A laboratory technician supervises filling and packaging tests for the large-scale production and supply of the University of Oxfords COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222, conducted on a high-performance aseptic vial filling …
Pompeii brought back to life The city of Pompeii was buried in a devastating volcanic eruption in 79 AD, but archaeologists are still uncovering extraordinary structures in the region. On …
Nearly one year after the World Health Organization discovered the coronavirus, many people are still staying home from offices, schools, movie theaters, stadiums, churches and restaurants. A lot of the …
Pope Francis gives Christmas blessing in empty square There were no crowds in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square on Christmas Day, where normally they gather in their tens of thousands …
Paris — Wearing hard hats and protective suits, members of the choir of Notre Dame Cathedral sang inside the medieval Paris landmark for the first time since last year’s devastating …
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE At the close of trading next Thursday, the bull market will be ready to run into 2021 but …
Snow falls as people wearing face masks walk through the Asakusa district on March 29, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images SINGAPORE — As 2020 draws to …
China’s massive “Eye of Heaven” telescope now open to international scientists Nestled shining and silent in the forested limestone hills of remote southwest China, the world’s biggest single-dish radio telescope …
LONDON — The British pound jumped close to levels not seen for 31 months Thursday as investors bet the U.K. and the European Union would strike a long-awaited Brexit trade …
Greenland’s disappearing ice sheet Of the many threats from climate change , sea-level rise will most certainly be among the most impactful, making hundreds of thousands of square miles of …