Oral corticosteroids helped reduce wheeze severity and length of hospital stay in children experiencing acute preschool wheeze, a pooled analysis of patient-level randomized trial data showed. The medication reduced wheezing severity score (WSS) after 4 hours to a greater degree than did placebo (mean difference -0.31 on a 12-point scale, P=0.011). This, however, was not…
Mars may have captured and split a comet to create its two moons
Space How the Red Planet acquired its two moons, Phobos and Deimos, is unknown – they could have formed after something collided with the planet, or started out as asteroids – but now there is a hint of a cometary origin By Jonathan O’Callaghan Mars has two irregularly shaped moons, an inner moon named Phobos…
NASA smashed an asteroid with a rocket. The debris could hit Mars.
In the future, if nothing is done to stop it, an asteroid not much larger than a football stadium will crash into the planet. Should it hit a city, it will annihilate it much like a non-radioactive nuclear bomb. There are 25,000 asteroids, roughly 460-feet long, like this zipping about in near-Earth space, and about…
NASA volunteers help find 15 rare asteroids with tails
Published Mar 24th, 2024 9:02AM EDT Despite popular belief, not all space rocks with tails are comets. In fact, asteroids with tails are by far some of the rarest asteroids that we know of, and NASA volunteers just helped find 15 new ones.The 15 new asteroids are part of a rare lineup of asteroids that…
Earth Has More Than One Moon
Here’s a trick question: How many moons does Earth have? And to be clear, I mean natural satellites, not human-made ones.I remind you, this is a trick question.The answer is one—the moon. See? Tricky. But there’s another part to this: if you change your frame of reference and squint a little bit, the answer is…
Promising Phase 3 Data on DMD Hopeful Givinostat
When added to corticosteroids, treatment with the investigational agent givinostat led to statistically and clinical meaningful benefits in ambulatory children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) compared with placebo, including reduced decline of muscle function and strength, results from the phase 3 EPIDYS trial show. Although results in the four-stair climb assessment from baseline to 72 weeks,…
Citizen Science Project Discovers 15 New Active Asteroids
Active asteroids behave dynamically like asteroids but display comet-like comae. These objects are poorly understood, with fewer than 60 identified to date. Minor planets with activity discoveries resulting from the Active Asteroids project: (a-f) active asteroids and main-belt comet candidates; (g) an active Centaur; (h-l) active active quasi-Hilda asteroids; (m-t) Jupiter-family comets. Image credit: Chandler…
‘Like Poppy on steroids’: Streamlined Skarner rework gets big tick from LoL players before release
The long-awaited Skarner update for League of Legends has been revealed and early impressions seem positive with players today declaring they’re excited to get their hands on a champion many are already calling “streamlined” compared to his past life. Across the board, League players are keen to get their hands on Skarner both for his…