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THE ELON HAS LANDED: SPACEX ROCKET PROTOTYPE ACHIEVES 1ST SAFE LANDING AT LAST
SpaceX achieved the first successful touchdown of its prototype Starship rocket during the latest test flight of the next-generation...

By The Financial District
May 6, 20212 min read


UAE LUNAR ROVER TARGETS MOON LANDING NEXT YEAR
Japanese startup Ispace Inc. will deliver a lunar rover under development by the United Arab Emirates to the Moon next year in what will...

By The Financial District
May 5, 20211 min read


EPA RULE TO PHASE OUT POLLUTING GASES USED IN REFS, COOLANTS
The Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] is proposing to phase down the production and use of hydrofluorocarbons [HFCs], highly potent...

By The Financial District
May 4, 20211 min read


INDIAN SCIENTISTS WARN COVID MUTATIONS COULD ‘EVADE IMMUNE RESPONSE’
A forum of scientific advisers set up by the Indian government has told authorities about minor mutations in some samples of the...

By The Financial District
May 3, 20212 min read


SCIENTISTS SURPRISED BY WORLD’S FIRST KNOWN PREGNANT MUMMY
Polish researchers have announced the discovery of the world’s first known case of an embalmed pregnant woman after initially believing...

By The Financial District
May 2, 20212 min read


TONS OF DEAD FISH WASH UP ON BANKS OF LEBANON LAKE
Tons of fish have been found dead on the banks of a Lebanese lake, shrouding the area in a foul smell.

By The Financial District
May 2, 20211 min read


JAPAN VENTURE APPLIES AI TO ENHANCE WAGYU BEEF EVALUATION
A university-launched venture in Japan has been striving to spread its meat quality evaluation technology using artificial intelligence.

By The Financial District
May 2, 20212 min read


DINOSAUR FOSSILS FOUND IN WEST JAPAN IN 2004 IDENTIFIED AS NEW SPECIES
A team of researchers in Japan have found that pieces of fossilized dinosaur bones that were unearthed on the west Japan island of Awaji...

By The Financial District
May 2, 20211 min read


SPACEX CAPSULE WITH 4 ASTRONAUTS HEADING BACK TO EARTH
A team of four astronauts transported to the International Space Station (ISS) by the US-launched SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule was heading...

By The Financial District
May 2, 20211 min read


NASA EXTENDS MARS MISSION OF ‘INGENUITY’ HELICOPTER
The tiny helicopter Ingenuity is to remain in operation on Mars longer than expected, as its original 30-day mission has been extended by...

By The Financial District
May 1, 20211 min read


GIGANTIC STRATOLAUNCH PLANE MAKES 2ND SUCCESSFUL TEST FLIGHT
The gigantic Stratolaunch aircraft developed by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen flew Thursday for the second time.

By The Financial District
Apr 30, 20211 min read


JAPAN UNIVERSITIES DEVELOP QUICKER ANALYSIS OF COVID MUTATIONS
Osaka University and Hokkaido University in Japan have developed a system capable of analyzing genetic mutations of the novel coronavirus...

By The Financial District
Apr 30, 20212 min read


U.S. SCIENTISTS DISCOVER 25,000 BARRELS OF DDT DUMPED OFF CALIFORNIA
Marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be as many as 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the Southern...

By The Financial District
Apr 27, 20212 min read


U.S., JAPAN, FRANCE ASTRONAUTS ARRIVE AT ISS ONBOARD SPACEX CRAFT
The commercially developed SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon ship carrying a group of four astronauts from the United States, Japan, and France...

By The Financial District
Apr 25, 20211 min read


DENMARK UPS EMISSIONS TARGET, DEVELOPS WIND ENERGY ISLANDS
Denmark stressed the importance of wind energy and the development of offshore energy islands on the second day of an international...

By The Financial District
Apr 24, 20211 min read


SPACEX LAUNCHES 3RD CREW WITH RECYCLED ROCKET, CAPSULE
SpaceX launched four astronauts into orbit Friday using a recycled rocket and capsule, the third crew flight in less than a year for...

By The Financial District
Apr 24, 20211 min read


NEW MITE SPECIES, "TWITTER" DISCOVERED VIA TWEET
A team of Japanese and Austrian researchers has named a new mite species "twitter" after its discovery through photos posted on the...

By The Financial District
Apr 22, 20212 min read


CANAANITE SCRIPT FOUND IN ISRAEL ‘MISSING LINK’ IN ALPHABET’S HISTORY
Archaeologists digging in the ancient Canaanite settlement of Lachish have unearthed a 3,500-year-old pottery shard inscribed with what...

By The Financial District
Apr 22, 20212 min read


STUDY CLAIMS BACTERIUM HAS GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MANY PLANTS
Much of the controversy around genetically modified (GM) plants is that they aren’t “natural”, and somehow dangerous. But we may want to...

By The Financial District
Apr 22, 20212 min read


POSSIBLE RELEASE OF U.S. GE CHESTNUT TREES INTO THE WILD HIT
On August 18, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a petition by researchers at the State University of New York...

By The Financial District
Apr 22, 20213 min read


PHILIPPINES TO TAKE UP CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE
“Through citizens’ groups and networks such as the Oceana Philippines, I hope to reach the greatest number of Filipinos with a clear...

By The Financial District
Apr 21, 20212 min read


NASA’S MARS HELICOPTER TAKES FLIGHT, 1ST ON ANOTHER PLANET
NASA’s experimental helicopter Ingenuity rose into the thin air above the dusty red surface of Mars on Monday, achieving the first...

By The Financial District
Apr 20, 20212 min read


FIRST FLIGHT OF NASA’S ‘INGENUITY’ CHOPPER IN MARS SET FOR APRIL 19
NASA has again delayed its first flight on another planet as it seeks to fix technical issues in the Ingenuity miniature helicopter.

By The Financial District
Apr 18, 20212 min read


RARE CAN OF COKE, CHEWING GUM FOUND IN ANTARCTICA
Japanese researchers stumbled upon a rare can of Coke and packs of chewing gum that had been frozen in Antarctica for more than 50 years.

By The Financial District
Apr 18, 20211 min read
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