ScienceSpace Hear the ‘Sound’ of a Spacecraft Flying Past Venus The ESA translated acceleration data from BepiColombo's Venus visit this week into a spooky audio clip. By Isaac Schultz Published August 13, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpace Unfinished Spacesuits Means Astronaut Moon Landing in 2024 Is Almost Certainly Not Going to Happen The high-tech spacesuit needed for the Artemis missions won’t be ready until at least 2025, according to an auditor's report. By George Dvorsky Published August 13, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceHealthCovid-19 Certain Immunocompromised People Can Now Get Third Vaccine Doses in the U.S. The FDA has approved additional doses for people who likely didn't generate a strong immune response to the two shots of an mRNA vaccine. By Whitney Kimball Published August 13, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceHealthCovid-19 New Orleans to Require Vaccination or Negative Covid-19 Test to Enter Bars, Stadiums, and More Louisiana's covid-19 vaccination rate is stubbornly low at just 37.9%. By Matt Novak Published August 13, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpace Indian Rocket Carrying Earth-Monitoring Satellite Fails to Reach Orbit The EOS-03 Earth observation satellite, now destroyed, was supposed to track cyclones and other environmental threats from space. By George Dvorsky Published August 12, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpace Just Two Robots Hanging Out on Mars NASA's Perseverance rover ended up in the frame when the Ingenuity helicopter was snapping pics during flight. By Isaac Schultz Published August 12, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceAnimals Unprecedented Study of a Woolly Mammoth Shows Where It Roamed From Birth to Death Paleontologists have reconstructed the life history of a male mammoth who traveled across Alaska 17,000 years ago. Jeanne Timmons Published August 12, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpace Perseverance’s Missing Mars Rock Sample Appears to Have Crumbled Away NASA briefly celebrated when it seemed the Perseverance rover had grabbed its first sample, but they soon realized the tube was empty. By Isaac Schultz Published August 12, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceAnthropology Scientists Have Discovered a Hotspot of Denisovan Ancestors The new research suggests Denisovans—a sister group to the Neanderthals—occupied the islands of southeast Asia prior to the arrival of modern humans. By George Dvorsky Published August 12, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceHealthCovid-19 Anti-Vax Nurse Allegedly Injects 8,600 People With Salt Water Instead of Covid-19 Vaccine Many who got the fake coronavirus vaccine are vulnerable elderly people. By Matt Novak Published August 12, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpace NASA Refines Threat Posed by Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Bennu The 1,640-foot-wide object could collide with Earth in 161 years, but the odds remain exceptionally low. By George Dvorsky Published August 11, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceHealthCovid-19 Third Moderna Shot Boosts Transplant Recipients’ Immune Response, Canadian Trial Finds No cases of organ rejection occurred as a result of the third dose. By George Dvorsky Published August 11, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceAnimals Bonobos Appear to Say ‘Hello’ and ‘Goodbye’ to Each Other Data from over 1,000 great ape interactions indicate that bonobos and chimps follow certain social customs, much like humans. By Isaac Schultz Published August 11, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceHealthCovid-19 Over 1 Million People Have Gotten Unauthorized Covid-19 Booster Shots: Report As cases from the Delta variant soar, some people are apparently seeking out additional vaccine doses in hopes of gaining more protection. By Whitney Kimball Published August 11, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceHealthCovid-19 Bonnaroo Music Festival to Require Covid-19 Vaccination or Negative Test The Foo Fighters, Megan Thee Stallion, the Grand Ole Opry, Tame Impala, Lizzo, and Tyler, The Creator are headlining this year. By Matt Novak Published August 11, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpace First Image From This Week’s Rare Double Flyby of Venus The European-Japanese mission BepiColombo was one of two spacecraft to pass by the hot, toxic planet this week. By Isaac Schultz Published August 10, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceHealth U.S. Kids Are Now Getting Nearly 70% of Their Calories From ‘Ultra-Processed’ Foods Frozen and sugary foods are some the worst offenders, according to new research. By Isaac Schultz Published August 10, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpace What in the Hell Is Going on With Boeing’s Starliner? The second uncrewed test of Starliner was scrubbed after 13 valves in its propulsion system failed to open. By George Dvorsky Published August 10, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceHealthCovid-19 I Am Legend Screenwriter Forced to Tell Anti-Vaxxers His Zombie Movie Is Fake The movie has become a meme in the anti-vax community about the supposed dangers of vaccines. By Matt Novak Published August 10, 2021 | Comments (0)
ScienceAnimals Novel Virus Detected in Hawaiian Dolphin Could Trigger Global Outbreaks Among Marine Mammals, Scientists Say Similar strains have led to mass deaths of dolphins near Australia and Brazil. By George Dvorsky Published August 9, 2021 | Comments (0)
