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The Perseverance Rover Finally Got Its First Martian Rock Sample, For Real This Time
For the Perseverance Mars rover, second time’s the charm.
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North Korea Rejects 3 Million Doses of China’s Covid-19 Vaccine
The government of North Korea rejected almost 3 million doses of China’s covid-19 vaccine Sinovac this week, claiming they should be sent to countries that are struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, according to U.S. state-financed broadcaster Voice of America. The authoritarian country has reported zero cases of covid-19 since the pandemic began.
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Masks Work, Major Study Finds
An enormous randomised trial of communities in Bangladesh seems to provide the clearest evidence yet that regular mask-wearing can impede the spread of the covid-19 pandemic. The study found that villages where masks were highly promoted and became more popular experienced noticeably lower rates of covid-like symptoms and confirmed past infections than villages where mask-wearing…
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Woman Arrested Trying to Enter Hawaii With ‘Maderna’ Covid-19 Vaccine Card
A 24-year-old woman from Illinois was arrested on Sunday while trying to enter Hawaii with a fake covid-19 vaccination record card. How did authorities know it was fake? For starters, the counterfeit card said the woman had received the “Maderna” vaccine rather than the Moderna vaccine.