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For people in cities like New York, going back to work during a pandemic can mean taking multiple elevator trips a day to and from their office spaces ⁠, but without established safety measures, elevators could become hot spots of spread from COVID-19, the data suggests. COVID-19 can spread when …

So you want to colonize Mars, huh? Well, Mars is very far away, and for a colony to function so far from earthly support, things must be thought very carefully. Including how many people it takes to make it work. A new study sets the minimum number of settlers at …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – The commander of the International Space Station said Monday that losing a mirror during last week’s successful spacewalk was “a real bummer.” NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy said he has no idea how the small mirror fell off his left sleeve. The mirror band is very …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – The commander of the International Space Station said Monday that losing a mirror during last week’s successful spacewalk was “a real bummer.” NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy said he has no idea how the small mirror fell off his left sleeve. The mirror band is very …