Covid-19 Live Updates: Top U.S. Health Officials Try to Defend Their Integrity Before the Senate - Dr. Anthony S. Fauci and three other top U.S. health officials steering the government's virus response told senators that they would take a vaccine approved by the F.D.A. Johnson & Johnson announced that it plans to enroll 60,000 people in its Phase 3 vaccine trial.   New York Times - 3 hours ago

Op-Ed: A COVID-19 vaccine is one thing. Getting Americans to take it is another   Los Angeles Times - 6 hours ago

Johnson & Johnson Launches Final-Stage COVID-19 Vaccine Trial   Voice of America - 7 hours ago

Why Tens Of Thousands Of People Are Key To Testing A COVID-19 Vaccine   NPR - 14 hours ago

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Warming shrinks Arctic Ocean ice to second-lowest level on record   Los Angeles Times - 15 hours ago

Arctic Sea Ice Second Lowest on Record   Voice of America - 1 day ago

Warming shrinks Arctic Ocean ice to 2nd lowest on record   NBC News - 1 day ago

Arctic sea ice falls to second lowest level on record after a 'crazy' year of heat waves and forest fires in the region   Daily Mail - 1 day ago

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U.S. News -- NASA chief to lay out budget needs to send astronauts to moon -- Congress will hear testimony Wednesday from NASA about its budget needs as the space agency has stated it requires full funding to carry out plans to send astronauts to the moon by 2024.   UPI - 1 hour ago

NASA is developing a new space toilet for moon-bound astronauts — but the agency's 'certified sniffers' say the system is far too stinky   Business Insider - 2 hours ago

Nasa outlines plan for first woman on Moon by 2024   BBC News - 1 day ago

NASA just unveiled its step-by-step plan to land astronauts on the moon via the Artemis program — then build a lunar base   Business Insider - 1 day ago

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156 countries joined a major, WHO-led effort to develop and distribute coronavirus vaccines. The US and China aren't among them.   Business Insider - 4 hours ago

J&J has started its late-stage coronavirus vaccine trial   Business Insider - 10 hours ago

Pharma giant J&J just launched a pivotal 60,000-person coronavirus vaccine trial, and we could learn if the shot works by the end of 2020   Business Insider - 12 hours ago

Companies working on coronavirus vaccines pledge to put science above politics   Los Angeles Times - 1 day ago

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Nearly 500 pilot whales stranded in Australia; 380 dead   Seattlepi.com - 9 hours ago

More than 380 stranded whales in Tasmania have died   Australian Broadcasting Corp - 12 hours ago

To save the whales stranded on Tasmania's west coast, rescuers have to navigate Hells Gates   Australian Broadcasting Corp - 19 hours ago

Another pod of whales is stranded on Tasmania's west coast   Australian Broadcasting Corp - 22 hours ago

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Hurricane Paulette comes back as a 'zombie' tropical storm 'because 2020'   Fox News - 9 hours ago

What Is A 'Zombie' Tropical Storm?   Huffington Post - 1 day ago

Hurricane season is so active in 2020, we ran out of names -- Mindy Weisberger -- With the formation of Tropical Storm Wilfred on Sept. 18, the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season reached the end of its storm names list and will now "go Greek."   Live Science - 2 days ago

'Zombie' storm Paulette regains some strength, adding to weird 2020 weather   NBC News - 1 day ago

Storm Beta Continues Slow Trek, Bringing Rain to Parts of Southern US   Voice of America - 40 minutes ago

A striking new photo of Jupiter shows the Great Red Spot is shrinking – and other storms are growing   Business Insider - 3 days ago

Storms begin to ease across North America   BBC News - 12 hours ago

Asteroid the size of a BUS will fly by the Earth closer than the moon tomorrow - and can be seen with a 12-inch telescope   Daily Mail - 2 hours ago

Bus-size asteroid to zoom by Earth, ducking below satellites   CTV News - 6 hours ago

Asteroid close approach TONIGHT: Watch LIVE as space rock passes Earth   Daily Express - 8 hours ago

Asteroid to have 'extremely close encounter' with Earth this week   Fox News - 11 hours ago

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Science News -- Search and rescue dogs fared well after work at 9/11 sites -- Search and rescue dogs used during the 9/11 attacks lived as long as dogs not at the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon, a new study finds.   UPI - 4 hours ago

Heat and Drought Team Up More Frequently, With Disastrous Results -- A new study finds that what used to be a rare weather double whammy has been occurring more frequently in recent decades because of climate change. -- John Schwartz   New York Times - 4 hours ago

Chitin could be used to build tools and habitats on Mars, study finds   Ars Technica - 1 day ago

Some American cities could grow all their food locally, study finds   UPI - 2 days ago

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