NASA delays ambitious human lunar landing to 2025
NASA is pushing back its target date for returning humans to the Moon, now eyeing a crewed lunar landing in 2025 instead of 2024 as originally planned. NASA blames the
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The cost of vaccinating children against COVID-19 are greater than the “benefits”
In our Toxicology Reports (TR) paper on COVID-19 that examined myriad issues associated with the ongoing mass inoculations (hereafter called the TR paper), we also evaluated the ratio of costs to benefits
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Data used to build algorithms detecting skin disease is too white
Public skin image datasets that are used to train algorithms to detect skin problems don’t include enough information about skin tone, according to a new analysis. And within the datasets where
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Bay Area couple’s $86 million award in Monsanto pesticide case stands
California’s highest court rejected on Wednesday a challenge by Monsanto Co.’s to $86.2 million in damages to a Livermore couple who developed cancer after spraying the company’s Roundup weed-killer in
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Apple accelerates work on electric car project, aiming for fully autonomous vehicle
Apple Inc. is pushing to accelerate development of its electric car and is refocusing the project around full self-driving capabilities, according to people familiar with the matter, aiming to solve
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In wake of climate talks, US preps giant Gulf crude auction
The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday will auction vast oil and gas reserves in the Gulf of Mexico estimated to hold up to 1.1 billion barrels of crude, the first
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VinFast announces US headquarters in Los Angeles
Lured by a $20.5 million state tax credit, Vietnamese automaker VinFast has announced its U.S. headquarters will be located in Los Angeles — a move that builds on the company’s initial $200
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As space junk threatens station, US blames Russia
A Russian weapons test created more than 1,500 pieces of space junk now threatening the seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station, according to U.S. officials who called the strike
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California says Amazon hid COVID outbreaks from workers, will pay $500,000
In what California officials are calling a national first, Amazon will pay a $500,000 fine and submit to state monitoring for failing to adequately notify warehouse workers and local health
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CDC lists 3 popular European destinations as ‘very high’ risk
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added three popular European nations and a small, idyllic island destination to its list of “very high” risk travel destinations on Monday as a new
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