BEST WEATHER APPS
According to a Washington Post article, 82 percent of people get their weather updates on their phones, and there are more than 10,000 weather apps to choose from. The article breaks down the pros and cons of each app.
LOUD PLANET
Researchers said a repeating radio signal from an exo-planet 12 light years away suggests the planet may have a magnetic field, and even an atmosphere that could support life.
Last spring, as false claims about vaccine safety threatened to undermine the world's response to COVID-19, researchers at Facebook found they could reduce vaccine misinformation by tweaking how vaccine posts show up on users' newsfeeds.
New York City's first immersive cannabis experience, The Stone Age, is seeking to change the narrative about cannabis, just in time for legalization.
The U.N. weather agency says greenhouse gas concentrations hit a new record high last year and increased at a faster rate than the annual average for the last decade.
Moderna says its low-dose COVID-19 vaccine is safe and appears to work in 6- to 11-year-olds.
U.S. health officials say a salmonella outbreak tied to onions has sickened more than 650 people in 37 states.
Scientists have temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work.
The NFL and lawyers for thousands of retired NFL players have reached an agreement to end race-based adjustments in dementia testing in the $1 billion settlement of concussion claims.
U.S. regulators are extending COVID-19 boosters to Americans who got the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Kids aged 5 to 11 will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their pediatrician’s office, local pharmacy and potentially even their school.
Investigators believe a massive cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor.
