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Thai researcher wonders if chicken feathers on the menu might fly
By Juarawee Kittisilpa BANGKOK/NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand (Reuters) - When Sorawut Kittibanthorn was looking for new types of waste to recycle, the then London-based student was drawn to the millions of ...
Dec 16, 2020
Kangaroos can learn to communicate with humans, researchers say
By Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) - Kangaroos can learn to communicate with humans similar to how domesticated dogs do, by using their gaze to "point" and ask for help, researchers said in a study pub...
Dec 16, 2020
A dinosaur with ‘hair’ and ‘ribbons’ has scientists enthralled
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 110 million years ago along the shores of an ancient lagoon in what is now northeastern Brazil, a two-legged chicken-sized Cretaceous Period dinosaur made a...
Dec 15, 2020
New and rediscovered species found in pristine Andes of Bolivia
LA PAZ (Reuters) - A scientific expedition high in the Bolivian Andes revealed 20 species new to science, including "lilliputian frog" plus four rediscovered species including the "devil-eyed frog" pr...
Dec 15, 2020
Samples from asteroid more than hoped for, Japan researchers say
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Samples of dust collected by a Japanese space probe from an asteroid some 300 million km (186 million miles) from Earth were better than hoped for, with one researcher...
Dec 15, 2020
Immune system can cause broad damage in COVID-19; dogs can detect coronavirus in people
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 14, 2020
Russia successfully test launches heavy lift space rocket after long hiatus
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Monday successfully test launched its heavy lift Angara A5 space rocket after a six-year hiatus in a project President Vladimir Putin describes as having huge significance...
Dec 14, 2020
China moon probe begins journey back to Earth
(Reuters) - A Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the moon has begun its journey back to Earth, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, putting China on course to become the fi...
Dec 13, 2020
Branson’s Virgin Galactic cuts short key test flight from New Mexico spaceport
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) -Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc cut short a key test flight of its suborbital SpaceShipTwo Unity plane on Saturday, though the reason was not immediately provided. Richard Bra...
Dec 12, 2020
Drug combination improves COVID-19 pneumonia outcomes; five genes linked to severe disease
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 11, 2020
