Moderna’s omicron-combo booster outcompetes current booster
Antibody data looks strong, but duration and subvariant effectiveness are unknown.
Science // Science & Exploration
Placing new limits on the interior of neutron stars
Everything from particle accelerators to gravitational waves can help.
The large Vulcan rocket is unlikely to make its debut in 2022
ULA has a lot riding on this first Vulcan flight.
You’ll shoot your eye out: Popped champagne cork ejects CO2 at supersonic speeds
Researchers "might consider the typical bottle of champagne as a mini-laboratory."
FDA advisers overwhelmingly endorse Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
The company hopes it will sway vaccine holdouts to finally get their shots.
With BA.2.12.1 now dominant in US, experts eye new subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 [Updated]
New data suggests BA.4, BA.5 are better at evading immune responses than BA.2.12.1.
There’s no healthy economy (or planet) without healthy forests
Forests are fundamental for the economy, reaching climate targets, and more.
NASA and SpaceX stand down on Dragon launch to study hydrazine issue
Misplaced hypergols are not something one messes around with.
Biden administration tries to boost domestic solar manufacturing
Tariff fight over some foreign panels put on hold to keep growth going.
Russia seeks to hijack German telescope on its X-ray spacecraft
"Russian specialists insist on continuing its work."
Gut check: Fossil finds give us a history of life—and what it ate
The remains of the digestive process can tell us a lot about past ecosystems.
Making blockchain stop wasting energy by getting it to manage energy
Instead of useless calculations, researchers get it to optimize energy use.
The privately funded killer-asteroid spotter is here
It's a new tool for tracking space-rock trajectories—even with limited data.
Smaller reactors may still have a big nuclear waste problem
The US needs to figure out what to do about its radioactive garbage.
US officials monitoring over 400 people for monkeypox; 21 cases confirmed
Transmission may have been occurring for longer than previously thought.
