure to meet the de...
Apr 07, 2021
Bulgarian cave remains reveal surprises about earliest Homo sapiens in Europe
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - DNA extracted from remains found in a Bulgarian cave of three people who lived roughly 45,000 years ago is revealing surprises about some of the first Homo sapiens populatio...
Apr 07, 2021
Scientists call for new probe into COVID-19 origins: with or without China
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A joint China-World Health Organization (WHO) study into COVID-19 has provided no credible answers about how the pandemic began, and more rigorous investigations are required - wi...
Apr 07, 2021
