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SpaceX Needs to Tame Toilet Trouble Before Weekend Launch

The company and NASA want to make sure the toilet leaks won’t compromise the capsule.

FDA Panel Endorses Lower-Dose Moderna COVID Shot for Booster

U.S. health advisers said that some Americans who received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine should get a...

3 US-Based Economists Win Nobel Prize for Societal Research

A U.S.-based economist won the Nobel prize for economics for pioneering research that showed an...

Nobel in Chemistry Honors ‘Greener’ Way to Build Molecules

The work of Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan has allowed scientists to produce molecules...

Henrietta Lacks Estate Sues Company Using Her ‘Stolen’ Cells

Tissue taken from the woman's tumor before she died of cervical cancer became the first...

Scientists Decipher Marie Antoinette’s Redacted Love Notes

"Not without you." "My dear friend." "You that I love."

Oldest Human Footprints in North America Found in New Mexico

Fossilized footprints discovered in New Mexico indicate that early humans were walking across North America...

Researchers Complete First-Ever Detailed Map of Global Coral

The Allen Coral Atlas will act as a reference for reef conservation, marine planning and...

FAA Bans Virgin Galactic Launches While Probing Branson Trip

The Federal Aviation Administration said that Virgin Galactic cannot launch anyone into space again until...

Astronaut Gets Special Ice Cream Delivery for 50th Birthday

A space station astronaut is celebrating her 50th birthday with the coolest present ever —...

US Intelligence Still Divided on Origins of Coronavirus

U.S. intelligence agencies remain divided on the origins of the coronavirus but believe China's leaders...

Space Station Supplies Launched with a Pizza Delivery for 7

The 8,200-pound (3,700-kilogram) shipment includes fresh apples, tomatoes and kiwi, along with a pizza kit...