Elon Musk’s vision of sending humans to Mars on the SpaceX Starship rocket has been delayed again. The SN5 prototype was set make a 492 foot ‘hop’ Tuesday at the firm’s Boca Chica site in Texas, but was aborted around 12:30pm ET. The Starship completed a serious of tests leading up to liftoff, but the … Read more
The frantic woman made a controversial yet compelling argument as to why Palm Beach residents should not be forced to wear face coverings: ‘I don’t wear a mask for the same reason I don’t wear underwear,’ she said. ‘Things gotta breathe.’ Her proclamation at the County Board meeting earlier this month was met with a chorus … Read more
NASA has shared an amazing video showing a 70ft oxygen tank that will form part of the rocket designed to fly to the Moon being blown apart by ‘crippling forces’. The agency destroyed part of its Space Launch System (SLS) to see how well it would cope under the sort of forces it would experience … Read more
A South Carolina doctor performed an experiment to prove that a person’s oxygen levels do not drop while they wear a mask. Dr. Megan Hall, a pediatrician in South Carolina, hit out at those who say they can’t breathe with a mask on, as well as conspiracy theorists who have argued — without any scientific … Read more
Spending just one hour lying on their stomachs improves hospitalized coronavirus patients’ oxygen levels and reduces their risk of needing a ventilator to breathe Researchers looked at 25 hospitalized coronavirus patients with low oxygen levels who were flipped onto their stomachs Doctors say this makes it easier for oxygen to reach the lungs One hour … Read more
Glowing green oxygen is detected for the first time in Mars’ atmosphere that forms from sunlight interacting with atoms and air molecules ESA’s ExoMars orbiter has been circling Mars since October of 2016 The orbiter has spotted glowing green emissions in the planet’s atmosphere Astronomers noted that the Earth has the same glowing emissions The … Read more
A blood cancer drug may help improve the conditions of severely ill coronavirus patients, a new small study suggests. Acalabrutinib, sold under the brandname Calquence by AstraZeneca, is a medication with anti-inflammatory properties that scientists believe can control the immune system’s overreaction to the virus. The majority of patients given the drugs came off supplemental … Read more
Helmets, harnesses and crampons are obvious choices for mountaineers to pack when scaling the highest peaks around the globe – but in the heady days of the brave pionners attempting such feats for the first time, so too did they pack cigarattes in their thousands. For their first ascent of Everest in 1953, Edmund Hillary and … Read more
Doctors have launched a campaign calling for home devices that measure blood oxygen levels to be available on prescription. They act as an early warning system for people at increased risk of a ‘silent pneumonia’ death due to coronavirus. They want the matchbox-sized gadgets, known as pulse oximeters, to be given to those in most … Read more
Physicians say coronavirus patients are suffering from life-threatening oxygen drops while in the emergency room that can lead to their death. Dr Richard Levitan, is an emergency medicine practitioner at Bellevue Hospital in New York City, and has been teaching other medical professionals how to intubate and use ventilators for at least two decades. But, … Read more