Jul 31 How a painless patch could one day deliver vaccines By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas Vaccine patches haven’t yet been approved for commercial use, but vaccine experts and researchers agree that the emerging technology could revolutionize the way we deliver vaccines worldwide. Continue reading
Jul 31 U.S. officials seek limits on what constitutes a 'habitat' for imperiled species By Matthew Brown, Associated Press The Trump administration is proposing to define what land and water can be declared as “habitat” for imperiled plants and animals… Continue reading
Jul 29 WATCH: NASA launches Perseverance to look for ancient life on Mars By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas NASA’s Perseverance rover is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral at 7:50 a.m. ET on Thursday, July 30, kicking off its nearly seven month journey to Mars. Continue reading
Jul 29 Why people are taking more coronavirus risks as the pandemic drags on By Fedor Kossakovski Even as COVID-19 cases are surging to new heights across the U.S., it makes sense that people are likely to be more lax in their precautions than during the early days of the crisis, experts in risk perception say. Continue reading
Jul 28 How to spot Comet NEOWISE before it disappears for thousands of years By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas There’s still a little bit of time to catch a glimpse of a newly discovered comet as it blazes across the night sky, especially if you have binoculars or a telescope handy. Continue reading
Jul 27 House approves bill to create Latino museum on National Mall By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The House has passed a bill to establish a Smithsonian museum for American Latinos that would showcase Latino history, art and culture. Continue reading
Jul 27 Does this 17th century portrait depict scientist Robert Hooke? By Larry Griffing, The Conversation Online sleuthing and deductive reasoning identifies what appears to be the only existent portrait painted of the celebrated scientist during his lifetime. Continue reading
Jul 26 Some US police resist enforcing coronavirus mask mandates By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press Lang Holland, the chief of police in tiny Marshall, Arkansas, said he thinks the threat of the coronavirus has been overstated and only wears a face mask if he’s inside a business that requires them. He doesn’t make his officers… Continue reading
Jul 26 Tropical Storm Hanna drenches South Texas amid virus crisis By John L. Mone, Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press A day after roaring ashore as a hurricane, Hanna lashed the Texas Gulf Coast on Sunday with high winds and drenching rains that destroyed boats, flooded streets and knocked out power across a region already reeling from a surge in… Continue reading
Jul 25 Sinclair pulls show where Fauci conspiracy theory is aired By David Bauder, Associated Press The Sinclair Broadcast Group said Saturday it is pulling from the air an edition of its “America This Week” program that discusses a conspiracy theory involving Dr. Anthony Fauci and the coronavirus. Continue reading