The Justice Department on Wednesday announced that Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin opioid painkiller, has agreed to pay $8.3 billion to settle three federal criminal charges for its role in fueling...
NASA's Osiris-Rex robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on near-Earth asteroid Bennu's surface on Tuesday to collect rock and dust samples that will be brought back to Earth in 2023. Bennu is currently more than 200 million miles, or 321 million kilometres, from Earth. Osiris-Rex launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in September 2016.
PayPal has launched a new service that will allow customers to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency directly from their PayPal account. The move is part of payments firm's plans to significantly increase cryptocurrency's utility by making it available as a funding source for purchases at its merchants worldwide.