Among the options NASA is considering is modifying the Astrovan. This is the way.
CDC director overrules experts, allows Pfizer boosters for health workers
Boosters also OK’d for frontline workers, day care providers, teachers, grocery workers.
Taking the Shame Out of Female Anatomy
Taking the Shame Out of Female Anatomy (SLNYT) Allison Draper loved anatomy class. As a first-year medical student at the University of Miami, she found the language clear, precise, functional…. Then one day she looked up the pudendal nerve, which…
Rocket Report: Analyst dings Virgin Galactic, Astranis moves to Falcon Heavy
“Point blank, in our view, it is unacceptable.”
A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century review – sciencey self-help
Evolutionary biologists Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein show how human nature is at odds with modern society, in a study soaked in pseudoscienceImagine discovering a fence in the middle of a desert. Not immediately seeing its purpose, you might think…
Return of the common cold: infections surge in UK as autumn arrives
After 18 months of social distancing, scientists believe people’s immune defences have weakenedThe return of schools and the arrival of autumn means common colds and other respiratory infections are firmly on the rise, spreading coughs and sneezes, mor…
CDC advisors OK boosters for 65+, those with health risks—not occupational risks
Pfizer boosters OKed for 65+, long-term care residents, those with medical conditions.
New report suggests Texas’ grid was 5 minutes from catastrophic failure
It comes with a long list of recommendations for avoiding a repeat.
“Soon, you can log in to MetaFilter using your analprint”
The Verge: “The idea for an analprint was sparked by Salvador Dalí, who discovered that ‘the anus has 35 or 37 creases, which are as unique as fingerprints'” Real clear science: “A team of researchers primarily based out of Stanford University has engi…
23,000-year-old footprints suggest people reached the Americas early
People may have walked along the shore of a lake in New Mexico 23,000 years ago.