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Why Succulent houseplants are so popular?
Succulents are fresh, they’re pretty, and they require minimum maintenance! Isn’t this amazing? It totally is — and that’s the reason almost every person around us is drooling over the succulent plant culture today. Succulents have taken social media by storm. The outbreak...
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Sinopharm: China approves its first homegrown Covid-19 vaccine
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Sinopharm, China’s national pharmaceutical company, announced on December 30th that its vaccine candidate was 79% efficient in containing the contagious coronavirus. The Chinese government later on Thursday announced that they were giving the vaccine manufacturers a green signal after the results for clinical...
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UK approves Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19, becomes the first country to authorize it for emergency use
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Government of the UK has approved and authorized the new Covid-19 vaccine introduced by the collaboration of the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company. The approval came after the recommendation from the Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of...
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China’s Chang’e-5 mission lands on Earth with Moon samples
China becomes only the third country in the world to bring back rock samples from the moon. On Thursday morning according to Beijing time - December 16 at 12:59 p.m. EST (1759 GMT) - China's Chang'e-5 successfully landed back on earth. The capsule...
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LabCorp’s Pixel gets approval for Over-the-Counter distribution by FDA
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The FDA has officially authorized LabCorp to sell COVID-19 at-home test kit 'Pixel' to consumers at stores. The leading healthcare diagnostics company is now allowed to have their kits available for public use above the age of 18 to purchase them from pharmacies...
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SN8: SpaceX Starship explodes on landing after test flight
SpaceX Starship prototype SN8 achieves a new milestone before exploding on landing. It is speculated that the Starship managed to reach a height of 40,000 feet from the SpaceX launchpad in Texas before crashing. However, the exact altitude cannot yet be confirmed. This could be a massive...
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Covid-19 Vaccines: price, dose, availability, other details explained
The COVID-19 virus has changed the way the world works and people interact with each other. Researchers are working day and night to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus. It usually takes years to make any vaccines after multiple testing phases, but every...
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SpaceX’s new Dragon 2 docks at ISS as part of CRS-21 mission
SpaceX, with its new Dragon capsule, completes CRS-21, another launch mission by meeting the supply of cargo to the International Space Station. The Dragon spacecraft was launched on December 6th from NASA's Kennedy space center in Florida and successfully docked at its destination on December 7th....
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SpaceX to test the Starship SN8 prototype today. Watch live here.
SpaceX starship prototype, serial number 8 (SN8), is standing tall at the launch pad in Boca Chica, Cameron County, Texas. SpaceX has hinted that its first high altitude test flight could soon take place. The flight is scheduled for Tuesday 8th December, 11 AM EST. However,...
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What we learned about COVID-19 pandemic masks in 2020
Face masks in 2020 reach a totally new level of importance because of the Coronavirus pandemic. A mask that people barely used other than surgeons performing surgery became the most essential product in the world. The focus was shifted towards the best prevention...
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Augmented Reality is no longer folklore but is now being incorporated into various industries such as retail and manufacturing. Researchers are spending funds on the expansion of AR to keep...