Taiwanese, Australian Space Companies in Historic Commercial Rocket Plan
A Taiwanese company, TiSPACE, plans to launch Australia’s first commercial rocket later this year.The rocket is called ...
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Vietnam Faces Risk of Interruption in Vaccination Campaign
Vietnam is facing challenges in its COVID-19 vaccination efforts from global shortages and anti-Chinese vaccine sentiment as it ...
Spain Judge Nixes Backup Site for Disputed Hawaii Telescope
A Spanish judge in a decision cheered by environmentalists has put a halt to backup plans for the construction of a giant ...
Reports: US Intelligence Community Undecided on Origins of COVID-19 Pandemic
The U.S. intelligence community has reportedly told President Joe Biden that it has not reached a definitive conclusion after ...
Company Plants Trees in Burkina Faso to Slow Desertification in Conflict Zones
A Belgian-African company operating in Burkina Faso is planting trees to help curb desertification and open up lands for grazing ...
Scientists Launch Effort to Collect Water Data in US West
The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday announced a new kind of climate observatory near the headwaters of the Colorado River ...
Scientists Detect Earthquake Swarm at Hawaii Volcano
Geologists on Tuesday said they had detected a swarm of earthquakes at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, though it is not ...
Britain Considers Bringing Back Beavers After 400 Years
The British government is considering plans to release beavers back into the wild across England some four centuries after the ...
Study: Hypertension Hits Rich, Poor Nations Unevenly
A new study finds the number of people with hypertension has doubled over the last 30 years to 1.28 billion, mostly in developing ...
Purdue Pharma Judge Says Sacklers Face ‘Substantial Risk’ of Liability
The judge overseeing Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy said Monday that some members of the Sackler family who own the OxyContin ...
Igor Vovkovinskiy, Tallest Man in US, Dies in Minnesota
Igor Vovkovinskiy, the tallest man in the United States, has died in Minnesota. He was 38.His family said the Ukrainian-born ...
FDA Gives Full Approval to Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for people 16 and older. “The ...
Heavy Rain in Northeastern US as Tropical Storm Henri Makes Landfall
Parts of the northeastern United States braced for more heavy rains and the potential for flooding Monday as the storm that made ...
People Evacuated as New Wildfire Hits Greek Island
Scores of firefighters backed by water-dropping aircraft battled a forest fire that broke out early Monday on the southern part ...
FDA to Give Full Approval of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine by September: New York Times
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is aiming to give full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine by early September, ...
Codeine Abuse Increasing Among South African Youth, Experts Say
Experts say South Africa is seeing growing drug addiction among young people during the pandemic. A medical research center ...
Doctors Tracking Delta Variant Say Vaccines Help Even the Unvaccinated
The state of Florida is experiencing a hospital crisis because of a surge in the number of patients with COVID-19. These ...
Gulf of Mexico’s ‘Dead Zone’ Larger Than Predicted, According to New NOAA Study
NOAA-supported scientists on Tuesday reported that this year’s “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than originally ...
NASA, Boeing Scrub Launch of Starliner Space Craft for Second Time in Week
The U.S. space agency, NASA, and aerospace company Boeing said they have scrubbed the launch of the company’s Starliner ...
New York City Bars, Restaurants, Gyms to Require Proof of Vaccination
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday people engaged in indoor activities including fitness clubs, bars and restaurants ...
White House: More than 110 million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Shipped to More than 60 Countries
The White House announced Tuesday the U.S. has shipped more than 110 million doses of U.S.-made COVID-19 vaccines to more than 60 ...
Japan Limits Hospital Access Amid COVID-19 Surge
With worries of a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections overwhelming the country’s hospitals, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide ...
Study Suggests Earth’s Slowing Rotation Led to More Oxygen in Atmosphere
A new study suggests Earth’s supply of oxygen developed thanks to the planet’s gradually slowing rotation creating longer ...
Nigeria Hit by Deadly Cholera Surge Focused on North
Nigeria has been hit by a surge in cholera cases in recent weeks, focused on the country’s north and adding to a public ...