There hasn’t been enough research on how much protection a fourth dose can offer, medical professionals told CNBC. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Countries are beginning to offer a fourth dose o...
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Climate change will drive new transmission of 4,000 viruses by 2070
A new peer-reviewed study published Thursday in the journal Nature found global warming will drive 4,000 viruses to spread between mammals, including potentially between animals and humans, for the fi...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches NASA Crew-4 astronaut mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft Freedom launches the Crew-4 mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 27, 2022. Aubrey Gemignani |...
Searching For First City To Implement 12 Best Motoring-Reduction Measures Ranked By Climate Science
Cities are for people, says Kim Nicholas. (Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images American climate scientist Kim Nicholas is seeking city leaders prepared to implem...
Woman caught Covid twice in 20 days marking a new record
A medical worker takes a swab sample from a citizen for nucleic acid test at a testing site in Binhai New Area in north China’s Tianjin, Jan. 9, 2022. Zhao Zishuo | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Im...
Planet details Pelican line of Earth imaging satellites
A graphic rendering of a Pelican satellite. Planet Earth imaging and data specialist Planet Labs on Thursday unveiled details of its new line of Pelican satellites, as the company looks to further exp...
U.S. to end anti-satellite ASAT testing; calls for global agreement
A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) launches from the U.S. Navy’s USS Lake Erie at a non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite on Feb. 20, 2008 as an anti-satellite weapons U.S. Departmen...
Swiss DeFi-First Bank Alternative Fluid Finance SA Joins Forces With Predictive Blockchain Analytics Partner Merkle Science
Fluid Finance SA and Merkle Science announce a partnership to create a seamless on- and off-ramp for digital assets, with compliance and security at the forefront. Fluid Finance offers traditional ban...
Amazon signs rocket deal with Blue Origin, Arianespace, ULA for Project Kuiper internet satellites
Artist renderings of the companies’ rockets, from left to right: New Glenn, Vulcan Centaur, and Ariane 6. Blue Origin / United Launch Alliance / Arianespace Amazon on Tuesday announced what it s...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launch New Shepard NS-20 crew to space
[The livestream is slated to begin at 8:10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see the web player above.] Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is set to launch its New Shepard rocket for the first...
Stem cells may finally offer a cure for Type 1 diabetes
There are 537 million people around the world living with diabetes. And that number is growing. When people have Type 1 diabetes, the immune system attacks and destroys the beta cells in the pancreas...
SpaceX raises prices for launches and Starlink due to inflation
A Starlink logo of a satellite internet constellation being constructed by SpaceX is seen on a smartphone and a pc screen. Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images WASHINGTON — SpaceX is raising pri...
Astra stock ASTR swings: LV0009 rocket reaches orbit
A view from onboard the upper stage of rocket LV0009 during the company’s livestream on March 15, 2022. Astra / NASASpaceflight Rocket builder Astra returned to flight with a successful orbital ...
30-year-old female founder’s billion-dollar bet on CRISPR gene editing
Janice Chen (C) and her Mammoth Biosciences co-founders Trevor Martin (L) and Lucas Harrington (R). CRISPR gene editing pioneer and Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna is also a co-founder. Along Highw...
Covid declared a pandemic two years ago. Health experts warn it’s still not over
Medical staff treat a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, California, January 25, 2022. Shannon Stapleton | Reu...
On The Road’ Turns Brain Science Into A Gameshow
Host Chuck Nice introduces the teams during Brain Games: On the Road. (National Geographic/Mike … [+] Taing) National Geographic/Mike Taing Brain Games is back—but this time Nat Geo is bringing ...
Pentagon’s SDA awards Transport Layer satellite internet contracts
Aerial view of the United States military headquarters, the Pentagon. Jason Reed | Reuters The Space Development Agency, an acquisition arm of the Department of Defense, on Monday announced nearly $1....
ISS partnership with Russia ‘working’ despite Ukraine conflict
The International Space Station is pictured from SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around on Nov. 8, 2021. NASA NASA’s top official on human spaceflight addressed the agency̵...
Bracing For The Silver Tsunami
Senior citizen getting checked out by a doctor Getty Images As the general population, and workforce, get older and live longer, U.S. competitiveness will depend on how we support and prepare seniors,...
UK to roll out additional vaccine shot for over 75s, vulnerable people
A member of the military vaccinates a woman at the COVID-19 mass vaccination centre at Pentwyn Leisure Centre on February 3, 2021 in Cardiff, Wales. Matthew Horwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images ...
Covid risks have reduced but another pandemic will come
Bill Gates said Friday that the risks of severe disease from Covid-19 have “dramatically reduced” but another pandemic is all but certain. Speaking to CNBC’s Hadley Gamble at Germany...
Is it safe to travel if I’m vaccinated and recovered from Covid
Millions of people are now vaccinated, boosted and newly recovered from Covid-19 infections caused by the omicron variant. They have what some outside the medical community have labeled “super i...
European nuclear fusion experiment announces ‘record-breaking’ results
Nuclear fusion powers the Sun. Pierre Longnus | The Image Bank | Getty Images Researchers working on a project centered around fusion energy — the process that powers stars — have hailed “record...
Why solar geomagnetic storms destroy satellites like SpaceX Starlink
Left: A Falcon 9 rocket carries 49 Starlink satellites toward orbit on Feb. 3, 2022. Right: An April 16, 2012 solar eruption is captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. SpaceX / NASA The s...
White House Science Adviser Resigns Hours After Apologizing For Disrespectful And Demeaning Behavior
Topline The White House’s top science official Eric Lander resigned on Monday hours following an apology to his colleagues at the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) for acting in a “disres...