More from Dan Robitzski (Page 28)

A new COVID-19 test uses CRISPR molecules to hunt for the coronavirus. And while more testing is needed, it could cost as little as $6.

MIT Invents $6 COVID-19 Test Using CRISPR

By Dan Robitzski

China just successfully tested the spacecraft that it plans to use when the time comes to send crewmembers up to its next space station.

China Tests Spacecraft That Will Send a Crew to its Space Station

By Dan Robitzski

DARPA developed a new test for COVID-19 that can spot an infection within 24 hours, even earlier than people start spreading the coronavirus to others.

New Military Test Detects COVID-19 Before It’s Infectious

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers are developing smart lunar habitats that can autonomously sense damage and repair themselves on a future moon settlement.

These Self-Repairing Lunar Habitats Could Help Settle the Moon

By Dan Robitzski

Tom Cruise and SpaceX are reportedly partnering up to make a movie that would be the first feature film ever shot in space.

Tom Cruise Partners With SpaceX to Film Movie in Space

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that unmitigated climate change could create a world where a fifth of the planet is as hot as the Sahara Desert, uprooting billions.

In 50 years, Billions of People Could Face Sahara-Like Heat

By Dan Robitzski

The Japanese military is currently developing protocols for what pilots should do if they see a UFO, whether it's extraterrestrial or a military drone.

Japan Is Creating Protocols for Dealing with UFOs

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese intelligence warned the country's leadership that its response to the coronavirus pandemic created a massive wave of global anti-China sentiment.

China Fears Its Coronavirus Coverup Could Destabilize the Country

By Dan Robitzski

The FDA just approved its first treatment for COVID-19: an experimental antiviral drug called remdesivir that showed promise in preliminary research.

FDA Grants Emergency Use of Remdesivir For COVID-19 Patients

By Dan Robitzski

A laundry delivery startup called Cleanly attempted to help medical workers clean their clothes. Instead, it kept losing all of their stuff.

A Laundry Delivery Startup Keeps Losing Doctors’ Clothes

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers are baffled by why our Sun is so quiet compared to similar stars. One guess is that it's having a sort of "midlife crisis" transition.

Science & Energy

Astronomers Warn That Our Sun Is Having a “Midlife Crisis”

By Dan Robitzski

John Martinis, a researcher largely credited for Google's success in quantum computers, left the company over philosophical differences with his team.

Quantum Physics

Some Serious Drama Went Down on Google’s Quantum Computing Team

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers say they may be able to search for signs of life on distant exoplanets that are orbiting collapsed, dead stars.

Science & Energy

Scientists Want to Hunt for Life on Long-Dead Worlds

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, scientists built and tested an experimental rocket engine that's powered by a constantly-spiraling explosion.

Science & Energy

Scientists Build Rocket Engine Powered by Spiraling Explosions

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon Buys Thermal Cameras to Scan Workers For Fevers

Amazon Buys Thermal Cameras to Scan Workers For Fevers

By Dan Robitzski

IBM engineer Yuksel Temiz needed a new microscope for his microelectronics research, so he built his own out of store-bought Lego bricks.

Robots and Machines

This Engineer Published Scientific Papers Using a Lego Microscope

By Dan Robitzski

The White House's 2021 budget would cripple NASA's ongoing and future Mars missions. It would also mean shutting down the Curiosity rover.

Science & Energy

The White House Is Trying to Shut Down NASA’s Last Mars Rover

By Dan Robitzski

New economic research shows that ending lockdowns early and re-opening businesses would cause twice the economic damage as staying the course.

New Research: Ending Lockdown Would Hurt the Economy Even More

By Dan Robitzski

The creators of Integrated Information Theory, the bizarre model that suggests the universe could be consciousness, are doubling down on the idea.

Science & Energy

These Mathematicians Think the Universe May Be Conscious

By Dan Robitzski

A U.S. Army tank crew named their tank "Crippling Depression," illustrating the creative freedom crews are granted when it comes to their vehicles.

Robots and Machines

Soldiers Named a US Army Tank “Crippling Depression”

By Dan Robitzski

A company developed genetic tests to determine whether someone's more likely to catch COVID-19 and, if they do, whether they'll have a more severe case.

Free DNA Test Claims to Warn Whether COVID Is Likely to Kill You

By Dan Robitzski

As various teams race to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus, one group at Oxford University says that, under the right conditions, theirs could be available as soon as September.

This COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Ready by September

By Dan Robitzski

Hong Kong researchers developed a protective coating that they say can kill the coronavirus on treated surfaces for up to three months.

This Disinfectant Can Keep Surfaces Coronavirus-Free for Months

By Dan Robitzski

In order to enforce its lockdown measures, China has been installing surveillance cameras aimed directly at people's front doors or inside their homes.

China Is Installing Surveillance Cameras Inside People’s Homes

By Dan Robitzski

Indigeouns populations in Brazil are at a particularly high risk of the coronavirus pandemic, as they're left with little to no access to support.

Experts Fear COVID-19 Will “Wreak Havoc” on Indigenous Tribes

By Dan Robitzski

In response to scientists who say SpaceX's Starlink satellites will block astronomical research, CEO Elon Musk suggested launching orbital observatories.

Science & Energy

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Could Launch Orbital Observatories

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese officials announced that there are no longer any patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Wuhan, but they're concerned about a second outbreak.

Wuhan Hospital Discharges City’s Last Coronavirus Patient

By Dan Robitzski

A patent application from Microsoft describes a system that would read a person's brainwaves and mine cryptocurrency as a reward for completing tasks.

Microsoft Wants to Mine Cryptocurrency Using Your Brain Waves

By Dan Robitzski

New research threatens the idea that the universe expands outward in all directions, suggesting instead that the laws of physics change directionally.

The Laws of Physics May Break Down at the Edge of the Universe

By Dan Robitzski

New Zealand says it's "eliminated" the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, claiming that for now the small number of new cases are easily managed.

New Zealand Claims to Have Eliminated COVID-19

By Dan Robitzski

On Sunday, a SpaceX Starship prototype finally stayed intact after having its fuel tanks pressurized, paving the road to more ambitious tests.

SpaceX Manages to Test Starship Without Failing Catastrophically

By Dan Robitzski

A team of experts called current social distancing measures the "biggest challenge" humanity faces because of the natural instinct to come together.

Health & Medicine

Experts: Social Distancing Is “Biggest Challenge” Humanity Faces

By Dan Robitzski

China's space agency says that its mission to Mars is still happening "in coming months," and that the mission finally has an official name.

China Will Launch Mars Mission “In Coming Months”

By Dan Robitzski

Next month, NASA and SpaceX will launch astronauts from U.S. soil to the ISS for the first time in years. Don't break quarantine to watch it happen.

NASA: Don’t Break Quarantine to Watch SpaceX Launch Astronauts

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers found a rare, near-death experience play out in space where a black hole devoured the outer layers of a star but left the core intact.

Science & Energy

Black Hole Devours Outside of Star, Leaves Core Behind

By Dan Robitzski

Trump is suggesting more unproven and likely deadly ways to fight the coronavirus. This time, it's injecting patients with disinfectant.

Trump Suggests Injecting COVID Patients With Disinfectant, UV Light

By Dan Robitzski

Ever since the coronavirus pandemic began, American billionaires have collectively made an extra $282 billion.

These Billionaires Are Making a Killing Off the Pandemic

By Dan Robitzski

After studying a population of asteroids called the Centaurs for years, a team of scientists believes they originated outside the solar system.

19 Objects Near Jupiter May Be From Outside the Solar System

By Dan Robitzski

Their research falls short of a definite discovery, but researchers think they've found evidence of one of the main theories on why the universe exists.

Scientists May Be Close to Understanding Why the Universe Exists

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the Starlink network is almost ready for its first beta test, and he expects to run a public beta within six months.

Science & Energy

Elon Musk Says the Starlink Network Will Go Live in Six Months

By Dan Robitzski

Doctors are pleading with states that allow capital punishment to release their stores of lethal injection drugs, which could also help COVID-19 patients.

Doctors Want to Use Lethal Injection Drugs on COVID-19 Patients

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Space Force recently acquired its first offensive weapon: a satellite jammer that can block communications from the ground.

Space Force Unveils Its First Weapon, a Satellite Jammer

By Dan Robitzski

An increasing number of the mega-rich are trying to hide out in underground bunkers, usually in New Zealand, until the pandemic is over.

