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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are suggesting we could explore the surface of Mars using a fleet of "nanocardboard" aircraft.

Researchers Want to Explore Mars Using “Nanocardboard” Aircraft

By Victor Tangermann

In a memo, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates wrote that the coronavirus pandemic "is like a world war, except in this case, we’re all on the same side."

Bill Gates: COVID Is Like a World War, Except for One Thing

By Victor Tangermann

Robot manufacturer Boston Dynamics has found a job for its robot Spot mini amidst the coronavirus outbreak: a teleconferencing platform for medical staff.

Hospitals Are Using iPads to Turn Robot Dogs Into Doctors

By Victor Tangermann

As a new video demonstrates, SpaceX's Starlink satellites have been wreaking havoc with astronomical surveys as they become visible to the naked eye.

Ominous Video Shows SpaceX Satellites Cutting Across Sky

By Victor Tangermann

"COVID toes," mysterious blue or red discoloration in toes and sometimes fingers, could be another early symptom of the coronavirus.

The Coronavirus May Be Doing Something Strange to Your Toes

By Victor Tangermann

The prognosis of a COVID-19 patient being hooked up to a ventilator is grim: a NY study showed that 88 percent of those placed on ventilators died.

Almost All COVID Patients on Ventilators Are Dying, Study Suggests

By Victor Tangermann

In collaboration with a drone maker, the Westport, Connecticut police department is testing "pandemic drones" that monitor if people are social distancing.

US Police Testing “Pandemic Drones” That Monitor Social Distancing

By Victor Tangermann

In a Washington Post interview, CDC director Robert Redfield said that a second wave of coronavirus during this winter's flu season could spell disaster.

CDC: Second Wave of COVID-19 Could be Even Worse

By Victor Tangermann

According to a major Paris hospital study, tobacco could be saving smokers from catching COVID-19. Researchers suggest it could be the nicotine.

Study: Nicotine May Lower Risk of Catching Coronavirus

By Victor Tangermann

ccording to a new study, researchers were able to detect the presence of the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, in wastewater in Australia.

Scientists Discover Coronavirus in Sewage

By Victor Tangermann

A new study penned by an international team of researchers could give us clues about interstellar object 2l/Borisov's origins.

Science & Energy

NASA: Something Is Off About This Interstellar Comet

By Victor Tangermann

More evidence that the anti-malaria drug called hydroxychloroquine is proving to be a pretty terrible way to treat COVID-19.

Study: Hydroxychloroquine Doesn’t Help COVID, Increases Death Risk

By Victor Tangermann

A new study questions the existence of Planet Nine — a long-rumored ninth planet in our solar system that orbits the Sun beyond Neptune.

New Research: There Might Not Be a Planet Nine After All

By Victor Tangermann

During briefing, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom said "that a relatively small percentage of the populations may have been infected" by the coronavirus.

WHO: Only a Tiny Fraction of the Population Has Had COVID

By Victor Tangermann

The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized the "first test for patient at-home sample collection" for COVID-19.

Prosthetics and Devices

First COVID-19 At-Home Test Kit Authorized by FDA

By Victor Tangermann

Design company Avio Interiors has come up with two airplane seat design concepts that could keep travelers safe(r) during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Advanced Transport

This is What Air Travel Could Look Like After the Pandemic

By Victor Tangermann

A new AI startup called Landing AI has developed a video tool that can tell if people in public are following social distancing rules.

Artificial Intelligence

Pandemic-Inspired AI Narcs You Out For Standing Too Close

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook has been getting takedown requests from several states, urging it to remove anti-quarantine protest pages in defiance of stay-at-home orders.

Facebook Is Taking Down Pages Organizing Anti-Quarantine Protests

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time in history, the price of crude oil has gone negative around 2:30pm EDT as a result of plummeting demand amid the coronavirus outbreak.

For the First Time Ever, the Price of Oil is Now Negative

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new tweet by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the electric automaker's upcoming Cybertruck will be able to float for short periods of time.

Elon Musk: The Cybertruck Will “Float For a While”

By Victor Tangermann

More than 2,000 Israelis flooded a square in Tel Aviv on Sunday to protest their government's overreaching coronavirus policies standing six feet apart.

Watch Thousands of Protesters Stand Six Feet Apart

By Victor Tangermann

A report claims the number of COVID-19 tests will have to"increase to 20 million tests per day by mid-summer to fully re-mobilize the economy" in the US.

