Here’s what you need to know: Medical staff prepare a dose of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine in Sant Vicenc de Casteller, north of Barcelona, this month.Credit…Albert Gea/Reuters Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Thursday that they are developing a version of the coronavirus vaccine that targets Delta, a highly contagious variant that has spread to 98 countries. … Read more
The pandemic recovery might not be all positive, at least not for the environment. Reuters reports that the International Energy Agency has warned that a resurgence in gas demand after the pandemic could jeopardize the goal of global net-zero emissions by 2050. A forecast increase in gas consumption of 3.6 percent for 2021 could not … Read more
Powerlight Technologies’ laser-based power beaming system will be demonstrated in the David Taylor Model Basin of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Maryland. (USNRL via YouTube) Wireless power transmission has been science fiction for more than a century, but now PowerLight Technologies is turning it into science fact … with fucking laser beams. “Laser power … Read more
Limit is a social media app for people between the ages of 18 and 25. You start the app at the age of 26. (Limit App Images) Scott Avy is not an ageist. He’s just trying to limit the age range for people who can use his new social media product, which is aptly called … Read more