The T. rex would have traveled just under 3 miles in an hour, a speed similar to that of humans and many other animals, at its preferred walking speed, according to new …
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Space station launch: Russian cosmonauts and NASA astronaut leave Earth on Friday
Russian space agency Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei successfully launched to the space station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday. The launch …
Read More »NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission flies over asteroid Bennu for the last time
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is conducting a final flyby of the asteroid Bennu on Wednesday. The spacecraft made history when it briefly landed on the asteroid on October 20, 2020, and collected a …
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference on Tuesday. CTV network Canadian public health officials say the B.1.1.7 variant has likely replaced the original Covid-19 virus in many parts of …
Read More »California to fully reopen in June amid falling Covid-19 case rates
California, the first state to implement a lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, plans to fully reopen state activities and businesses starting June 15, based on falling infection rates and low hospitalizations …
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“The United States appears to have ended the pandemic,” said Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. “The virus has not …
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UK Vaccine Minister Nadhim Zahawi walks in London in December 2020. Justin Tallis / AFP / Getty Images Vaccine certification as a means of unlocking British society would not be discriminatory, the …
Read More »Helicopter from Mars: NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter survives its first frigid night
Jezero Crater, a former lake bed on Mars and the current site of the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter, can drop to temperatures of minus 130 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s low enough …
Read More »CDC Updates Guide to Cleaning Surfaces to Protect Against Covid-19
A bar opening event in rural Illinois in February was linked to 46 cases of Covid-19, the closure of a school that affected 650 children, and the hospitalization of a resident of …
Read More »Biden selects Gayle Smith to serve as Covid Global Coordinator
Win McNamee / Getty Images The White House says the United States will still have enough vaccines for all Americans by the end of next month, despite problems with a single batch …
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