Experts: US Will Need 20 Million Tests per Day to Reopen Safely

By Victor Tangermann

A neural network trained by MIT researchers found that reopening the economy right now would result in an "exponential explosion" of COVID-19 cases.

MIT: Reopening Too Soon Could Cause “Explosion” of Coronavirus

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX finally has a launch date to return astronauts from US soil to space since the retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle program in 2011: May 27.

SpaceX Is Officially Sending Astronauts to Space Next Month

By Victor Tangermann

The IRS Is Sending Stimulus Checks to Dead People

The IRS Is Sending Stimulus Checks to Dead People

By Victor Tangermann

According to early test result data obtained by STAT, antiviral remdesivir is proving to be a promising drug to treat severe cases of COVID-19.

Leaked Research: This Drug May Be Saving COVID Patients’ Lives

By Victor Tangermann

Here’s How to Turn Into Deepfake Elon Musk During Zoom Meetings

Here’s How to Turn Into Deepfake Elon Musk During Zoom Meetings

By Victor Tangermann

Two Democratic lawmakers are proposing a bill that would pay Americans $2,000 a month for six months during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

Congress Proposes Paying Americans $2,000 Per Month

By Victor Tangermann

China has taken the lead with mobile technology that relies on scanning QR codes and a mobile app that is attempting to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

In China, This Coronavirus App Pretty Much Controls Your Life

By Victor Tangermann

Almost a year after it was announced, Facebook's Libra project looks almost unrecognizable in its updated white paper that was announced today.

Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Has Failed Spectacularly

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk tweeted that Tesla is "working super hard" on an update that will allow Teslas to automatically stop at traffic lights or stop signs.

Elon Musk: Teslas Will Soon Automatically Stop at Traffic Lights

By Victor Tangermann

A new study suggests that long exposure to microgravity caused long-term expansions in astronauts' brains and cerebrospinal fluid.

New Research: Space Travel Causes Astronauts’ Brains to Expand

By Victor Tangermann

Clare Sammells, a cultural anthoropologist at Bucknell University, argues that "zombies are far less likely to cause a global pandemic than COVID-19."

Here’s What a Pandemic Would Look Like With Zombies

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of scientists have discovered an exciting Earth-sized exoplanet that's capable of supporting liquid water.

Science & Energy

Astronomers Discover “Intriguing,” Extremely Earth-Like Exoplanet

By Victor Tangermann

NY governor Andrew Cuomo said that all New Yorkers will be required to wear a mouth and nose covering in public when social distancing can't be maintained.

All New Yorkers Will be Required to Wear Masks in Public

By Victor Tangermann

The team behind NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has transitioned to controlling the rover from their home offices amid the coronavirus outbreak.

NASA Employees Are Running the Mars Curiosity Rover From Home

By Victor Tangermann

A Silicon Valley-based animal sanctuary called Sweet Farm is renting out farm animals, including llamas and goats, to spice up boring Zoom meetings.

Sanctuary Rents Out Goats, Llamas to Spice Up Zoom Meetings

By Victor Tangermann

A top Pentagon general said during a Tuesday briefing that the "weight of evidence" points towards the coronavirus having "natural" origins.

US Military: Unlikely COVID-19 Was Created in Lab as Bioweapon

By Victor Tangermann

Zoos in Germany might have to resort to some grim measures to keep doors open during the pandemic — slaughtering and even feeding animals to each other.

Zoo Says Coronavirus May Force It to Feed Animals to Each Other

By Victor Tangermann

In an essay for Vox, a COVID-19 patient describes his stay at the Javits Center in New York, a convention hall that was turned into a field hospital.

NYC’s Emergency COVID Field Hospital Sounds Surprisingly Nice

By Victor Tangermann

In a new study, a group of Harvard researchers argue that "prolonged or intermittent social distancing may be necessary into 2022."

Scientists: Some Social Distancing May Need to Last Until 2022

By Victor Tangermann

Bishop Gerald Glenn, an evangelical pastor in a community near Richmond, Virginia has passed away on Saturday evening from illness related to COVID-19.

A Pastor Refused to Close Church Due to COVID. Then It Killed Him

By Victor Tangermann

Health practitioners are finding that flipping COVID-19 patients onto their stomachs, or "prone positioning," is an effective way to keep them alive.

