NASA has tapped a type of SpaceX cargo craft that hasn't yet been built to deliver supplies to a moon-orbiting outpost that hasn't yet been launched. SpaceX's robotic Dragon XL, a cylindrical, supersized version of its workhorse Dragon spacecraft, will handle shipments to the Gateway space platform as the first commercial provider to receive a Gateway Logistics Services contract from...

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Gilead Sciences received special FDA protection for the antiviral drug remdesivir. Facing criticism, it withdrew its request for "orphan...

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Earlier research found it's very unlikely for pregnant women with COVID-19 to infect their fetuses in utero. New reports question that...

Coronavirus haunted the hospital, but the maternity ward felt like a sanctuary from the outside world constricting to save itself from a...

The media is replete with COVID-19 stories about people clearing supermarket shelves – and the backlash against them. Have people gone mad? How can one individual be overfilling his own cart, while shaming others who are doing the same?As a behavioral neuroscientist who has studied hoarding behavior for 25 years, I can tell you that this is all normal and expected. People are acting the way...

Scientists find out more about the threats of plastic to thousands of fish, whales and other aquatic...

Public transport and active travel will be the "natural first choice", the Transport Secretary...