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Sep 3, 2023
New Covid vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax will likely protect against Eris variant
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, health
The drugmakers designed their updated vaccines to target the omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, which is slowly declining nationwide. But health experts and initial data suggest that the new shots will still be effective against Eris, or EG.5, and other widely circulating variants – all of which are descendants of omicron.
“I think that these vaccines will provide very substantial protection against EG.5. Maybe just a little bit of loss, but it’s nothing that I’m very concerned about,” Dr. Mark Mulligan, director of the NYU Langone Vaccine Center, told CNBC. “It looks like we’re going to be OK.”
All three companies are still waiting for the Food and Drug Administration to approve their vaccines, meaning those jabs won’t be available to the public for a month or so. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also has to decide which Americans should get the shots and how often.
Sep 3, 2023
Moon done for India, over to the sun now as Aditya L1 lifts off successfully
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
Sriharikota (AP), September 2
ISRO on Saturday launched the country’s ambitious Solar mission, Aditya L1, eyeing history again after its successful lunar expedition, Chandrayan-3, a few days ago.
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Sep 3, 2023
A US Bank Says Sensitive Customer Data Has Been Compromised in Global Cybersecurity Breach
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: cybercrime/malcode
A New York-based bank says a global cybersecurity incident has exposed sensitive customer data.
In a letter to customers, M&T Bank says the exploit involves the file transfer tool MOVEit, which is used to securely send and receive confidential information.
According to the bank, the attacker was able to access customer data by targeting one of the lender’s third-party vendors.
Sep 3, 2023
Human ancestors nearly went extinct 900,000 years ago
Posted by Arthur Brown in category: genetics
A new technique analysing modern genetic data suggests that pre-humans survived in a group of only 1,280 individuals.
Sep 3, 2023
Discovery of 8.7m-year-old ape rewrites story of humanity
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: futurism
Unearthing of fossilized remains in Turkey suggests human origins may actually lie in Europe Africa has always been considered the cradle of mankind, with humans evolving from apes on the continent, before spreading to the rest of the world. But an intriguing find is challenging the long-standing assumption.
Year 2014 o.o!!!
Photo credit: amy stuart, UF/IFAS communications.
Human waste doesn’t need to be wasted, thanks to some University of Florida researchers. They’re working on a way to power rockets with poop. The technique could be used to cut mission costs for future return missions from the Moon—since astronauts will be making some of the fuel once they arrive.
Sep 3, 2023
Japanese Town Sets Monster Wolf Robot to Keep Bears Away
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: robotics/AI
Robots for good 👍.
The town of Takikawa is being protected by this creepy monster wolf robot.
Sep 3, 2023
Did Tryptophan And/Or Serine Mess Up Blood Biomarkers? (Blood Test #5 in 2023 Analysis)
Posted by Mike Lustgarten in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, health
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Sep 3, 2023
Dead Stars Could Hold the Secrets of Dark Matter
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: cosmology
If you want to find something that’s invisible except for its gravitational effects, look down the steepest gravity wells in the universe.