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New coronavirus infections in the United States and around the world dropped by a significant number over the previous week.
Viruses

Coronavirus Cases Around the World Are Finally Dropping

Something very interesting happened the day that infections started to fall.

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new report, the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech is 93 percent effective after just one out of two doses.
Developments

Pfizer Says Its COVID Vaccine Is 93% Effective After Just One Shot

And there's even more good news.

By Victor Tangermann

Computer scientist and investor Sailesh Ramakrishnan says that the space industry is about to see a "gold rush" that will transform off-world exploration
NASA

Former NASA Scientist Predicts “Gold Rush” in Space

"I'm not saying we'll find aliens in five years or anything like that. But space will touch every part of our lives."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will attempt to land in some of the most challenging Martian terrain tomorrow. Luckily, it's prepared.
Mars

Tomorrow’s Mars Landing Will Be Hardest in NASA’s History

Luckily, it's fully prepared.

By Victor Tangermann

New York just sued Amazon over its failure to protect warehouse workers from the coronavirus and for punishing anyone who spoke out.
Viruses

New York State Sues Amazon Over Coronavirus Protocols

"Since the pandemic began, it is clear that Amazon has valued profit over people and has failed to ensure the health and safety of its workers."

By Dan Robitzski

Severe cases of COVID-19 might lead to the formation of growths called nodules behind people's eyeballs, but scientists aren't yet sure what that means.
Viruses

Severe COVID-19 Might Lead to Strange Growths Behind the Eyes

"If persisting, [they] might potentially lead to severe vision loss or even blindness."

By Dan Robitzski

A researcher has discovered "pretty clear" evidence of a new hybrid version of the coronavirus that resulted from two variants combining their genomes.
Developments

Two COVID Strains Appear to Have Merged Into a “Heavily Mutated” Hybrid

In virology, everything is always changing.

By Victor Tangermann

Russia has tentatively agreed to collaborate on an upcoming lunar base with China, threatening NASA's position as the world's top space agency.
Off-World

China and Russia Agree to Collaborate on Lunar Base

China's space program is increasingly dominant.

By Dan Robitzski

British scientists are cleared to begin a human challenge study on the coronavirus, in which volunteers are willingly infected in a controlled environment.
Viruses

Scientists Are About to Give Research Subjects COVID on Purpose

Is this ethical?

By Dan Robitzski

A new artificial intelligence algorithm can create full human genomes indistinguishable from the real thing, but it's not clear how useful it is.
Artificial Intelligence

New Algorithm Generates Synthetic Human Genetic Code

They say the fake DNA is indistinguishable from the real thing.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says there's a 60 percent chance Starship will land successfully this time — leaving a 40 percent chance of failure.
Starship

Elon Musk: Next Starship Test Has 60% Chance of Not Exploding

So you're telling us there's a chance?

By Jon Christian

After making its beta available to roughly 10,000 customers, SpaceX is again accepting preorders of its Starlink broadband internet service for $99.
Future Society

SpaceX Is Now Taking Starlink Preorders

Get it while it's hot.

By Victor Tangermann

Bill Nye released an open letter addressed to president Joe Biden in which he recommended the White House to deepen their commitments to NASA.
Off-World

Bill Nye Implores Biden to Protect Earth From Dangerous Asteroids

"The coming decade could be the most exciting time for NASA since the Apollo Moon landings. But it is not guaranteed."

By Victor Tangermann

Epic Games plans to release a browser tool that will quickly create almost-photorealistic CGI characters with the Unreal Engine.
Science & Energy

New Browser App Lets You Create Photorealistic Fake People

Epic Games is releasing a powerful tool for creating CGI "metahumans."

By Dan Robitzski

A new satirical video ad created by Greta Thunberg's Fridays for Future campaign pokes fun at the idea of having the "one percent" escape to Mars.
Mars

Greta Thunberg Slams Mars Exploration, Says Earth Needs Help Instead

This anti-Mars sentiment seems misplaced.

By Victor Tangermann

A group that dispenses instructions on how to 3D print functional guns at home is about to release an upgraded assault rifle.
3D Printing

You Can Now 3D Print an Entire Semi-Automatic Rifle at Home

The total cost — including the 3D printer — is about $350.

By Dan Robitzski

Plunging temperatures are wreaking absolute havoc with the country's second largest state's electrical grid, sending prices soaring.
Science & Energy

Texas Snap Freeze Causes Electricity Prices to Soar 10,000 Percent

"When it comes to electricity, what happens in Texas stays in Texas. That has really come back to bite us."

By Victor Tangermann

In a Tuesday statement, the White House warned that new Ebola outbreaks in Africa need our attention now — otherwise we'd risk "catastrophic consequences."
Developments

White House Warns of “Catastrophic Consequences” of New Ebola Outbreaks

The world needs to act now.

By Victor Tangermann

Cities are literally starting to sink under their own weight — all the while, climate change is causing sea levels to rise.
Physics

Cities Are So Heavy That They’re Sinking Into the Earth

Cities are so heavy that they're bending the Earth's crust.

By Victor Tangermann

Bill Gates says that he doesn't really see the appeal of investing in rockets to Mars, saying money would be better spent on climate change and medicine.
Mars

Bill Gates Says That Going to Mars Is Silly

He also had something to say about fellow billionaire Elon Musk.

By Dan Robitzski