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Five severe-COVID risk genes found, suggesting drug targets
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Five key genes are linked with the most severe form of COVID-19, scientists said on Friday, in research that also pointed to several existing drugs that could be rep...
Dec 11, 2020
Australian scientists develop genome sequencing to trace COVID-19 cases within four hours
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists said on Thursday they had developed a rapid genome sequencing method that would cut to within four hours the time taken to trace the source of coronavirus case...
Dec 09, 2020
Researchers think they spotted new whale species off Mexico
By Cassandra Garrison (Reuters) - Researchers believe they have found a previously unknown species of beaked whale in waters off Mexico's western coast. If confirmed, the new species would mark a sign...
Dec 09, 2020
Pence announces pool of U.S. astronauts for planned moon mission
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday announced 18 astronauts chosen for possible participation in planned NASA missions to return to the moon's surface during...
Dec 09, 2020
SpaceX Starship rocket explodes on landing after test flight
(Reuters) - SpaceX's Mars rocket Starship exploded on return landing following a test flight on Wednesday. "Fuel header tank pressure was low during landing burn, causing touchdown velocity to be high...
Dec 09, 2020
SpaceX’s Starship prototype explodes on landing attempt after test launch in Texas
(Reuters) - SpaceX's Starship rocket prototype exploded during a return-landing attempt on Wednesday, minutes after an apparently uneventful test liftoff from the company's launch facility in Boca Chi...
Dec 09, 2020
New vaccines may not be right for some cancer patients; solid sewage beats wastewater for tracking virus
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 09, 2020
Scientists clarify origins of pterosaurs, the dinosaur era’s flying reptiles
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists may have solved one of paleontology's enduring mysteries - the evolutionary origins of the flying reptiles called pterosaurs that ruled the skies at th...
Dec 09, 2020
Israel plans 2024 moonshot after first unmanned lander crashed
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will try another unmanned lunar landing in early 2024 after its first attempt ended last year with the spacecraft crashing on the moon's surface, officials said on Wednesd...
Dec 09, 2020
Musk’s SpaceX to stage key high-altitude Starship test
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX was set to launch a prototype of its Mars rocket Starship in its highest-altitude "hop" test from the space company's Texas facilities on Tue...
Dec 08, 2020
