Boosters

Building up your character and being a team player is critical in Helldivers 2. A mission is doomed from the start if you only look out for yourself, but you might be overlooking an easy way to give yourself and your squad some extra support. Boosters are just one of the many ways to customize your trooper, but perhaps one of the most important. These aren’t handed out automatically, so if you don’t know how to get them or, even more importantly, what they do, you are putting yourself at a needless disadvantage.…

Photo: California Science CenterWhen it’s all done, the full stack of the Space Shuttle launch system will stand 200 feet (61 meters) tall, becoming the main attraction around which the Air and Space Center building will be constructed.The display will include the Endeavor orbiter, which embarked on its first mission with the Space Shuttle program in 1992. NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour landed for the final time on June 1, 2011, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida following a 16-day mission to the International Space…

The pair of rocket boosters that lifted the iconic Space Shuttle to orbit are now standing tall at the California Science Center, awaiting the Endeavor orbiter for the full display that will showcase the launch vehicle in its vertical glory for the first time since its retirement. Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewThe solid rocket boosters (SRBs) were stacked in their final vertical position as part of the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, which is currently under…

In an effort to prevent falling rockets from landing on populated areas, China tested a parachute system designed to control where its rocket boosters land back on Earth.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewChina successfully carried out the first test of its parachute system during a recent launch of its Long March 3B rocket, the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology announced on Friday. The rocket delivereda BeiDou navigation satellite to orbit, lifting off from the Xichang…

Many people in the U.S. who are fully vaccinated and boosted for COVID have been waiting—eagerly in some cases—to receive another layer of protection as they pass the six-month mark after their last booster in fall 2022. But most will have to continue to wait. Late last month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention upheld its existing COVID vaccination recommendations: the agency says that just one dose of the latest updated booster, often called the bivalent booster, is necessary for now. The Food and Drug…

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A new study from researchers at Oregon Health & Science University suggests that immunity to COVID-19 becomes stronger with increasing time between vaccination and infection. These findings have important implications for vaccine recommendations as the pandemic moves towards becoming a constant presence.Study suggests people who have had <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>COVID-19</div><div…

In early September, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended updated Covid-19 boosters for all Americans 12 and over. The “update” was a broadening of the vaccines’ target: In addition to aiming for the initial strain of the virus, the new boosters would also take aim at the spike protein present on newer omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2, BA.4 and BA.5. The hope was that the new boosters (called “bivalent,” for the two strains) would provide additional protection, priming the immune system…

The latest omicron boosters are 84% effective at keeping seniors 65 and older from being hospitalized with Covid-19 compared to the unvaccinated, according to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday.And seniors who received the omicron booster had 73% more protection against hospitalization than those who only received two or more doses of the original vaccines that were not updated to target omicron, according to the CDC.The study was conducted from September through November when…

Evusheld injection, a new COVID treatment that people can take before becoming symptomatic, in Chicago on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022.Chris Sweda | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesThe omicron subvariants that have become dominant in recent months present a serious threat to the effectiveness of the new boosters, render antibody treatments ineffective and could cause a surge of breakthrough infections, according to a new study.The BQ.1, BQ.1.1, XBB and XBB.1 omicron subvariants are the most immune evasive variants of Covid-19…