Hopeful Volunteers Taking Part in Trials of COVID Vaccine
A few weeks ago researchers at Oxford University announced promising results from early trials of their version of a COVID-19 ...
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Siberian Heat Wave: Wildfires Rage in Arctic, Sea Ice Melts
The U.N. weather agency warned Friday that average temperatures in Siberia were 10 degrees Celsius (18 Fahrenheit) above average ...
Britain PM Calls Anti-Vaccination Activists ‘Nuts’
As he visited a London medical center to promote a flu immunization program Friday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson referred ...
Summer’s Space Race to Mars Begins
Three countries launched missions officially kicking off the summer space race to Mars. A satellite snaps pictures of ...
China Launches First Independent Mission to Mars
An unmanned spacecraft blasted off Thursday on a yearlong journey to Mars, beginning one of China’s most ambitious space ...
Silent Spread of Virus Keeps Scientists Grasping for Clues
One of the great mysteries of the coronavirus is how quickly it rocketed around the world. It first flared in central China ...
China Successfully Launches First Independent Mission to Mars
An unmanned spacecraft blasted off Thursday on a yearlong journey to Mars, beginning one of China’s most ambitious space ...
US to Provide $5 Billion to Fight Coronavirus in Nation’s Nursing Homes
President Donald Trump has announced the U.S. government will provide an additional $5 billion in aid, equipment and training to ...
US Labs Buckle Amid Testing Surge; World Virus Cases Top 15M
Laboratories across the U.S. are buckling under a surge of coronavirus tests, creating long processing delays that experts say ...
European Telescope Takes First Picture of Another Solar System
The European Southern Observatory has released the first image ever captured by a telescope of multiple planets orbiting around a ...
Quick COVID Tests Could Help Control Pandemic
COVID-19 tests that take an hour or less and can be done at doctors’ offices, workplaces, or even at home are under ...
US to Pay 2 Firms $1.95 Billion for COVID-19 Vaccine
The U.S. government will pay $1.95 billion to American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech SE for 100 ...
How Quick COVID Tests Could Help Control Pandemic
COVID-19 tests that take an hour or less and can be done at doctors’ offices, workplaces, or even at home are under ...
New Study Suggests Melting Arctic Permafrost Poses Big Climate Threat
A new study indicates that the accelerated melting of Arctic permafrost could release as much as 40 billion tons of carbon into ...
Climate Change Could Drive Polar Bears to Extinction by 2100
A study of the Arctic says polar bears are one of the most threatened species on earth because of melting sea ...
US Accuses Chinese Hackers of Targeting COVID-19 Research
The Justice Department on Tuesday accused two Chinese hackers of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars of trade secrets from ...
Experimental Coronavirus Vaccines Continue to Show Promise in Human Trials
With over 14.7 million confirmed novel coronavirus cases and nearly 610,000 fatalities, researchers are reporting progress in the ...
Bahamas to Ban International Travel Amid COVID Concerns
Officials in the Bahamas say that starting Wednesday, it will ban travelers from the United States due to the coronavirus ...
UK Coronavirus Vaccine Prompts Immune Response in Early Test
Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a ...
Astrophysicists Unveil Biggest-Ever 3D Map of the Universe
Astrophysicists on Monday published the largest-ever 3D map of the Universe, the result of an analysis of more than 4 million ...
United Arab Emirates Launches Mission to Mars
The United Arab Emirates launched its first mission to Mars early Monday as it strives to develop its scientific and technology ...
COVID-19 and Funding Shortfall Hamper Ebola Operation in DR Congo’s Equateur Province
The World Health Organization reports the COVID-19 pandemic and lack of money are hampering efforts to bring a speedy end to the ...
Angelina Jolie Says Children ‘Invisible Victims’ of Rape in War
Actor and activist Angelina Jolie urged the U.N. Security Council on Friday to fulfill its promise to hold to account ...
Scientists Discover One of Earth’s Blackest Materials — on a Fish
Researchers have discovered one of the blackest materials on Earth – material that reflects less than .5 percent of the ...