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WHO says COVID likely passed from bats to humans through another animal: AP

(Reuters) - A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is "extrem...

Syndicated Content Mar 29, 2021

Octopus research yields insight into the evolution of sleep

By Will Dunham (Reuters) - The octopus is an extraordinary creature - and not only because of its eight limbs, three hearts, blue blood, ink squirting, camouflage capacity and the tragic fact that it ...

Syndicated Content Mar 25, 2021

U.S. should research solar geoengineering to fight climate change but exercise caution, scientists say

By Andrea Januta (Reuters) - The National Academies of Science on Thursday called for the United States to pursue research into solar geoengineering to cool the Earth's atmosphere but urged caution gi...

Syndicated Content Mar 25, 2021

Historic Mars helicopter test flight set for early April

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA engineers plan to send a miniature helicopter whirring just above the surface of Mars next month in an interplanetary aviation experiment that, if successf...

Syndicated Content Mar 25, 2021

OneWeb launches 36 satellites from Russia to extend internet orbit

MOSCOW (Reuters) - OneWeb launched 36 satellites into orbit from a cosmodrome in the far east of Russia on Thursday as part of the satellite firm's plans to deliver global high-speed internet access. ...

Syndicated Content Mar 25, 2021

Maya ruins in Belize offer peek at ancient wealth inequality

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An examination of numerous houses excavated at two sites in southern Belize is providing insight into gaping wealth inequality in ancient Maya cities - a disparit...

Syndicated Content Mar 24, 2021

Russia has begun spaceplane project, says Soviet shuttle designer

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is developing a reusable spaceplane, a subsidiary of the Kalashnikov conglomerate said on Wednesday, in Russia's first such project since the late Soviet Union's ill-fated Bu...

Syndicated Content Mar 24, 2021

Musk says SpaceX to land Starship rockets on Mars well before 2030

(Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX will be landing its Starship rockets on Mars well before 2030, the billionaire entrepreneur said in a tweet on Tuesday. (Reporting by Akanksha Rana in Bengaluru; Editing...

Syndicated Content Mar 23, 2021

By catching bats, these ‘virus hunters’ hope to stop the next pandemic

By Eloisa Lopez and Adrian Portugal LOS BANOS, Philippines (Reuters) - Researchers wearing headlamps and protective suits race to untangle the claws and wings of bats caught up in a big net after dark...

Syndicated Content Mar 22, 2021

Russia postpones Soyuz-2.1a rocket launch to Sunday: RIA

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has postponed the launch of its Soyuz-2.1a rocket to Sunday, state news agency RIA quoted Roscosmos space agency Director General Dmitry Rogozin as saying on Saturday. Rogozi...

Syndicated Content Mar 20, 2021

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