“I am happy to have resolved our differences with Disney,” Johansson said in a statement. I look forward to continuing our collaboration in years to come." Terms of the settlement weren’t revealed. CNET’s Joan E. Solsman contributed to this report.
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Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is now fully approvedby the FDA only for people ages 16 and older. Pfizer’s is the only coronavirus vaccine fully approved by the FDA. It’s also the only COVID-19 vaccine available for use in kids as young as 12 years old. For kindergarten through sixth grade, it’ll start later. Newsom said 63.5% of Californians ages 12-17 have had at least one shot of Pfizer. Both districts have already started receiving cease and desist letters, according to the LA Times....
Some asteroids travel through space with moons for company, like thedouble-asteroid system NASA is targetingwith its DART mission. For the first time, a researcher has discovered an asteroid with not one and not two, butthreemoons. The little moon orbits its parent every 16.3 hours.
Black holesare about as mysterious as deep space gets, withplenty of puzzles that scientists have yet to solve. They then compared the brightness of some celestial bodies to help them identify more black holes. Once swallowed, black holes become dimmer. “Other recent, pioneering work with the James Webb Space Telescope has begun to reach similar conclusions. In total, we have more black holes than can form by direct collapse.”
Carrying a cup of coffee while walking doesn’t seem that hard. People do it every day. So engineers want to know more about just how we do it.
It’s likea fully automated Power Glovebut only half as cursed. The researchwas published in Science Advances on July 14. But, why video games? The Mario games' timing and level structures were a good testing ground for the robot hand. Also, it’s fun. Check out this video from Sochol about the robot hand’s video gaming exploits:
Somewhere in the depths of our universe, a stellar ballet is underway. Simultaneously, a third star steadily encircles the pair, casting a spotlight on the performance. By quite a bit. Foremost, there was the idea that the bigger, outer star formed first. There wouldn’t have been a trio. There’d have been gaseous rubble spilling in all directions. They’re much more focused on the final and preferred possibility. A slightly less collaborative one....
Researchers have discovered artifacts and remnants of a Roman-era road in the famous lagoon of Venice. The researchers discovered 12 archaeological structures in the Treporti Channel, which is located within the lagoon. Previous surveys of the channel uncovered stones similar to ones the Romans used for their construction. This led researchers to believe these stones could be aligned along a Roman road.
Humanity’s obsession with plastics has consequences. They found microplastics – mostly polystyrene or polyethylene – that likely originated from packaging that’s broken down. Polyethylene, for example, is often used for plastic wrap, bags and bottles. The team published apaper on the findings in the journal Nature Communicationsthis week. The study seeks to understand how airborne microplastics travel. Microplastics everywhere It seems the Pic du Midi plastics weren’t coming from close by....
“The graphite inside this ruby is really unique. The team published astudy on the ruby in the journal Ore Geology Reviews. Not all carbon atoms are the same; some are heavier than others.
The pygmy chameleonhas its ardent fans. “They are little, gentle creatures,” Tolley said. Some might wonder why they should care about the endangerment of one chameleon or another. But the loss of one species can affect an entire ecosystem.
Climate change is going to get a lot worse if we don’t act soon. The IPCC’s report warned that every region of the planet will be affected by rising temperatures. The study was led by Max Callaghan of Berlin’s Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change.
