Why It Takes 2 Shots to Make mRNA Vaccines Do Their COVID-19 Antibody-Creating Best
With the U.S. facing vaccination delays because of worker shortages and distribution problems, federal health officials now say it’s OK to push back the second…
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Anti-nutrients? They’re Part of a Normal Diet and Not As Scary as They Sound
Maybe you’re trying to eat healthier these days, aiming to get enough of the good stuff and limit the less-good stuff. You’re paying attention to…
Cut Your Kitchen’s Carbon Footprint With Magnetic Induction Cooking
To curb climate change, many experts have called for a massive shift from fossil fuels to electricity. The goal is to electrify processes like heating…
Mars Missions From China and UAE Are Set to Go Into Orbit – Here’s What You Need to Know
How times have changed since the Apollo era. Within the space of a few days, two space missions from China and the United Arab Emirates…
Could a Human Enter a Black Hole to Study It – And Survive the Event Horizon?
To solve the mysteries of black holes, a human should just venture into one. However, there is a rather complicated catch: A human can do…
The SARS-CoV-2 Virus Mutates Fast: The Science You Need to Understand About Coronavirus Variants and COVID-19 Vaccines
The SARS-CoV-2 virus mutates fast. That’s a concern because these more transmissible variants of SARS-CoV-2 are now present in the U.S., U.K. and South Africa…
Fluid Dynamics Expert Explains How to Reduce the Risk of COVID-19 Airborne Transmission Inside a Car
Editor’s note: Varghese Mathai is a physicist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who studies the flow of fluids and gases. He conducted a study…
Wormholes May Be Lurking in the Universe – Here Are Proposed Ways of Finding Them
Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity profoundly changed our thinking about fundamental concepts in physics, such as space and time. But it also left us…
Fragments of Energy – Not Waves or Particles – May Be the Fundamental Building Blocks of the Universe
Matter is what makes up the universe, but what makes up matter? This question has long been tricky for those who think about it –…
Updated Periodic Table: Russian Scientists Propose New Way of Ordering the Elements
The periodic table of the elements, principally created by the Russian chemist, Dmitry Mendeleev (1834-1907), celebrated its 150th anniversary last year. It would be hard…
Think You Got a Good Deal? Beware the Decoy Effect
The decoy effect: how you are influenced to choose without really knowing it. Price is the most delicate element of the marketing mix, and much…
Why Your Gut Instinct Is Wrong at Work – And How to Know When It Isn’t
Let’s say you’re interviewing a new applicant for a job and you feel something is off. You can’t quite put your finger on it, but…
Dark Energy: Map Gives Clue About What It Is – But Deepens Cosmic Expansion Rate Dispute
Dark energy is one of the greatest mysteries in science today. We know very little about it, other than it is invisible, it fills the…
The Detection of Phosphine in Venus’ Clouds Is a Big Deal – Here’s How We Can Find Out if It’s a Sign of Life
On September 14, 2020, a new planet was added to the list of potentially habitable worlds in the Solar System: Venus. Phosphine, a toxic gas…
Increased Risk From COVID-19 for Older People Like President Trump Because of How the Immune System Ages
President Donald Trump’s announcement that he’d tested positive for COVID-19 was especially concerning because of his age. At 74 years old, Trump is solidly within…
President Trump Received the Latest COVID-19 Treatments – Here’s What Doctors Know Works Against the Virus
With 74-year-old President Trump and 50-year-old first lady Melania Trump testing positive for the coronavirus, what are the best proven treatments for them and other…
Dawn of the Dinosaurs Triggered by Newly Discovered Mass Extinction Event
Huge volcanic eruptions 233 million years ago pumped carbon dioxide, methane and water vapour into the atmosphere. This series of violent explosions, on what we…
Underwater Titans: Giant Sea Scorpions – Some Larger Than Humans – Were Fierce Marine Predators
Let’s turn back the hands of time. Before extinction knocked dinosaurs off their pillar, before the “Great Dying” extinction wiped out 95% of all organisms…
