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Misunderstood rattlesnakes have a tender side, study finds
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Warm and cuddly are adjectives that seldom spring to mind when one thinks of rattlesnakes. But a new study from Loma Linda University near San Bernardino, California, may cha...
Jul 07, 2023
Deal for UK to rejoin EU’s Horizon science programme is ready -BBC
LONDON (Reuters) - A deal for Britain to rejoin the European Union's Horizon scientific research scheme has been negotiated and is now awaiting approval from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the BBC said, ...
Jul 06, 2023
Ariane 5 lifts off on last mission as Europe faces space gap
By Joey Roulette and Tim Hepher (Reuters) - Europe's Ariane 5 rocket on Wednesday blasted off from French Guiana for the final time, carrying two military communications satellites and leaving its nat...
Jul 05, 2023
EU seeks revised GMO rules to loosen curbs on gene-edited crops
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed a revision of its rules on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on Wednesday to provide some loosening of restrictions for p...
Jul 05, 2023
Ferocious black holes reveal ‘time dilation’ in early universe
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Time is a slippery thing, as profound thinkers like physicist Albert Einstein and, well, fictional time traveler Dr. Who plainly understood. The latter, in a 2007...
Jul 03, 2023
Europe’s Euclid space telescope set for launch to explore ‘dark universe’
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - A SpaceX rocket in Florida stood poised for launch on Saturday carrying an orbital telescope built to shed light on mysterious cosmic phenomena known as dark energy and dar...
Jun 30, 2023
With neutrinos, scientists observe our galaxy in a whole new way
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Human beings for millennia have gazed with awe at the vast torrent of stars - bright and dim - shining in Earth's night sky that comprise the Milky Way. Our home ...
Jun 29, 2023
Spanish researchers aim to ‘trick nature’ with artificial womb
By Horaci Garcia BARCELONA (Reuters) - Researchers in Barcelona are trying to "trick nature" by creating an artificial womb for extremely premature babies after tests on animals kept foetuses alive fo...
Jun 29, 2023
Virgin Galactic rocket plane poised for first commercial flight to edge of space
By Jose Luis Gonzalez and Steve Gorman TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico (Reuters) - A twin-fuselage jet stood ready on Thursday to carry a Virgin Galactic rocket plane with a three-man crew from Ital...
Jun 29, 2023
Scientists discover that universe is awash in gravitational waves
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists on Wednesday unveiled evidence that gravitational waves, the ripples in the fabric of space-time predicted by Albert Einstein more than a century ago, ...
Jun 28, 2023
