Science

People on six continents are already getting hit in the arm as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine enters a watershed summer, with even larger studies to show if any vaccines really work, and perhaps offer control over reality. British and Chinese researchers are already chasing the coronavirus beyond its …

The history of our planet has been written, among other things, in the periodic inversion of its magnetic poles. Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science propose a new way to read this historical record: on ice. Their findings, which were recently reported in Letters of Earth and Planetary Science, …

💌 Love Philly? Sign up for the free Billy Penn email newsletter to get everything you need to know about Philadelphia, every day. Milton Glaser died this weekend on his 91st birthday. Illustrator, publicist, editor, and more, he created some of the most famous archetypes of American pop culture in …

The cards for sale that claim to exempt people from wearing masks during the coronavirus pandemic are fraudulent, federal officials said. The cards, with a red, white, and blue eagle logo and about the size of a business card, say the wearer is exempt from ordinances requiring them to wear …

It began to gain strength last month when Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, the second-highest-ranking official in China after President Xi Jinping, praised the city of Chengdu. for creating 100,000 jobs overnight by installing tens of thousands of street stalls, which typically sell food, fresh vegetables, clothing and toys. The …