This image shows bottles of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine, called “Sputnik V.” (Image credit: Russian Ministry of Health / Handout / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Russia is working on a COVID-19 vaccine, and it has a serious space-y name: Sputnik V. The country announced on Tuesday (August 11) that …
Read More »College football must die forever
There is no better time to kill college football. Ivich. On Tuesday, the Pac-12 will vote about it or not stage football games this season, if it has to go the way of the MAC and the Mountain West and postpone the games indefinitely, if not cancel the entire season …
Read More »Thailand protests call for curbs on the king’s power
For years, critics of the mighty King of Thailand have carefully chosen their words, opting for allegories about his late poodle Foo Foo, joking about his multiple marriages as well as references to Germany, where he lives almost entirely in a hotel in the Bavarian Alps. Lately, some Harry Potter …
Read More »Trump campaign adviser ‘will not apologize’ for misguiding trans-health official
Trump campaign adviser Jenna Ellis abused Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, a transgender woman, on Twitter. “This man is making decisions about your health,” Ellis wrote in a tweetje that included a picture and article about Levine, who has led the Pennsylvania COVID-19 response since the beginning of …
Read More »Ceres is an ocean world with salt water beneath the surface, NASA mission finds
While this global ocean below the planet’s surface is likely to freeze over time, remnants of it may still be present under a large impact crater on Ceres. The presence of salt may have retained the liquid as a brine, despite cold temperatures. Between 2011 and 2018, NASA’s Dawn mission …
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