Why Rolling Coronavirus Patients Onto Their Stomachs Is Saving Lives

By Victor Tangermann

A group of COVID-19 truthers have taken to the streets of Vancouver calling the coronavirus outbreak "fake news" and ignoring social distancing rules.

Protesters Break Quarantine, Calling COVID-19 “Fake News”

By Victor Tangermann

Rats across the country are turning to cannibalism and eating their young as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

Expert: Coronavirus Forcing Rats to Cannibalism, Infanticide

By Victor Tangermann

NASA spotted a "dragon" in a image taken by University of Arizona's HiRISE camera attached to NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Science & Energy

NASA Spots “Dragon” in Stunning Mars Orbiter Image

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers at MIT's Dream Lab are working on a wearable device that can track and interact with dreams in a number of ways for our benefit.

MIT Scientists Are Building Devices to Hack Your Dreams

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk revealed why the Model 3 has a cabin-facing camera above the rearview mirror: to make sure that "robotaxi" passengers don't vandalize the car

Elon Musk Reveals Reason for Mysterious Cameras Inside Teslas

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers have spotted the brightest supernova in a galaxy 3.6 billion light-years from Earth. About 500 times brighter than a normal supernova.

Science & Energy

Astronomers Spot Brightest Supernova Ever Observed

By Victor Tangermann

In an Easter letter, Pope Francis urged that "this may be the time to consider a universal basic wage" to support those hit hardest by the pandemic.

Universal Basic Income

The Pope Just Endorsed Universal Basic Income

By Victor Tangermann

South Korean officials reported today that more than 116 people had tested positive for COVID-19 after having been cleared of it previously.

More Recovered Coronavirus Patients Are Testing Positive Again

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers at UC Berkeley just took the temperature of the mysterious rings surrounding Uranus for the first time. They're cold: 77 degrees Kelvin.

Science & Energy

Astronomers Use New Instruments to Probe Rings Around Uranus

By Victor Tangermann

Apple and Google are partnering on a coronavirus tracking app that can tell you if you've recently been exposed to somebody who has tested positive.

Apple and Google to Launch App for Tracking the Coronavirus

By Victor Tangermann

Anthony Fauci acknowledged today that the US government is considering issuing "immunity cards" to identify those who are immune to COVID-19.

US Government Considering COVID-19 “Immunity Cards”

By Victor Tangermann

A spectacular new view of the Pillars of Creation, released by NASA, shows the iconic cosmic image in a new light: in infrared.

Science & Energy

NASA Releases Breathtaking Infrared Image of Pillars of Creation

By Victor Tangermann

COVID-19 has officially become the number one cause of death in the US, killing 1,970 Americans every day. It was the third leading cause only last week.

COVID-19 Is Officially Killing More Americans Than Anything Else

By Victor Tangermann

Robot delivery service company Starship Technologies is seeing a massive opportunity to grow amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Demand for Autonomous Delivery Bots is “Expanding Exponentially”

By Victor Tangermann

A number of US companies are already selling tests that can detect the presence of COVID-19 fighting antibodies in a patient's bloodstream.

For Sale: Tests That Say Whether You’ve Ever Had COVID-19

By Victor Tangermann

An AI by a risk detection firm was able to predict where the next spike in coronavirus cases will be in the UK and US by analyzing social media posts.

Artificial Intelligence

Data Firm Says Its AI Predicts Where Next COVID-19 Spike Will Be

By Victor Tangermann

The US federal government is about to end funding for a number of coronavirus testing sites this Friday. A number of sites will have to close.

As Deaths Soar, Feds End Support for Coronavirus Testing Sites

By Victor Tangermann

A video by Finnish researchers shows how aerosol particles released by a person in an indoor environment can spread much further than you could imagine.

Terrifying Simulation Shows How Viruses Spread When You Cough

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have created a mutant bacterial enzyme that can break down plastic bottles for recycling in only a couple of hours.

This “Mutant Enzyme” Can Break Down Plastic Bottles in Hours

By Victor Tangermann

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that encourages the mining of resources in space and on the Moon.

Trump Signs Executive Order Encouraging Moon, Asteroid Mining

By Victor Tangermann

According to a Newsweek report, researchers found a bizarre deep sea organism off the cost of Western Australia. And it's an absolute mammoth.

Science & Energy

“UFO-Like” Sea Creature Made up of “Millions of Clones”

By Victor Tangermann

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