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In our own cosmic backyard, everything we see spins, rotates, and revolves in some fashion or other. Our planet (and everything on it) spins about its axis, just like every planet and moon in the Solar System. The moons (including our own) revolve around their parent planet, while the planet-moon systems all revolve around the

A new online resource from the National National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a non-profit alliance of 31 leading U.S. cancer centers, hopes to help people with cancer and their caregivers who have questions or concerns about Covid-19 vaccines. The four-page guide recommends that people with cancer get vaccinated against Covid-19 as soon as possible, as

Many studies over the years have suggested that participating in performing arts like dance or music is good for you. But how healthy is it? And how much time do you need to spend on stage or the dancefloor for the health effects to kick in? Researchers from Germany and the UK analyzed all the

Surprise! The biggest, most massive stars aren’t always the hottest. Although its neighbor, Messier 42, gets all the attention, Messier 43 lies just across a dust lane … [+] and continues the great nebula, illuminated largely by a single star that shines hundreds of thousands of times brighter than our own Sun. Located between 1000

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wants to get at the heart of this matter. As I first covered for Forbes in late April, there have been reports of people developing myocarditis or pericarditis after receiving doses of either the Pfizer/BioNTech or the Moderna Covid-19 mRNA vaccine. Leah Campbell and Robert Hart have

Space congestion and space junk are becoming a serious global problem and a potential flashpoint for international conflict. But publicly at least, America’s defense establishment in general and U.S. Space Command in particular can do little about it. Like NOAA’s National Hurricane Center, SPACECOM can’t prevent a storm — they can just tell us when

NASA’s all-sky survey satellite has discovered one its coolest exoplanets to date.  A Neptune-sized planet with an intriguing atmosphere, TOI1231 b was found by scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of New Mexico and across the globe.  About 90 light-years away from Earth, TOI-1231 b is expected to join the ranks of just

Someone just won the right to fly into space with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on July 20, after submitting a winning auction bid of $28 million. The name of the winning bidder will be released in the coming days after paperwork is finalized, the company says. The bid will be donated to the company’s philanthropic

Beware of RSV, yeah you know me, warns the CDC. On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued health advisory about about a familiar foe: RSV, which is short for the respiratory syncytial virus. This virus seems to be now spreading throughout various parts of the Southern U.S. The CDC is calling

Eclipse season is done. Thursday’s annular solar eclipse—mostly seen as a partial “bite” out of the Sun by the Moon, though to some as a “ring of fire”—was the second and final eclipse of the current season.  Wait. Eclipses come in seasons? Yes—and the next one beginning on November 19, 2021 is going to be

Eleven years after Google co-founder Larry Page bankrolled one of the first efforts to develop an electric flying car, rivals appear to be accelerating past his company Kitty Hawk in the race to elevate your daily commute into the sky. Fellow Northern California startup Joby Aviation and Germany’s Volocopter believe they’ll win safety approval for

Topline Arizona and Nevada are facing water shortages this year as Lake Mead, the country’s largest reservoir, falls to its lowest ever level, with large swathes of the American west facing an increased risk of wildfires amid soaring temperatures and prolonged, severe drought, conditions that are amplified by rising temperatures and human-driven climate change. Key

Add this to the growing list of reasons why you don’t want to get a Covid-19 coronavirus infection. Two new studies published in the journal Cell Metabolism show how the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) could possibly give you diabetes. Yes, diabetes. One of these studies was from a research team led by

We’ve all heard the concerns or felt concerned ourselves. Just when there’s good news about the effectiveness of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 or a reduction in new cases, it seems like there’s another headline about some scary new variant of the coronavirus that’s flipped the world on its head. Well here’s a double dose of

The Covid-19 pandemic ravaged many parts of the economy — but in one sector, the pandemic led to an influx of cash. Venture capital funding for infectious disease companies reached an all-time high in 2020 at $2.9 billion according to an analysis conducted by Pitchbook for Forbes. There were also a record number of new

On Wednesday, Ohio lawmakers asked Sherri Tenpenny, DO, for her thoughts about Covid-19 vaccines. And she had a “key” argument against vaccination: that Covid-19 vaccines are actually magnetizing people so that keys can now stick to their foreheads. Tenpenny, an osteopathic doctor and author of the book Saying No to Vaccines: A Resource Guide for

The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which caused the global Covid-19 pandemic, won’t be the last virus with the potential to wreak havoc on the world’s health and economy. New viruses emerge constantly — but governments, corporations and non-profit organizations are determined not to be caught off guard the next time around. To thwart the next pandemic, private

Thanks to nutrition expert Shakuntala Thilsted, who grew up in Trinidad and Tobago, millions of low-income families across Asia and Africa have access to affordable and locally available fish that provide vital nutrients for children’s cognitive development in their first 1000 days of life. Thilsted, who is currently Global Lead for Nutrition and Health at

When it comes to uncovering the ultimate truths about reality, we can only reap what we sow. Without a cutting-edge particle collider like the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, we would never have discovered the Higgs Boson. Without the incredible sensitivities achieved by gravitational wave detectors such as LIGO and Virgo, we never would have

As new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus continue to spread around the world, vaccines produced by Moderna, BioNTech/Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson won’t be enough to provide immunity forever, says Stéphane Bancel. Speaking at the Forbes Health In Action Summit, the Moderna CEO says it’s likely booster shots will be needed in the near future,