Simple COVID-19 Safety Tips for Trick-or-Treating on Halloween 2021
The air is getting chillier, pumpkins are perched on porches and kids across the country are planning their spooky costumes. As a professor of pediatric…
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Catastrophizing: Why We Wake Around 3am and Dwell on Our Fears and Failures
When I wake at 3 am or so, I’m prone to picking on myself. And I know I’m not the only one who does this….
Ivermectin Is a Game-Changing Nobel Prize-Winning Wonder Drug – But Not for COVID-19
Ivermectin is an over 30-year-old wonder drug that treats life- and sight-threatening parasitic infections. Its lasting influence on global health has been so profound that…
Mysterious Flashing Radio Signal Emanating From Near the Center of the Galaxy
In early 2020, we detected an unusual radio signal coming from somewhere near the center of our galaxy. The signal blinked on and off, growing…
What Actually Happens When COVID-19 Vaccines Enter the Body?
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has changed the way people live around the world. As of October 14, 2021, more than 716,000…
“Resonance Theory” – Could Consciousness All Come Down to the Way Things Vibrate?
Why is my awareness here, while yours is over there? Why is the universe split in two for each of us, into a subject and…
NASA Perseverance Rover’s First Major Successes on Mars – An Update From Mission Scientists
In the short time since NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in Mars’ Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021, it’s already made history. At the moment, Mars…
What Will the Earth Be Like in 500 Years?
Scientists can make some pretty accurate forecasts about the future. But predicting what the Earth will be like 500 years from now is a difficult…
“Twindemic” Threat: Ominous Flu Season Paired With COVID – What You Need To Know About Vaccination
As winter looms and hospitals across the U.S. continue to be deluged with severe cases of COVID-19, flu season presents a particularly ominous threat this…
Tense Decision-Making As CDC Joins FDA in Recommending Pfizer COVID-19 Booster Shot for Certain Populations
Following the recommendations of its vaccine advisory committee, the Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization to Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine booster dose for certain…
Even Mild Cases of COVID-19 Leave a Mark on the Brain – And It’s Not Yet Clear How Long It Lasts
With more than 18 months of the pandemic in the rearview mirror, researchers have been steadily gathering new and important insights into the effects of…
18 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic – Are We Doing Anything Right?
A year and a half into what the World Health Organization officially declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, it’s an understatement to say that…
Fire and Brimstone: A Giant Space Rock Demolished an Ancient Middle Eastern City and Everyone in It
A giant space rock demolished an ancient Middle Eastern city and everyone in it – possibly inspiring the Biblical story of Sodom. As the inhabitants…
How Much Water Should I Drink? We Asked Five Experts
Do I have to drink eight glasses of water per day? Everyone knows humans need water and we can’t survive without it. We’ve all heard…
FDA Panel Voted 16–2 To Deny Authorization of Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine “Booster” Shot to the General Public
The key scientific advisory council of the Food and Drug Administration has voted to deny authorization of a “booster” shot of Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine to…
Primordial Black Holes the Size of an Atom: What New Experimental Evidence Suggests
Since the earliest times, human beings have wanted to explain the most unpredictable and disturbing phenomena in the universe. Although the study of astronomy has…
Startup Colossal Biosciences Wants To Bring Woolly Mammoths Back From Extinction – It Might Not Be Such a Bad Idea
US startup Colossal Biosciences has announced plans to bring woolly mammoths, or animals like them, back from extinction and into the frosty landscape of the…
A Quarter of Stars Like Our Sun Eat Their Own Planets
How rare is our Solar System? In the 30 years or so since planets were first discovered orbiting stars other than our Sun, we have…
