Prices of oxygen skyrocketed in places like Peru, Brazil, Mexico, and India because they lack infrastructure and rely on expensive oxygen cylinders.

The "Death Zone" is a region near the top of world's tallest mountains that earns the name because humans aren't meant to survive there.

People are desperate for oxygen tanks as India's coronavirus crisis reaches unprecedented heights, and some blame the government.

Facebook, Twitter, and Whatsapp have been flooded with desperate posts from people in India who need oxygen or a hospital bed.

India is struggling as huge numbers of people contract COVID-19. When the disease surges, so does demand for scarce medical-grade oxygen.

COVID-19 cases are surging in India, and a lack of oxygen means hospitals can't help treat people who are severely ill with the virus.

India on Thursday reported the highest jump in daily COVID-19 cases recorded by a single country.

NASA wants to send astronauts to Mars, where the atmosphere is 96% carbon dioxide. An experiment just turned some of that CO2 into oxygen.

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White House physician Sean Conley admitted at a Sunday press briefing that President Trump was given supplemental oxygen on Saturday, which he declined to acknowledge the day before. “I was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude that the team, the president, over his course of illness, has had,” Conley said. […]

NASA’s new Mars rover, which launched Thursday morning, carries a machine that will produce oxygen from carbon dioxide in Mars’ thin atmosphere. The experimental device, known as MOXIE, could help pave the way for human exploration of Mars. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover launched […]

Doctors are still figuring out the best ways to care for patients with COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. Over the past few weeks, as the virus has spread in New York City, one hospital has started keeping patients off ventilators longer, hoping that they will be able […]

New York City more than doubled its ICU capacity in a few short weeks to handle the crush of coronavirus patients. Before the outbreak began, studies show the city had around 1,600 ICU beds. As of this week, the city had 3,500 – and counting. Part of the increase is […]

New York City’s hospitals are getting overwhelmed with coronavirus patients, already filling hospital beds across the city and putting strain on frontline workers. As of Wednesday, Brooklyn had 12,076 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, up from 4,400 cases the week before. The pandemic has transformed everyday life at Maimonides […]

Elon Musk and SpaceX have a goal of permanently colonizing Mars, but t raditional life support systems run through food, water, air, and other supplies relatively quickly. Plants and bacteria can recycle astronaut waste while growing them food to eat – an approach called bioregenerative life support. NASA funded a […]

Leading a more active lifestyle takes time, effort, and determination, but in the end, it’s really worth the shot. Here’s what will happen to your body when you exercise regularly. Following is a transcript of the video. If you’re thinking about leading a more active lifestyle, you’re not alone. In […]

In September 2017, SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk...