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Blue Origin auctions a rocket trip to space with Bezos
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Want to bid for a seat on a spaceship ride with Jeff Bezos? You'll need to be quick - and you'll probably need more than $4 million. Blue Origin is planning a li...
Jun 12, 2021
COVID-19 takes center stage at U.S. primate center
By Nathan Frandino COVINGTON, La. (Reuters) - On a 500-acre plot of land near a small Louisiana town north of New Orleans, about 5,000 monkeys climb and lounge in an enclosure. Many of the primates, m...
Jun 10, 2021
Tiny worm comes back to life after 24,000 years in Siberian deep freeze
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A microscopic organism has wriggled back to life and reproduced asexually after lying frozen in the vast permafrost lands of northeastern Siberia for 24,000 years. Russian scientist...
Jun 09, 2021
Relativity Space raises $650 million for bigger 3D-printed rocket
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Venture-backed startup Relativity Space, which aims to build the world's first fleet of 3D-printed rockets, said on Tuesday it has raised $650 million from a raf...
Jun 08, 2021
French lecturer reaches for stars with astronaut application
ROUEN, France (Reuters) - In a break from his job teaching engineering to students in France's Normandy region, Matthieu Pluvinage put the finishing touches on an application for a new job: astronaut....
Jun 08, 2021
New dinosaur species discovered in Australia, one of world’s biggest
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new dinosaur species in Australia, one of the largest found in the world, more than a decade after cattle farmers first uncovered bones ...
Jun 08, 2021
China’s Shenzhen dangles financial incentives to spur satellite sector
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's southern tech city of Shenzhen said on Monday it would offer up to 300 million yuan ($47 million) in financial incentives per project as part of a push to become an innovat...
Jun 07, 2021
Russia to U.S.: Lift sanctions on space sector or we’ll exit space station
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The head of Russia's space agency on Monday suggested Moscow would withdraw from the International Space Station in 2025 unless Washington lifted sanctions on the space sector that ...
Jun 07, 2021
Scientists saving endangered salmon get help from gene-slicing tool
By Nathan Frandino ANTIOCH, California (Reuters) - A gene-editing tool that has led to new cancer therapies and a rapid test for COVID-19 is now helping scientists find endangered species of salmon in...
Jun 07, 2021
Jeff Bezos to fly to space on Blue Origin rocket
(Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos brother will fly to space next month on the first space flight from his rocket company Blue Origin, the billionaire said on Monday. "Ever since I was five ...
Jun 07, 2021
