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Pfizer says that it will soon be able to cut the time it takes to manufacture a batch of vaccines from 110 days down to 60.
Viruses

Pfizer Says It Can Cut Vaccine Manufacturing Time in Half

"Nobody’s ever produced mRNA vaccines at this scale."

By Dan Robitzski

Thanks to a new upgrade made to the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, scientists are able to get an unprecedented look nearby celestial objects.
Off-World

Radio Telescope Is So Powerful It Can See the Surface of Other Worlds

Get ready for close-up surface images of distant planets in our Solar System.

By Victor Tangermann

A team sent by the World Health Organization to investigate the origins of COVID-19 announced that it's "extremely unlikely" that the virus came from a lab.
Developments

WHO Investigators: “Extremely Unlikely” That COVID Escaped From Chinese Lab

The WHO's team lead says it's "very unlikely that anything could escape from that place."

By Victor Tangermann

A hacker remotely accessed a computer of Oldsmar, Florida's water treatment system and attempted to increase the amount of sodium hydroxide or lye 100 fold.
Hacking

Hacker Infiltrates Water Treatment Plant, Attempts to Poison City

This could have gone very badly.

By Victor Tangermann

After a rapidly growing interest for the voice chatroom app Clubhouse, Chinese authorities decided to shut the service down in the country.
Future Society

China Blocks Explosively Viral App Clubhouse

Right before being banned, the app was even hosting a chatroom dedicated to discussing the 1989 pro-democracy Tianamen Square protest.

By Victor Tangermann

Biologist Jimmy Bernot willingly infected himself with hookworms as part of a clinical trial on an experimental vaccine for the parasite.
RX and Medicine

Biologist Deliberately Infects Himself With 50 Hookworms

"Here's the story of how I volunteered to be infected with 50 parasitic worms."

By Dan Robitzski

U.S. Representative Ron Wright died from the coronavirus on Sunday, becoming the first sitting Congressperson to die of COVID-19.
Developments

Congressman Who Criticized COVID Lockdown Dies From COVID

Ron Wright is the first sitting Congressperson to die of the coronavirus.

By Dan Robitzski

According to industry sources, Jeff Bezos will focus more on his spacefaring efforts, spending more time at his space startup Blue Origin.
Off-World

Did Jeff Bezos Step Down at Amazon to Focus on a Space Empire?

"Blue Origin is the most important work I'm doing."

By Victor Tangermann

A new study warns that the highly-infectious variant of the coroanvirus first spotted in the U.K. could be the dominant variatn in the U.S. by March.
Viruses

Deadly UK COVID Variant Will Dominate US by March, Experts Say

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists developed a small skin patch covered in microneedles that could replace medical tests that require drawing blood.
Medical

Pressing a Tiny Patch Onto Your Skin Could Replace Medical Blood Tests

"Blood is a tiny fraction of the fluid in our body."

By Dan Robitzski

Hidden in Tesla's 2020 annual report was an announcement that the electric carmaker will soon accept Bitcoin as payment for its electric vehicles.
Bitcoin

Tesla Reveals Plan to Sell Cars With Bitcoin

Elon Musk's car company just bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin.

By Victor Tangermann

Climate activists in Sweden oppose a planned test for geoengineering technology in the country, saying it does nothing to prevent climate change.
Climate Change

Activists Oppose Upcoming Test of Geoengineering Technology

"There is no justification for testing and experimenting with technology that seems to be too dangerous to ever be used."

By Dan Robitzski

Xbox  general manager Aaron Greenberg is suggesting that Elon Musk should make a "Tesla x Halo" collaboration happen involving the Cybertruck.
Tesla

Xbox Exec Suggests “Tesla x Halo” Collaboration

Make it happen, Elon!

By Victor Tangermann

Avi Loeb and the Great Unknown
Exobiology

Avi Loeb and the Great Unknown

The Harvard professor who thinks an alien probe visited our star system in 2017 has a message for the academic community.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of physicists are investigating a radical quantum theory of time which posits that there is an asymmetry between time and space.
Quantum Physics

Scientists Are Investigating If Time Warps Near a Nuclear Reactor

Here's why physicists placed two atomic clocks at different distances from a nuclear reactor.

By Victor Tangermann

Welcome to the Futurism Mailbag! Here's what you, our loyal Futurism readers, have had to say via social media and email.
Future Society

“No Chance Is a Corporation Going Near My Brain”: Futurism Mailbag

This is what Futurism readers had to say about the week's news. Did your comment make the cut?

By Jon Christian

In a filing with the FCC, SpaceX is petitioning for a Starlink phone service, voice calls, and subsidized plans for low income households.
SpaceX

SpaceX Has Plans to Start a Starlink Phone Service

SpaceX wants to get into the voice call business.

By Victor Tangermann

Stanford professor Steve Blank says both FAA and Elon Musk are in the wrong for their recent spat, though Blank comes down harder on the government.
Off-World

Stanford Professor: Elon Musk and the FAA Are Both Out of Line

"Regardless of the antics of its CEO..."

By Dan Robitzski

Israel has at least partially vaccinated a huge portion of its population, but the country is finding that vaccines alone won't allow it to lift lockdown.
Viruses

The Most Vaccinated Country on Earth Is Having Trouble Reopening

"Vaccinations are very important, but they are not going to solve all the problems."

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX will launch NASA's SPHEREx mission — an orbital telescope that will probe newly-forming galaxies for answers on how the universe began.
NASA

SpaceX Launching NASA Telescope to Find Habitable Alien Worlds

SPHEREx will help NASA understand the universe — and hunt for life beyond our solar system.

By Dan Robitzski