NEW YORK (Reuters) – US binds payments for COVID-19 faxes to timing miles for production and approval, according to public documents and an official from the Trump administration, putting pressure on drugmakers including Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) to meet ambitious goals. FILE PHOTO: A sign marks the headquarters of Moderna Therapeutics, …
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(Reuters) – Greenland’s ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with ice likely to melt, no matter how fast global warming emits from global warming, new research suggests. A fishing vessel will be in the ice fjord near Ilulissat, Greenland 12 September 2017. Photo taken 12 September …
Read More »U.S. prosecutors investigate former NASA officer Boeing over space contract: sources
WASHINGTON / SEATTLE (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal probe into whether the former head of NASA’s human spaceflight gave Boeing Co.PROHIBITION) wrong guidance during a lucrative lunar-lander contract competition, said two people familiar with the matter on Friday. PHILO PHOTO: The Department of Justice …
Read More »Exploding Black Dwarfs Could be the ‘Last Interesting Thing to Happen in the Universe’
Artistic perception of a dark brown dwarf, which could resemble hypothetical black dwarfs, which predict to exist in the distant future. Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech “This is the way the world ends,” TS Elliot said in his famous poem, “not with a slap, but with a trick.” These days, scientists …
Read More »Study determines first likely symptoms of coronavirus
iStockphoto / Canberk Sezer Have you ever had dense brushes with the novel coronavirus? For anyone reading here who has already contracted the virus, this is not necessarily for you. I’m talking about people like myself who spent 6+ hours in very close proximity (a house) with someone who started …
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