Science & Health
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A Daring Giraffe Rescue Is Underway in Kenya
Conservationists, government officials, and local community members are banding together to pull off a rescue of eight giraffes stranded on a shrinking island in Kenya. In order to save these animals, they created a giraffe-safe barge to get them across to safe land. They made the first successful rescue of a giraffe named Asiwa today,…
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Astronomer Captures Possible Image of NASA’s Long-Lost Centaur Rocket Booster
A tiny mystery object is zipping past the Earth today, providing astronomers with an excellent opportunity to finally confirm it as being the upper stage of a Centaur rocket that was launched by NASA in 1966.
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Moderna to Ask FDA for Emergency Authorisation of Covid-19 Vaccine on Monday
Biotech company Moderna will ask for an emergency use authorisation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its covid-19 vaccine on Monday, according to a new press release posted to the firm’s website. Moderna also released new information indicating its messenger RNA-based vaccine has a 94.1% efficacy rate in a study of 30,000 people…
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Satellite Photos Show Gigantic Iceberg Possibly Drifting Away From Ecologically Sensitive Island
Iceberg A68a — currently the world’s largest iceberg — is rotating and possibly moving in a westerly direction away from South Georgia Island, according to new satellite photos. This is potentially good news, as the enormous chunk of ice appeared to be on a collision course with the wildlife-filled island.