Vaccinating Pregnant Women For COVID Seems to Give Future Protection to Their Babies

If a pregnant woman catches COVID, it’s very rare for the virus to be passed through the placenta to the fetus. But it’s long been known that a mother’s antibodies can cross the placental barrier to the baby and can also be transferred via breast milk after the baby is born. This is why it’s … Read more

Elon Musk to give update on SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket tonight and you may be able to watch live

Elon Musk will give a status update on SpaceX’s huge Starship rocket tonight (Feb. 10), and we expect the company will stream it live online. The presentation will begin at 9 p.m. EST (0200 Feb. 11 GMT). If SpaceX shares a webcast, you’ll be able to watch live here at Space.com, or directly via the … Read more

Even Dying Stars Could Give Birth to Brand New Planets, Says Study

When young stars coalesce out of a cloud of molecular hydrogen, a disk of leftover material called a protoplanetary disk surrounds them. This disk is where planets form, and astronomers are getting better at peering into those veiled environments and watching embryonic worlds take shape. But young stars aren’t the only stars with disks of … Read more

Online security: Birthday wishes inadvertently give away private information

Thousands of tweets every day expose other users’ date of birth, which could help criminals access their private accounts Technology 31 January 2022 By Matthew Sparkes A woman using a phone Wavebreakmedia Ltd IP-211210 / Alamy Every day, thousands of people are giving away private information about their friends that could compromise their online security … Read more

FYI, Rapid Antigen Tests May Give More False Negatives With Omciron

Rapid Covid home tests are more likely to give a false negative with the heavily-mutated Omicron variant compared to earlier strains, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Tuesday.   The news comes as the country is facing a massive surge in cases that experts say is being under-captured as a result of a … Read more

Snowflake spotters needed to give climate science a boost

By Layal Liverpool Shutterstock/Mariia Tagirova BING CROSBY dreamed of a white Christmas. This December, I’m dreaming of categorising snowflakes. All in the name of science, of course. White Christmas or not, you too can get up close and personal with snowflakes and contribute to climate research by taking part in the online Snowflake ID project. … Read more

Astronomers Detect Up to 170 Rogue Planets Hurtling Aimlessly Through Space

Interstellar space is a graveyard of lost souls. Adrift far from any star, these planets float in the darkness like ghost ships in the night. Catching sight of one requires patience, and a good eye. But a new approach based on tens of thousands of images collected by the European Southern Observatory’s facilities has resulted … Read more

How climate change is shaking up the hops that give beer its flavour

Hop plants are largely what distinguish your dark ales from your refreshing pales, and each has its own “terroir”. With changing weather affecting how and where they grow, what does the future hold for brewing and beer? Humans 15 December 2021 By Chris Simms Wicked weed: freshly harvested hop flowers Jean/Stockimo/Alamy WATER, malted barley and … Read more

How Well Does Pfizer Protect From Omicron? New Preliminary Results Give Us an Idea

Two doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine shot offered about 70 percent protection against hospitalization during a recent surge in Omicron cases in South Africa, preliminary real-world data found.   This was a drop from about 92 percent in a previous Delta wave, the researchers from Discovery Health, South Africa’s largest insurer and South Africa’s Medical Research Council, said … Read more

Blood from athletic mice may give a brain boost to couch potato rodents | Science

Slacker mice don’t have to lift a paw to reap the brain benefits of exercise. All they need are injections of blood from their fellow rodents that have been working out, a new study reveals. The research suggests a molecule in the exercisers’ blood can replicate some perks of physical activity, including reducing the brain … Read more