Science & Health
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Is NASA Finally Done Paying Russia for Trips to Space?
NASA just handed over $US90 ($126) million to the Russian space agency for launching astronaut Kate Rubins to the International Space Station. Assuming its commercial partners are able to deliver, this could mark the last time NASA purchases a seat on a Soyuz spacecraft.
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Record-Breaking Bird Just Flew Nonstop From Alaska to New Zealand
A conservation group has tracked a migration for the ages, in which a male bar-tailed godwit flew from Alaska to New Zealand without taking a single break.
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Johnson & Johnson Pauses Coronavirus Vaccine Trials After ‘Unexplained Illness’ in Volunteer
On late Monday night, the pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson put a temporary pause on all of its clinical trials of experimental vaccines for the coronavirus that causes covid-19, following the report of an “unexplained illness” in one of the study participants. It’s not yet clear whether the person’s illness is connected to the vaccine,…
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Scientists Used AI to Create a Hyper Detailed 3D Map of Stars, Galaxies, and Quasars
A team of astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Institute for Astronomy (IfA) has produced the most comprehensive astronomical imaging catalogue of stars, galaxies, and quasars ever created with help from an artificially intelligent neural network.