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This image shows bottles of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine, called “Sputnik V.” (Image credit: Russian Ministry of Health / Handout / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Russia is working on a COVID-19 vaccine, and it has a serious space-y name: Sputnik V. The country announced on Tuesday (August 11) that …

July 29 – August 5, 2020. (Click image for full view.) On August 4, 2020, a devastating explosion shook the port area around Beirut, Lebanon. After the incident, scientists used satellite radar images to map the extent of the damage and help identify areas where people may need help. According …

Some people get really sick of it COVID-19, and others do not. Nobody knows why. Now, a study by researchers at Stanford University of Medicine and other institutions has revealed immunological abnormalities and degenerations that appear to spell the difference between severe and mild cases of COVID-19. That difference may …

Some Persiders of 2019, as seen from Macedonia. Spaceweather.com/Stojan Stojanovski It’s early August, which means the annual Perseid meteor shower is active, and it’s ready to go. The Perseids are one of the best, brightest batches of shooting stars, and it feels like we could use them now more than …

A Florida mother died this week from COVID-19, less than a month after her 19-year-old son was also claimed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, officials said Tuesday. The deaths of Jacqueline and Jordan Byrd have taken a particularly heavy toll on employees at Fort Braden School, about 15 miles west …