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Meet the bone cancer survivor who will become the youngest American in spaceA bone cancer survivor who's now a physician assistant will join a billionaire on SpaceX's first private spaceflight this fall.
Space station launch honors ‘Hidden Figures’ mathematicianA space station supply ship has blasted into orbit from Virginia on the 59th anniversary of John Glenn's historic flight.
Pandemic makes prostitution taboo in Nevada's legal brothelsBefore the coronavirus pandemic, tourist-dependent Nevada had a notorious attraction: It was the only place in America where someone could legally pay for sex.
Weather experts: Lack of planning caused cold catastropheMeteorologists started warning about this week's killer cold as much as three weeks in advance, yet catastrophe still happened.
Mars landing team 'awestruck' by photo of descending rover NASA has released the first close-up picture that captures a rover descending to the surface of Mars.
YouTube removes Ohio committee video, citing misinformationLegislative testimony made in support of a GOP-backed effort to limit public health orders made by Ohio’s governor was removed from YouTube after the service deemed it co...
UK top court gives Uber drivers benefits in landmark rulingThe U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that Uber drivers should be classed as “workers” and not self-employed.
Kia and Hyundai recovering from days-long network outagesKia Motors America says it’s restoring services crippled by a computer network outage that began last weekend, apparently affecting dealers’ ability to order vehicles and...
How will we know we’ve reached herd immunity?Health officials around the world are racing to vaccinate enough people to stop the spread of COVID-19 — but what qualifies as “enough” is still an open question.
Russian cargo ship docks at International Space StationAn unmanned Russian cargo ship has docked at the International Space Station with a load of supplies.
Epic Games files EU antitrust complaint against Apple Epic Games has filed an antitrust complaint against Apple with European Union regulators, opening up a new front in its war with the tech giant over app store payments.
In Australia, Google makes publisher deals, Facebook walksGoogle is quickly negotiating generous deals with Australian media companies to pay for journalism as lawmakers consider forcing digital giants into such agreements.
EXPLAINER: Topsy-turvy weather comes from polar vortexIt seems like the world's weather has turned upside-down.
Some dinosaur migration was delayed by climate, study showsA new study finds plant-eating dinosaurs arrived in the Northern Hemisphere millions of years after their meat-eating cousins.
European Space Agency seeks diversity in new astronaut driveThe European Space Agency is holding its first astronaut recruitment drive in 11 years and says greater diversity is one of the goals.
Cost of a single Bitcoin exceeds $50,000 for first timeThe seemingly unstoppable rise of Bitcoin continued with the cost of a single unit of the digital currency rising above $50,000 for the first time.
Bitcoin, seemingly omnipresent, crosses the $50,000 markAfter a wild week in which Bitcoin soared to new heights, Bitcoin is crossing the $50,000 mark.
S. Korea spy agency: N. Korea hackers targeted vaccine techSouth Korea’s spy agency says North Korean hackers attempted to steal information about coronavirus vaccines and treatments.
American university hopes to fill higher-ed gap in IraqHigher education has lagged in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
COVID-19 shots might be tweaked if variants get worseThe makers of COVID-19 vaccines are figuring out how to tweak their recipes just in case the shots need an update against worrisome virus mutations.
