SCIENCE

The World Laughter Day 2020 will be celebrated Sunday (May 3) amid the anxiety and fears generated by the coronavirus pandemic.

A team of scientists, government officials, military agencies, and private companies were reportedly given a blank check by President Trump for coronavirus vaccine development.

People around the world have been watching Wuhan as it reopens the economy; it has shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many are looking forward to learning how the city is returning back to normal, but is it really business as usual?

A ventilator set too high by medical resident doctors may have caused the death of a coronavirus patient in New York, according to reports.

A Manhattan woman, known for chain-smoking, got her landlord filing a lawsuit against her after she allegedly refused smoking despite the smoke reaching the apartments of her neighbors.

‘Dead’ coronavirus particles that remained in the bodies of recovered COVID-19 patients may have been the cause why they tested positive again, a report quoting South Korean health officials said.

The cashier's side of checkout lines at one Philadelphia supermarket was outfitted with plastic "tents" to contribute to workers' safety during the pandemic.

A new study suggests that half of Americans still yearn for those times that their parents would wake them up in the morning, with many hitting the snooze button more than once before finally getting out of bed.

NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) has detected five asteroids that are expected to fly past Earth. The approaching asteroids will zip past the planet on Saturday (May 2) and Sunday.

Many New Yorkers are fleeing the city, and some of them are saying they will never return, according to reports.

According to Christie's, the lunar rock they are selling is larger than any of the lunar rocks brought back from the Apollo program.

A new study carried out in the Antarctic provided a new estimate regarding the amount of cosmic debris and space rocks that hit Earth every year. According to the researchers, an average of about 40 million kilograms of extraterrestrial material hit the planet annually.

A fireball event caused by a meteor illuminated the skies of Arizona recently.

The satellite image shows the poppies as bright orange patches across the landscape.

A team of astronomers is developing a new method that would allow space telescopes to detect signs of life in exoplanets orbiting dead stars.

A powerful eruption was detected recently from the Ebeko volcano in Russia.

The Argentina hailstone may have broken the record of a hailstone from South Dakota.

NASA’s asteroid tracking system has detected four asteroids that are currently approaching Earth.

A medical lab has announced that the first consumer-ordered antibody test for COVID-19 is now available without taking a trip to the doctor’s office.

Los Angeles City Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the city is offering free COVID-19 tests to all residents, making it the first major US city to do so. The tests would be done by online appointment and would be available to all L.A. city residents whether or not they show symptoms but would still prioritize symptomatic people and frontline workers. For now, the free tests would be available only to city residents but a similar plan is being developed for L.A. County.

Six monkeys that were given an experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford researchers did not get infected even after heavy exposure, raising hopes for a possible human vaccine, reports say.

Dogs are currently undergoing training to sniff out coronavirus at universities in the UK and Pennsylvania in what many say could “revolutionize” screening for the deadly virus.

Scientists found that inflammation may be added to the list of symptoms of coronavirus.

A UFO expert believes he has spotted clusters of alien cities near the dark side of the Moon. He saw the alleged cities in NASA’s archive photos taken by previous lunar missions.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency reportedly ordered 100,000 new body bags for possible COVID-19 victims in what officials are calling as preparations for a ‘worst-case’ scenario as the outbreak continues.

The United States is the first country to have 1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection, and this timeline shows how it reached that staggering number.

Astronomers currently observing the approaching comet SWAN said that it has become bright enough to be spotted by the human eye. It will most likely become brighter as it approaches the Sun and Earth.

The U.S. Air Force is reportedly preparing for the launch of the sixth mission of its mysterious X-37B space plane.

Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that’s about three times more massive than Jupiter, which is the largest planet in the Solar System. According to the astronomers, the new exoplanet is currently the largest object in its own star system.