The Geminid Meteor Shower
– When we look at photographs like this, it’s interesting to move past the colloquialism of “shooting star” and consider the actual astronomy involved. The seven photos accessible here were taken during the peak...
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mRNA Covid-19 Vaccines
Approximately one year after the first outbreak of Covid-19 in Wuhan, China late in 2019, two vaccines were approved for emergency use in the United States and vaccinations began. They were the Pfizer-BioNTech and...