By Joseph Sipalan KUANTAN, Malaysia (Reuters) – Some skin, eggs and tissue samples are all that remain of Malaysia’s last rhino, Iman, who died last November after years of failed […]
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Scientists inspired by ‘Star Wars’ create artificial skin able to feel
By Joseph Campbell SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore researchers have developed “electronic skin” capable of recreating a sense of touch, an innovation they hope will allow people with prosthetic limbs to […]
‘Gnarly’ tumor shows dinosaurs got cancer, too
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When scientists first unearthed fossils of a horned dinosaur called Centrosaurus in the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park in Canada’s Alberta province in 1989, […]
Scavengers in India risk health to sift coronavirus debris
By Adnan Abidi and Sunil Kataria NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Mansoor Khan and his wife Latifa Bibi have been collecting scraps of plastic and other items at an enormous landfill […]
Japanese robot to clock in at a convenience store in test of retail automation
TOKYO (Reuters) – In August, a robot vaguely resembling a kangaroo will begin stacking sandwiches, drinks and ready meals on shelves at a Japanese convenience store in a test its […]
Thailand says monkey labour “almost non-existent” after UK shop ban
By Juarawee Kittisilpa and Orathai Sriring BANGKOK (Reuters) – Monkey labour to harvest coconuts for commercial products “is almost non-existent” in Thailand, the commerce minister said on Monday, after British retailers […]
Explainer: Are asymptomatic COVID-19 patients safe or silent carriers?
By Cate Cadell and Roxanne Liu BEIJING (Reuters) – China said 300 symptomless carriers of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, the epicentre of the pandemic, had not been found to […]
Vaccines group raises $8.8 billion for immunisation plans for poor countries
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – The GAVI vaccines alliance said on Thursday it had raised $8.8 billion from international donor governments, companies and philanthropic foundations to fund its immunisation […]
Scientists hunt pandemic hotspots in race to test vaccines
LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic may be waning. For vaccine developers, that could be a problem. Scientists in Europe and the United States say the […]
On faraway planet, it’s cloudy with a chance of liquid iron rain
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have detected an exotic planet in another solar system where the weather forecast is always dire – a 100 percent chance of the […]