The spread of the virus and the public’s attention to science helped to shorten the timeline Six months after the first COVID-19 shots started going into arms in the United States, the pace of vaccination has slowed. That’s prompted White House officials to scale back their goal of getting atContinue Reading
A small study suggests that mRNA vaccines may offer long-term protection as long as the virus doesn’t evolve significantly. The Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines will likely provide protection against the coronavirus for years if it doesn’t evolve significantly, a small new study suggests. As a massive vaccination effort continuesContinue Reading
A 6- to 8-foot-long great white shark bit the right leg of a 35-year-old man body-boarding off Grey Whale Cove State Beach in San Mateo County, California, Saturday (June 26) morning. Though the bite was “severe,” the man was able to make his way to shore, Bay Area news siteContinue Reading
It’s likely these tiny dinos lived in chilly Alaska year round. Baby dinosaurs toddled around the chilly region that is now the Alaskan Arctic about 70 million years ago, according to the “unexpected” discovery of more than 100 baby dinosaur bones and teeth there, a new study reports. It wasContinue Reading
Lifesaving surgery gives a rare bird a leg up. A wild vulture recently had surgery in Vienna to implant a bionic leg. While still a nestling, Mia suffered a major injury to her right leg. Her parents had used sheep wool to hold the nest together, and some of theContinue Reading
The virus was already lurking here at least a month before the country’s first reported case, according to a new study. The novel coronavirus may have already arrived in the U.S. by late December 2019, adding to the evidence that the virus was already lurking here at least a monthContinue Reading
Knock-on effects could transform the Amazon rainforest into savannah As climate change continues to heat the planet, ice sheets and ocean currents could destabilize each other, leading to a climate domino effect impacting 40% of the world’s population, according to new research. And these effects could be seen at wayContinue Reading
In 2002, on a cold March night in Wyoming’s Teton Range, a young wolverine slipped inside what looked like a miniature log cabin in search of a meaty morsel and heard the dull thud of a log door dropping shut. The young male settled into the cozy leaves lining theContinue Reading
Lemurs of Madagascar come in many shapes and sizes. Lemurs are a unique group of primates native to Madagascar, an island off the coast of east Africa. Although they are related to monkeys and apes, lemurs make up a separate branch of the primate family tree and are classified asContinue Reading
The same physics could give rise to auroras on Jupiter and Saturn. By re-creating the conditions for an aurora in the lab, researchers have confirmed how these bright, shimmery curtains of light form. The northern lights arise when electrons from space cascade into the upper atmosphere, where they collide withContinue Reading