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Scientists from the United States to Australia are using new technology in an ambitious, multi-million-dollar drive to develop a vaccine in record time to tackle China’s coronavirus outbreak.

The new virus has spread rapidly since emerging late last year in China, killing more than 800 people in the mainland and infecting over 37,000. Cases have been reported in two dozen other countries.

Coming up with any vaccine typically takes years, and involves a lengthy process of testing on animals, clinical trials on humans and regulatory approvals.

I am amazed by just how far technology has come!

An image of her daughter was created with ‘virtual reality’ for a mother who lost her daughter in 2016 in South Korea. The moment the mother met her daughter left those in the studio in tears.

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Vegans have more restrictive diets than vegetarians. Not only do vegans avoid meat, but they also avoid animal by-products including dairy and eggs.

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NASA Wallops Flight Facility is scheduled to launch a rocket tonight that will be visible to the DMV as it climbs into the sunset sky.

The facility hopes to launch the 13th Northrop Grumman resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) at 5:39 p.m. near sunset. The Cygnus cargo ship (spacecraft) is the S.S. Robert H. Lawrence, named for the first ever African American selected as an astronaut.

The launch and mission will be carried live by NASA.

Thanks to an experimental new brain implant, a blind woman gets her first glimpse of lights, shapes, and people in 15 years.

Challenges face the up-and-coming drone delivery system industry. Concepts such as ownership and data logging need to be addressed.

An artist’s rendering shows Blue Origin’s future New Glenn rocket launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and landing on a ship.

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There’s a space double feature in store for rocket fans today, with two launches to some very different places off Earth. Here’s how to watch them online.