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Explainer-The new coronavirus variant in Britain: How worrying is it?
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A new variant of the pandemic SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is spreading rapidly in Britain and prompting high levels of concern among its European neighbours, some of whic...
Dec 21, 2020
Virus three times deadlier than flu, oximeters less reliable on Black patients
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 ...
Dec 18, 2020
Russia vaccinates its cosmonauts against COVID-19
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia began vaccinating its cosmonauts and staff on Friday at Star City, the closed town near Moscow that is home to the country's space programme, the Roscosmos space corporation ...
Dec 18, 2020
OneWeb resumes satellite launches with flight from Russian cosmodrome
MOSCOW (Reuters) - OneWeb, the satellite firm rescued by the British government and India's Bharti Group, resumed flights on Friday in its push to provide global broadband coverage as 36 of its satell...
Dec 18, 2020
‘World’s ugliest orchid’ among new species named in 2020
LONDON (Reuters) - Orchids are not often called ugly, but that is how the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London, described a new species of the normally vibrant and delicate flower discovered in the fo...
Dec 17, 2020
China says to share part of lunar samples with scientists from other countries
BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to share data and samples that the Chang'e 5 probe obtained during its recent mission to the moon, based on international cooperation conventions, said the deputy head ...
Dec 17, 2020
Antarctica rocked by 30,000 tremors in 3 months, Chilean scientists say
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - More than 30,000 tremors have rocked Antarctica since the end of August, according to the University of Chile, a spike in seismic activity that has intrigued researchers who study...
Dec 16, 2020
Narrow hallways pose higher infection risk; hospitalized COVID-19 patients often need readmission
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 ...
Dec 16, 2020
China moon probe lands back on Earth -state media
(Reuters) - China's Chang'e-5 moon probe has landed in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, the official Xinhua news agency reported, completing its return to Earth and bringing back the fir...
Dec 16, 2020
Canada signs deal to send first astronaut on U.S. mission around the moon
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will for the first time send an astronaut to circle the moon on a U.S. mission planned for 2023, Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains said on Wednesday, annou...
Dec 16, 2020
