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Mystery Chinese spacecraft returns to Earth after 276 days
BEIJING (Reuters) - An experimental Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth on Monday after staying in orbit for 276 days, China's state media reported, completing a landmark mission to test the country'...
May 07, 2023
Lawmaker and head of NSF warn of delays to funding U.S. tech research
By Jane Lanhee Lee Santa Clara, California (Reuters) - Silicon Valley's U.S. Democratic Representative Ro Khanna and the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) warned on Friday against dela...
May 05, 2023
China approves safety of first gene-edited crop
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has approved the safety of a gene-edited soybean, its first approval of the technology in a crop, as the country increasingly looks to science to boost food production. The s...
May 04, 2023
With a gulp and burp, a bloated star swallows a Jupiter-sized planet
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a glimpse of the dismal fate awaiting Earth, scientists for the first time have observed a star, bloated in its old age, swallowing a Jupiter-like planet, then...
May 03, 2023
The pendant is 20,000 years old. Ancient DNA shows who wore it
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Inside a Siberian cave that has been an archeological treasure trove, an elk's canine tooth - pierced to become a pendant - was unearthed by scientists with care ...
May 03, 2023
Analysis-SpaceX has few alternatives if lawsuit upends Musk’s Texas launch plans
By Joey Roulette and Clark Mindock WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Elon Musk-led SpaceX has few alternative options for test-launching its giant Starship spacecraft in the near term if a newly-filed l...
May 03, 2023
Dished up by 3D printers, a new kind of fish to fry
REHOVOT, Israel (Reuters) - Forget your hook, line and sinker. An Israeli foodtech company says it has 3D printed the first ever ready-to-cook fish fillet using animal cells cultivated and grown in a ...
May 03, 2023
Environmentalists sue FAA over SpaceX launch license for Texas
By Steve Gorman , (Reuters) - Conservation groups sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday, challenging its approval of expanded rocket launch operations by Elon Musk's SpaceX next to a nati...
May 01, 2023
A good dog with great genes – 1920s Alaska sled-relay hero Balto
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In 1925, a handsome male sled dog named Balto led a 13-dog team that braved blizzard conditions during the grueling final 53-mile (85-km) leg of a 674-mile (1,088...
Apr 27, 2023
Ambitious genome project shows how humans fit with other mammals
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists on Thursday unveiled the results of a project comparing the genomes of 240 mammal species - from aardvarks and aye-ayes to zebus and zebras, as well as...
Apr 27, 2023
