2019-03-01

Should artificial self-spreading vaccines that confer mass immunity be released. Or is that a good idea? A group of scientists believe that it may be possible to use the self-spreading qualities of viruses to spread immunity instead of disease. If... continued

On September 22, 2020, the United States marked a grim milestone in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with the coronavirus having killed its 200,000th victim. The number of American casualties currently stands at 203,800, the highest of any single nation in... continued

For only the second time in history, the National Hurricane Center has run out of names for tropical storm systems that have formed in the Atlantic in a given season, having to resort to labeling new storms with the backup... continued

Long-range space exploration is currently hamstrung by having to accelerate spacecraft in comparative fits and starts using rocket engines that can only fire for a few minutes at a time, followed by months, years, and even decades of the spacecraft... continued

For the last few decades NASA has been leaving few stones on the surface of Mars unturned—quite literally in some cases—in the search for extraterrestrial life within our own Solar System. But now an international team of researchers has found... continued

Authorities in Oregon have been calling on the public to refrain from sharing unsubstantiated rumors currently spreading on social media that claim that political extremist groups have been deliberately starting the fires that have ravaged nearly 1 million acres of... continued

Earlier this year, a Canadian tourist became the first known civilian to exhibit symptoms consistent with a mysterious affliction previously only seen in U.S. and Canadian diplomats, dubbed "Havana syndrome" by researchers that leaves its victims with a range of neurological... continued

Details of the Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials conducted on Russia's controversial Sputnik V vaccine were released on September 4, nearly four weeks after Moscow's approval of the yet-unproven COVID-19 inoculant. The paper, published in the medical journal The... continued

Astrophysicists are back to square one in trying to attach a conventional explanation to the oddity presented by ʻOumuamua, the first known interstellar object to pass through the Solar System. While making its close pass to the Sun, ʻOumuamua sped up... continued