Donald Trump: POTUS defends use of hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 cure
Jul 30, 2020 08:08 am UTC| Science Politics
As of now, there has yet to be a definite cure for COVID-19. However, Donald Trump continues to insist that the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine can be used as such. BBC reports that Trump defended the use of...
NASA: SpaceX to launch four astronauts to ISS in 2021 Crew-2 mission
Jul 30, 2020 08:02 am UTC| Science
Following the success of sending two astronauts to the International Space Station back in May, NASA and SpaceX will be teaming up again to send four astronauts to the ISS in 2021. The agency has announced who will be...
Mars mission: NASA's Perseverance Rover will play a big part in humanity's arrival on the Red Planet
Jul 30, 2020 07:38 am UTC| Science
Now that humans have been able to set foot on the Moon, NASA and other space agencies have now set its sights on the Red Planet itself. Today marks the launch of the agencys Perseverance Rover, and scientists have said...
NASA: Hubble Space Telescope captures a ghostly spiral galaxy 316 million light-years away
Jul 29, 2020 11:08 am UTC| Science
Galaxies are made up of tens of billions of stars, and its resulting shape is a thing of wonder among astronomers and space enthusiasts. Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope snapped a photo of one particular galaxy to...
Asteroids: 5.2-meter asteroid made a very close approach to Earth
Jul 29, 2020 10:23 am UTC| Science
Even as space agencies are keeping watch at what is happening outside Earth, such as asteroid approaches, some space rocks may just be a little too slick that they wind up slipping past the radar. Just last night,...
Jul 29, 2020 09:23 am UTC| Science
Several space agencies in the world are gearing up for their respective Mars missions. With the European Space Agency and Russias Rocosmos teaming up for a Mars mission, scientists say that the best place to search for...
COVID-19 cure: 21 existing drugs could improve treatment methods, new study finds
Jul 29, 2020 09:04 am UTC| Health Science
One of the things the HIV global epidemic taught humanity is that developing that one specific drug for cure can take decades and can be extremely expensive. The world was reminded of this hard truth this year when...