WASHINGTON (AP) – New study sheds light on how efficiently the world’s largest soaring bird rides air currents to stay airborne for hours without flapping its wings. The Andean condor has a wingspan that stretches up to 10 feet and weighs up to 33 pounds, making it the heaviest flying …
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Drug makers associated with the United States government are on track to begin actively manufacturing a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the summer, a senior administration official said Monday. “If you say exactly when the vaccine materials will literally be in production and manufacturing, it will likely be four …
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(Reuters) – The following is a brief summary of some of the latest scientific studies on the new coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV), which was identified as …
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Brazil 67,964 deaths, 1,713,160 cases President Jair Bolsonaro dismissed the disease as a “little flu” as it swept across his country and mocked measures such as wearing masks. Two health ministers have resigned and the outbreak in Brazil is the second deadliest in the world. India 21,129 deaths, 767,296 cases …
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Mars is about to be invaded by planet Earth – in a big way. Three countries, the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates, are sending unmanned spacecraft to the red planet in rapid succession starting this week, in the largest effort yet to …
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