SCIENCE

How would COVID-19 vaccine makers adapt to variants?

How would COVID-19 vaccine makers adapt to variants?

By tweaking their vaccines, a process that should be easier than coming up with the original… Read more

NASA test for 'most powerful rocket in the world' has component failure

NASA conducted a hot fire of the core stage of the Space Launch System, but the stage’s four main engines shut down just over 1 minute into a test… Read more

Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who… Read more

Plastics are showing up in the world’s most remote places, including Mount Everest

Minuscule shreds and threads of plastic are turning up all over, including in the snow on Mount Everest. 

  “We’ve known that plastic is in… Read more

New vaccine breakthrough lifts global hope against pandemic

WASHINGTON: Global hopes of vanquishing the coronavirus pandemic were boosted Monday after a vaccine was found to be nearly 95 percent effective in… Read more

Taurid Meteor Shower Should Be Visible To Some This Veteran’s Day

A brilliant Halloween moon outshined the performance of this year’s Taurid meteor show, but you may get a good peek at it this Veteran’s Day.

The… Read more