Science

Millions of people in Asia and Africa were able to see a “ring of fire” eclipse, NASA headquarters in Washington, DC is now named after a “hidden figure” and astronomers are making a strange new detection of gravitational waves. These are some of the main stories from Space.com this week. …

The footage from the Adria Tour, the charity exhibition hosted by Novak Djokovic that was canceled after the announcement of the positivity for COVID-19 by some players (including world number 1 and his wife Jelena), went around the world. The decision not to comply with the security protocols and the …

The Orange County Democratic Party hopes that sunset is on the horizon for the Duke. This week, officials passed an emergency resolution condemning film legend John Wayne’s “racist and intolerant statements” made decades ago and are calling on the Orange County Board of Supervisors to remove his name, statue and …

(Image: latest state situation report from the Washington State Department of Health) Coronavirus cases are emerging across the country. In Seattle and King County, even as restrictions loosen after months of “stay home” lockdown, authorities say there is also a rise in sick people and new challenges in “progress to …

The researchers reported that the system not only worked on 13 monkeys, but it appeared that all of the liver cells were edited. After gene editing, the monkeys’ LDL levels dropped 59 percent in two weeks. Editing the ANGPTL3 gene led to a 64 percent decrease in triglyceride levels. One …