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Scientists document how space travel messes with the human brain
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Space can be an unfriendly place for the human body, with microgravity conditions and other factors tampering with our physiology, from head to toe - head, of cou...
Jun 08, 2023
Analysis-Boeing, Northrop face obstacles in commercializing flagship US rocket
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA's plans to turn over its flagship rocket to contractors Boeing and Northrop Grumman to find more buyers and bring down costs faces steep hurdles thanks to ...
Jun 07, 2023
Molecular fossils open window on ‘lost world’ of primordial life
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fossil remains of a cell membrane component identified in rocks dating back about 1.6 billion years are opening a window into what scientists are calling a "lost ...
Jun 07, 2023
North American lobster industry confronts ‘ropeless’ traps after whale entanglements
By Lauren Owens Lambert MONHEGAN ISLAND, Maine (Reuters) - An emerging technology to fish for lobsters virtually ropeless to prevent whale entanglements is exciting conservationists, but getting a fri...
Jun 07, 2023
Threat to whales complicates US research into seaweed for biofuel
By Gloria Dickie CAPE COD BAY, Massachusetts (Reuters) - In Cape Cod Bay, 10-year-old Pilgrim and her calf skim the water's glassy surface alongside the Shearwater research vessel to feed on tiny crus...
Jun 06, 2023
Village bin man helped unearth ancient bronze statues in Tuscany
By Alvise Armellini SAN CASCIANO DEI BAGNI, Italy (Reuters) - One of Italy's most remarkable archaeological finds in decades goes on show this month - Etruscan and Roman statues pulled from the mud in...
Jun 02, 2023
US poet laureate dedicates ode to Europa for NASA mission to Jupiter’s icy moon
By Colette Luke and Steve Gorman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon was asked to write a poem for inscription on a NASA spacecraft headed to Jupiter's icy moon Europa, she felt a...
Jun 01, 2023
What makes us human? Primate genome study offers some clues
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most comprehensive genomic study ever on primates - a group whose membership includes lemurs, monkeys, apes and people - has revealed pivotal genetic traits t...
Jun 01, 2023
New North Korean space rocket features engine from ICBMs, analysts say
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's latest space launcher appears to be a new design and most likely uses engines developed for the nuclear-armed country's intercontinental ballistic missile...
Jun 01, 2023
Scientists expand search for signs of intelligent alien life
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have expanded the search for technologically advanced extraterrestrial civilizations by monitoring a star-dense region toward the core of our galaxy fo...
May 31, 2023
