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Peru researchers unveil 10-million-year-old dolphin-like fossil found in desert
LIMA (Reuters) -Paleontologists in Peru unveiled on Wednesday the fossilized skeleton of an ancient, dolphin-like creature estimated to be between 8 and 12 million years old. The remains were discover...
Sep 17, 2025
Wild chimps eating fermenting fruit get a surprising slug of alcohol
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ripe fruit is an integral part of the diet of wild chimpanzees, as they routinely eat an amount equaling about 10% of their body weight daily. And because this fru...
Sep 17, 2025
Best fossil of a dome-headed dinosaur is unearthed in Mongolia
By Will Dunham (Reuters) -Pachycephalosaurs, two-legged plant eaters known for their bony dome-shaped skulls, are among the quirkiest dinosaurs known, and also among the least understood. A fossil fou...
Sep 17, 2025
Engine issue on Northrop spacecraft delays NASA ISS cargo delivery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Northrop Grumman-built spacecraft in orbit experienced an issue with its main engine on Tuesday while attempting to reach the International Space Station to deliver scientific ...
Sep 16, 2025
Soccer-Olive oil with a kick seeks to energise Cypriot players
By Michele Kambas LARNACA, Cyprus (Reuters) -Soccer players are lining up for a fiery kick - not on the pitch, but in the form of a searing shot of olive oil from Cyprus. The peppery, throat-burning l...
Sep 16, 2025
Thales, Airbus, Leonardo eye initial agreement on 10 billion-euro satellite JV, sources say
By Amy-Jo Crowley, Mathieu Rosemain and Tim Hepher LONDON/PARIS/ROME (Reuters) - Europe's aerospace groups Leonardo, Thales and Airbus have redoubled efforts to combine their satellite businesses into...
Sep 12, 2025
Spacecraft startup Apex tops $1 billion valuation as US space-defense systems demand soars
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Apex Space, one of a growing number of U.S. startups building a speedy production line of spacecraft platforms, closed a $200 million funding round on Friday tha...
Sep 11, 2025
Astronomers get best view yet of two merging black holes
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The merger of two black holes is a momentous event, revealing the wildest and most extreme configurations of space, time and gravity known to science. Researchers ...
Sep 10, 2025
NASA rover finds potential sign of ancient life in Martian rocks
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A sample obtained by NASA's Perseverance rover of rock formed billions of years ago from sediment on the bottom of a lake contains potential signs of ancient micro...
Sep 10, 2025
Spaceflight accelerates the aging of human blood-forming stem cells
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -New research has identified yet another way that spaceflight tampers with the human body. A study involving samples flown on four SpaceX resupply missions to the I...
Sep 08, 2025
