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Atomic bombs and whale sharks: How to calculate age of world’s largest fish
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have figured out how to calculate the age of whale sharks - Earth's largest fish - with some guidance from the radioactive fallout spawned by Cold War-...
Apr 08, 2020
Russian space agency says Trump paving way to seize other planets
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, accused Donald Trump on Tuesday of creating a basis to take over other planets by signing an executive order outlining U.S. policy on commercial...
Apr 07, 2020
Boeing plans to re-test Starliner flight after botched mission
(Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Monday it would resend its Starliner astronaut spacecraft on another unmanned mission aimed at taking it to the International Space Station, months after its last flight ...
Apr 06, 2020
Fossil teeth yield oldest genetic material from extinct human species
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have extracted from dental enamel the oldest human genetic material ever obtained, helping clarify the pivotal place in the human evolutionary lineage ...
Apr 06, 2020
Science platform ResearchGate launches COVID-19 community
BERLIN (Reuters) - ResearchGate, a social network site for scientists and researchers, has launched a new forum to facilitate collaboration between COVID-19 experts on research into beating the flu-li...
Apr 06, 2020
Masks do reduce spread of flu and some coronaviruses, study finds
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Face masks could help limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to researchers who studied the effect of surgical masks on the transmission of other coron...
Apr 03, 2020
Astronomers spot ‘missing link’ black hole – not too big and not too small
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have detected a mid-size black hole - considered the "missing link" in the understanding of these celestial brutes - eviscerating an unfortunate star t...
Apr 02, 2020
Chilean telescopes that explore galaxies brought down to earth by coronavirus
By Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean telescopes that comb the skies seeking answers about some of the universes most fundamental questions have confirmed they, too, have fallen victim to the ...
Apr 02, 2020
Frozen and desolate Antarctica once boasted warm, swampy rainforests
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Antarctica is now a harsh land of ice and snow, but has not always been that way. Earth's southernmost continent long ago was home to temperate, swampy rainforest...
Apr 01, 2020
Landmark skull fossil provides surprising human evolution clues
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have solved a longstanding mystery over the age of a landmark skull found in 1921 in Zambia - the first fossil of an extinct human species discovered i...
Apr 01, 2020
