BERLIN (Reuters) - European scientists received data from the newly revived comet lander Philae on Thursday night, a boost to the team as they try to establish a secure line of communication for their historic scientific experiments on the surface of t...
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Distant Pluto finally gets its day in the sun
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) - NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is poised to become the first probe to visit distant Pluto, capping a reconnaissance of the solar system that began more than 50 years ago.
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Buzzkill: global warming shrinks range of pollinating bumblebees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global warming is shrinking the terrain where bumblebees live in North America and Europe, with these vital pollinators departing the southernmost and hottest parts of their ranges while failing to move north into cooler climes, ...
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Bear necessities: low metabolism lets pandas survive on bamboo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Giant pandas eat vegetables even though their bodies are better equipped to eat meat. So how do these black-and-white bears from the remote, misty mountains of central China survive on a diet almost exclusively of a low-nutrient ...
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PlanetiQ tests sensor for commercial weather satellites
CAPE CANAVERAL (Reuters) - PlanetiQ, a privately owned company, is beginning a key test intended to pave the way for the first commercial weather satellites.
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Nobel medal to be auctioned to help train scientists
LONDON (Reuters) - A Nobel Prize Medal for medicine awarded to German Jewish refugee Hans Krebs is to be auctioned by Sotheby's to raise money to train scientists, the auction house said on Thursday.
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Box Ship Sinaran Andaman Sank off Thailand
A Cambodian-registered container ship and a fishing boat sank in rough seas off Phuket on Wednesday morning, but the navy saved both crews.
The cargo ship
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Loaded Matson Ship Stalls in Pacific Ocean
A Matson ship en route to Oahu from California has stalled at sea and may need to be towed to the islands, reports Hawaii News Now.
A problem in the engine room cut off power on the cargo ship,
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Despite blast, Spacex has time to show readiness for missions: USAF
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Falcon 9 rocket accident last month should not eliminate SpaceX from the competition to launch a new GPS satellite, U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah James said on Wednesday, since there would be "plenty of time" to test the roc...
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Who is Wendy and why is this dinosaur named after her?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's not every day a dinosaur gets named after you, so Canadian fossil hunter Wendy Sloboda celebrated in a unique way.
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