Why the FDA is taking 22 days to look over J&J;’s data

Sometimes it’s worth double-checking your work

By Mary Beth Griggs

Scientists want to know if vaccinated people can still become COVID-19 long-haulers

Shots can block hospitalizations, but we don’t know if they prevent chronic symptoms

By Nicole Wetsman

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Elon Musk pledges $100 million for new X Prize carbon removal competition

By Sean O'Kane February 8

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Joe Biden’s executive order on refugees matters a lot for climate migration

By Justine Calma February 5

Patient names and colonoscopy results from US hospitals posted by hackers to the dark web

By Nicole Wetsman February 5

Three countries are due to reach Mars in the next two weeks

By Joey Roulette February 5

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The Verge’s 18 favorite kitchen gadgets

By Barbara Krasnoff

Cook with flair and tech

FDA officials are off on a three-week sprint to review J&J; COVID-19 vaccine data

By Nicole Wetsman February 5

Genetic testing firm 23andMe is going public via a SPAC backed by Richard Branson

By Kim Lyons February 4

Bezos’ climate fund faces a reckoning with Amazon’s pollution

By Justine Calma February 4

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If you’re starting an online class, check to make sure your professor is alive

A college student Googled his remote instructor and found an obituary

By Monica Chin February 4

Distressing animation captures a whale’s struggle to avoid ship strikes

By Kait Sanchez February 3

Another SpaceX Starship nails clean test flight, but explodes on landing

By Joey Roulette February 2

McDonald’s is testing the ‘McPlant’ burger in Denmark and Sweden

By Kait Sanchez February 2

Small launch startup Astra to go public at $2.1 billion valuation

By Joey Roulette February 2

One day, your home could be made with mushrooms

Mushrooms bricks could replace concrete

By Justine Calma February 2

SpaceX announces first ‘all-civilian’ mission to space

By Joey Roulette February 1

NASA delays moon lander awards as Biden team mulls moonshot program

By Joey Roulette January 31

Volunteers built a one-stop website to find open NYC vaccine appointments

By Nicole Wetsman

A good COVID-19 vaccine is good enough

By Mary Beth Griggs January 30

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After aborted SLS hot-fire test, NASA and Boeing will try, try again

By Joey Roulette January 29

Elon Musk’s SpaceX violated its launch license in explosive Starship test, triggering an FAA probe

By Joey Roulette January 29

Deaf people face unique challenges as pandemic drags on

By Kait Sanchez January 29

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Tweaking COVID-19 vaccines will keep them effective against new variants

By Nicole Wetsman January 29

Johnson & Johnson says single-shot COVID-19 vaccine is 66 percent effective

By Nicole Wetsman January 29

Microsoft made a giant climate pledge one year ago — here’s where it’s at now

By Justine Calma January 28

Microsoft turned its sustainability report into a Minecraft map

By Andrew Webster January 28

Go read this report about the tech systems behind the US’s vaccine distribution

By Kait Sanchez January 27

Joe Biden made climate change a national security priority — what’s next?

By Justine Calma January 27

Elon Musk’s shot at Amazon flares monthslong fight over billionaires’ orbital real estate

By Joey Roulette January 27

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3’s EKG feature is coming to 31 new countries

By Jay Peters

Including 28 European countries

Axiom names first private crew paying $55 million for a trip to the ISS

By Joey Roulette January 26

Testing sidelined as health departments focus on vaccination

They don’t have the resources for both

By Nicole Wetsman January 26

Slow certification process keeps some pharmacists from giving COVID-19 vaccines

By Nicole Wetsman January 25

Renewable energy production beat fossil fuels in Europe

By Justine Calma January 25

PSA: phones, MagSafe or not, should be kept away from your pacemaker

By Mitchell Clark January 25

Gabe Newell has big plans for brain-computer interfaces in gaming

By Jon Porter January 25

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SpaceX launches record batch of satellites in first in-house rideshare mission

By Joey Roulette January 24

A year into coronavirus, we’re still counting the dead

By Mary Beth Griggs January 23

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