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What we know about Moderna’s and J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine booster shots
Millions of people who got Moderna’s or Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccines are expected to soon be lining…
An agile gecko found in India was named after Jackie Chan
Martial arts legend Jackie Chan may not be aware of this yet but some of his biggest fans…
What Being a Volcanologist Is Like
On March 16, 2017, Mount Etna almost killed Boris Behncke. He was on the volcano’s snow-covered flanks, accompanying…
COVID-19 testing in schools works. So why aren’t more doing it?
In August 2020, the school superintendent in Omaha, Neb., approached a microbiology lab at the local university’s medical…
General relativity’s time dilation was captured across a millimeter
A millimeter might not seem like much. But even a distance that small can alter the flow of…
A New, Cheaper Form of Meth Is Wreaking Havoc on America
In the fall of 2006, law enforcement on the southwest border of the United States seized some crystal…
Biden Cannot Declare Victory on Climate Without These Policies
In the past few years, a historic shift has occurred in American public opinion: For the first time…
Mars ‘was once like EARTH’ with lakes and oceans before collapsing into hell planet, Nasa scientist reveals
NASA has released a video explaining why it thinks ancient Mars was similar to Earth. The US space…
Do We Have a Right to Know Our Biological Parents?
Damian Adams grew up knowing that his parents had used an anonymous sperm donor to conceive him, and…
5 cool things to know about NASA’s Lucy mission
For the first time, a spacecraft is headed to Jupiter’s odd Trojan asteroids. What Lucy finds there could…