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Asteroid sample arrives in Japan after six-year space odyssey
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Samples of an asteroid 300 million miles from Earth arrived in Japan on Tuesday to applause and smiles, the climax of a six-year odyssey by a space probe pursuing the ...
Dec 08, 2020
Chuck Yeager, who broke sound barrier with ‘right stuff,’ dead at 97
(Reuters) - Chuck Yeager, the steely "Right Stuff" test pilot who took aviation to the doorstep of space by becoming the first person to break the sound barrier, died on Monday at the age of 97. "It i...
Dec 07, 2020
Phone camera may replace labs in novel testing approach; virus mutations linked to COVID-19 severity
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 07, 2020
Japan space probe carrying asteroid rocks lands in Australian outback
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A Japanese space probe carrying the first extensive samples of an asteroid has completed its six-year mission, landing safely in the remote Australian outback, Japan's space agen...
Dec 05, 2020
Bezos says Blue Origin will take the first woman to moon’s surface
(Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin will take the first woman to the moon's surface, the billionaire said on Friday as NASA nears a decision to pick its first privately built lunar lande...
Dec 05, 2020
Thai researchers unearth rare whale skeleton
By Juarawee Kittisilpa SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand (Reuters) - Thai researchers have unearthed a rare partially fossilised skeleton belonging to a Bryde's whale believed to be around 5,000 years old at an ...
Dec 04, 2020
‘This is not science fiction,’ say scientists pushing for ‘neuro-rights’
By Avi Asher-Schapiro (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Scientific advances from deep brain stimulation to wearable scanners are making manipulation of the human mind increasingly possible, creating a ne...
Dec 03, 2020
Brazilian soy farmers try 5G technology with Huawei equipment
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian farm state of Goias rolled out a pilot project on Thursday to increase productivity and take fast action against disease using fifth-generation technology and equipm...
Dec 03, 2020
China completes lunar sample collection ahead of schedule
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Chang'e-5 lunar vehicle has finished collecting samples of lunar rocks and soil more than a day ahead of schedule in the first lunar sample retrieval mission since the 1970...
Dec 03, 2020
Bezos’ Blue Origin taps former Pentagon, NASA officials for new advisory board
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Blue Origin said on Tuesday it formed a new advisory board of former Pentagon and NASA officials, as billionaire Jeff Bezos' space company vies for lucrative go...
Dec 01, 2020
