University of Washington researchers are among the leaders of a newly announced clinical trial investigating whether hydroxychloroquine, a drug that's commonly used to counter malaria and autoimmune disease, can prevent COVID-19. The multi-site trial, managed by UW in collaboration with New York University's Grossman School of Medicine, aims to determine definitively whether taking the drug can prevent transmission in people exposed to the virus. "We currently don?t know if hydroxychloroquine works, but we will learn in as short a timeframe as possible what the outcome is,? principal investigator Ruanne Barnabas, associate professor of global health in the University of Washington? Read More

A new batch of these ostentatiously coloured and popular arachnids is described in Australia.

Scientists have taken a step forward in their ability to decode what a person is saying just by looking at their brainwaves when they speak.

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NASA has tapped a type of SpaceX cargo craft that hasn't yet been built to deliver supplies to a moon-orbiting outpost that hasn't yet been launched. SpaceX's robotic Dragon XL, a cylindrical, supersized version of its workhorse Dragon spacecraft, will handle shipments to the Gateway space platform as the first commercial provider to receive a Gateway Logistics Services contract from NASA. The contract is similar to NASA's existing Commercial Resupply Services contracts with SpaceX, Northrop Grumman and Sierra Nevada Corp. for cargo shipments to the International Space Station. NASA's Artemis program calls for the first elements of the Gateway to? Read More

Scientists find out more about the threats of plastic to thousands of fish, whales and other aquatic life.