The Wealthy Are Hiding From the Pandemic in Underground Bunkers

By Dan Robitzski

It's easy to forget about the vape lung crisis, given the current pandemic. But an otolaryngologist drew comparisons between the two and issued a warning.

Doctor: There’s a Weird Link Between Vape Lung and COVID-19

By Dan Robitzski

Research suggests that the coronavirus could have mutated into 30+ different strains, which could explain why some outbreaks are deadlier than others.

Scientists: the Coronavirus Has Already Mutated Into 30+ Strains

By Dan Robitzski

Advanced simulations suggest that supernovae in the center of the Milky Way galaxy are shooting nearby stars all the way to its outer reaches.

Science & Energy

Astronomers: Our Galaxy Is Belligerently Flinging Stars Into Space

By Dan Robitzski

A new study suggests that filling the Arctic with huge numbers of grazing animals could help fight climate change and keep the permafrost frozen.

Filling Arctic With Giant Animals Could Slow Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, two commercial spacecraft successfully docked while still in orbit: a service vehicle got a derelict satellite running again.

Science & Energy

Parasitic Spacecraft Docks With Dead Satellite, Brings It Back to Life

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new poll, most Americans across the political spectrum disagree with the anti-quarantine protesters who have been making headlines lately.

Poll: Most Americans Think Anti-Quarantine Protesters Are Idiots

By Dan Robitzski

A student getting his master's degree in business decided that he didn't want to write some essays. So he had AI do his homework it instead.

Artificial Intelligence

This Grad Student Used a Neural Network to Write His Papers

By Dan Robitzski

Carnival, the company that had coronavirus outbreaks on several of its cruise ships, seeminly did too little to late to protect passengers.

Report: Cruise Line Initially Hid COVID Outbreak From Passengers

By Dan Robitzski

New York will now let clerks perform weddings remotely and engaged couples get their marriage licenses online because of coronavirus lockdowns.

New York State Is Letting You Get Married on Video Chat

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook published a new heatmap that shows the proportion of people feeling coronavirus symptoms within each U.S. county.

This Heatmap Shows Severity of COVID Outbreak in Every US County

By Dan Robitzski

A pairing of orbiting black holes gave off gravitational waves that resonate at a perfect fifth, which makes them the perfect harmony to an Elvis song.

Signal From Deep Space Perfectly Harmonizes With Elvis Song

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are trying to develop an experimental DNA-based vaccine that would hijack your cells' DNA to create an immune response to COVID-19.

Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Hacks Your DNA to Build Immunity

By Dan Robitzski

Many of the mega-rich who are self-isolating without their household staff are learning that they have no idea how to do household chores.

Science & Energy

The Rich Don’t Know How to Use Vacuum Cleaners

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers found a quasar that's giving off uncharacteristically, mind-bendingly fast winds unlikely anything they'd ever seen before.

Science & Energy

Astronomers Spot Strongest Cosmic Storm in Known Universe

By Dan Robitzski

Pastor and author Brandon Robertson recently got an antibody test for COVID-19. We caught up with him about the experience and his thoughts on the future.

Here’s What It’s like to Get a COVID Antibody Test

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers think they've captured an image of an exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the star that's closest to our solar system.

Science & Energy

This Blurry Photo May Show a Planet in a Neighboring Star System

By Dan Robitzski

Because the coronavirus pandemic has everyone stuck at home, mental healthcare providers are figuring out how to best offer their patients telehealth care.

The Pandemic Is Forcing Teletherapy to Go Mainstream

By Dan Robitzski

Three astronauts who went to the International Space Station before the pandemic began are about to come home to a significantly changed society.

Astronauts Who Launched Before Pandemic Are Starting to Come Home

By Dan Robitzski

After nearly 30 years of research, astronomers found that a star orbiting a black hole does so in a rosette shape, supporting Einstein's general relativity.

A Star Is Circling a Black Hole and Its Orbit Is Absolutely Nuts

By Dan Robitzski

Epidemiologists say that the expected American death toll from the coronavirus would have been cut by 90 percent if the government acted two weeks sooner.

Scientists: US Could’ve Prevented 90% of Deaths by Shutting Down Two Weeks Earlier

By Dan Robitzski

Trump just declared that he would withhold all U.S. funding for the World Health Organization in the middle of a global pandemic.

“Indefensible”: Trump Pulls World Health Organization Funding

By Dan Robitzski

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