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SEOUL, South Korea: When the United Nations imposed its toughest sanctions against North Korea in 2017, one of the main targets was squid. It was one of the country’s main exports, and the Security Council hoped to stop trade, as part of the international effort to pressure the North to …

President Donald Trump’s bet that a proven coronavirus vaccine will be the surprise of October to catapult him into a second term faces increasing odds. © Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks with his face mask during a press conference in the Brady Press Press Room at …

Only the Soviet Union and the United States have managed to get to Mars in one piece. The Soviet lander, the first, landed in 1971, but stopped communicating almost immediately thereafter. While several similar missions from other countries have failed, the United States has accomplished five successful surface landings. “The …

Mechanical Engineer Associate Professor Gih-Keong Lau pictured with the drone prototype. Credit: Chiao Tung National University An international team of engineers is developing a drone prototype that mimics the acrobatic maneuvers of one of the world’s fastest birds, the speedy, in the latest example of biologically inspired flight. A research …

After all, one more study published Wednesday in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology said so. God bless you, science. “Our study suggests that chocolate helps keep the heart’s blood vessels healthy,” said study author Dr. Chayakrit Krittanawong of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. “Chocolate contains heart-healthy nutrients, …