Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Science News (Master Feed)
A scan of 10.3 million stars turns up no sign of aliens – yet
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have completed the broadest search to date for extraterrestrial civilizations by scanning roughly 10.3 million stars using a radio telescope in Austral...
Sep 09, 2020
Mexican airport site emerges as major graveyard of Ice Age mammoths
By Carlos Carillo ZUMPANGO, Mexico (Reuters) - Amid busy construction crews racing to build an airport in Mexico, scientists are unearthing more and more mammoth skeletons in what has quickly become o...
Sep 09, 2020
Unique anatomy helps the African wild dog sustain its life on the run
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The African wild dog distinguishes itself from rival predators like lions and hyenas by using the unique hunting style of chasing prey over long distances until t...
Sep 08, 2020
Costa Rica researchers to trial coronavirus treatment from horse antibodies
By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Researchers in Costa Rica are due to begin trials of an inexpensive coronavirus treatment based on antibodies taken from horses injected with the SARS-Cov-2, the...
Sep 06, 2020
China’s experimental reusable spacecraft lands successfully: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) - An experimental reusable spacecraft launched into orbit two days ago by China has successfully returned to a designated site on Sunday, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Th...
Sep 05, 2020
Steroids cut COVID-19 death risk; hepatitis C drugs may help fight the coronavirus
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 ...
Sep 02, 2020
Long neglected after landmark discovery, armored dinosaur finally gets its due
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the bones of the early armored dinosaur Scelidosaurus were unearthed in 1858 in west Dorset, England, they comprised the first complete dinosaur skeleton eve...
Aug 31, 2020
COVID-19 often goes undiagnosed in hospital workers; virus may impair heart functions
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 ...
Aug 31, 2020
Scientists see downsides to top COVID-19 vaccines from Russia, China
By Allison Martell and Julie Steenhuysen TORONTO/CHICAGO (Reuters) - High-profile COVID-19 vaccines developed in Russia and China share a potential shortcoming: They are based on a common cold virus t...
Aug 31, 2020
Musk’s Neuralink venture promises to reveal a ‘working’ brain-computer device
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's neuroscience startup Neuralink on Friday is expected to detail its latest innovations for implanting minuscule computer chips in human b...
Aug 28, 2020
