Новости за 04.12.2020

China's Chang'e-5 lander departed the moon after spending two days on the surface, leaving behind its first official flag.

The U.S. Navy's second Constellation-class guided missile frigate will be named USS Congress, Navy Secretary Kenneth J. Braithwaite announced on Friday.

A smile can reduce the pain of a needle injection by up to 40%, and also blunt a stressful needle-related physiological response, researchers from University of California, Irvine, said.

A new type of quantum computer, developed by a team of scientists from several Chinese research institutions, has achieved "quantum supremacy."

A U.S. B-52 bomber joined NATO fighter planes for exercises over the Barents Sea, bordered by Norway and Russia, the U.S. European Command announced.

Compelling evidence now supports the benefits of cloth face masks for source control to protect others and, to a lesser extent, wearers themselves from COVID-19, according to guidance released Friday by the CDC.

Reptile specialists responded to a home in Australia to capture a potentially deadly snake found slithering loose in a small child's bedroom.

The world's first commercially printed Christmas card, originally marketed in 1843, is being sold through a Boston-based book dealer for $25,000.

A storm is likely to develop into the first nor'easter of the season and could bring a blizzard across New England this weekend.

Oscar Isaac has been cast as Solid Snake, the lead role in Sony's upcoming film adaptation of video game "Metal Gear Solid."

The littoral combat ship USS Sioux City returned home, the Navy said Friday, after a deployment of over three months in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.

The House on Friday voted to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level Friday, though Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has indicated he's unlikely to take up the legislation in the upper chamber.

A Canadian YouTuber earned a Guinness World Record by taking his engineering skills to a galaxy far, far away, and building the world's first retractable proto-lightsaber.

K-pop group NCT 2020 shared a hard-hitting video for "Resonance," the final single from its two-part "Resonance" album.

A six-week Arctic training exercise by a U.S. Marines battalion ended successfully this week, the Marine Corps Forces Europe announced Friday.

Mariah Carey celebrates Christmas with celebrity friends and Netflix explores the life and times of the late Selena Quintanilla this weekend.

SpaceX plans to launch cargo to the International Space Station on Saturday morning, including simulated heart tissue for a medical experiment and the first privately owned airlock.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Friday she believed Congress will pass a coronavirus relief bill before the holiday break.

Sheriff's deputies and firefighters rescued a dog spotted stranded on a floating chunk of ice in a North Dakota river.

Boston Children's Hospital saw an 80% drop in asthma-related emergency room visits by children during the COVID-19 pandemic, a study published Friday by the Annals of the American Thoracic Society found.

"We Can Be Heroes," a new film directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Priyanka Chopra, Christian Slater and Pedro Pascal, will premiere Dec. 25 on Netflix.

Christmas celebrations are underway in Bethlehem this week without tourists and pilgrims due to COVID-19 restrictions, leaving the Biblical town where Christians believe Jesus was born quiet during the holidays.

The final version of the United States' Fiscal Year 2021 defense bill includes no troop reductions in Germany, blocking President Donald Trump's demand.

A British man who was diagnosed with motor neuron disease in 2013 broke a Guinness World Record when he took his prototype electric wheelchair to a top speed of 66.826 mph.

Two federal marshals were injured in a shootout in New York City on Friday when they attempted to capture a fugitive from Massachusetts, authorities said.