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SpaceX hoping to launch Starship farther in third test flight
By Joe Skipper, Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette BOCA CHICA, Texas (Reuters) - SpaceX's Starship, a futuristic vehicle designed to eventually carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, was poised for a th...
Mar 14, 2024
SpaceX's third Starship test flight gets FAA green light
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FAA on Wednesday granted SpaceX a license to test-launch the company's Starship rocket system from Texas, according to the agency's website, paving the way for another early...
Mar 13, 2024
Why did menopause evolve? New study of whales gives some clues
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Menopause is a rare trait among Earth's species, known to exist in only a few. Humans are one. Killer whales and four other toothed whales are the others. New res...
Mar 13, 2024
Japan's Space One 'Kairos' rocket explodes right after lift-off
TOKYO (Reuters) - The small rocket that Japan's Space One launched for its inaugural flight exploded shortly after take-off, live-streaming images showed on Wednesday. (Reporting by Kantaro Komiya; Ed...
Mar 12, 2024
Japan's Space One counts down to inaugural Kairos rocket launch
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Space One will launch its Kairos small rocket on its inaugural trip on Wednesday, in a bid to become the first private firm in the country to put a satellit...
Mar 12, 2024
Study of polyglots offers insight on brain's language processing
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While most people speak only one language or perhaps two, some are proficient in many. These people are called polyglots. And they are helping to provide insight ...
Mar 11, 2024
Pentagon UFO report says most sightings 'ordinary objects' and phenomena
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pentagon report on unidentified flying objects said U.S. government investigations since the end of World War Two have found no evidence of extraterrestrial technology and had...
Mar 08, 2024
Hey, chocolate lovers: new study traces complex origins of cacao
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists are getting a better taste of the early history of the domestication and use of cacao - the source of chocolate - thanks to residues detected on a batc...
Mar 07, 2024
Spanish startup Sateliot joins race for cheap space connections
By Inti Landauro and Miguel Vidal NIGRAN, Spain (Reuters) - Spanish space startup Sateliot is raising cash to send 100 microwave oven-sized satellites to the orbit, entering a crowded race for a slice...
Mar 07, 2024
Patagonia cave paintings are earliest found in South America
By Miguel Lo Bianco NEUQUEN, Argentina (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered the earliest dated cave paintings in South America in Argentine Patagonia, dating back 8,200 years. The 895 paintings ...
Mar 07, 2024
