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Activists Replace Confederate Statue With Amazing Hologram of George Floyd
Future Society

Activists Replace Confederate Statue With Amazing Hologram of George Floyd

"This project aims to reflect the power and beauty of those millions of voices standing up for change."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has assigned crew members for its Crew-2 mission, possibly the third time a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will visit the ISS with astronauts on board.
NASA

NASA Announces Crew For Upcoming SpaceX Mission

Get ready for liftoff.

By Victor Tangermann

In a sleek announcement video, Virgin Galactic has unveiled the cabin interior of its SpaceShipTwo space plane, a vehicle designed for space tourism.
Off-World

Virgin Galactic Unveils Sleek Spaceship Cabin for Tourist Flights

"It is the rocket ride of your life."

By Victor Tangermann

An experimental gene therapy seems to have staved off a young boy's Duchenne muscular dystrophy, suggesting new treatments could be on the way.
RX and Medicine

Gene Therapy Lets Boy With Muscular Dystrophy Walk Again

"Within three weeks he was running up the stairs."

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers have begun construction of the world's largest nuclear fusion project today in southern France, with operations planned to begin in late 2025.
Energy

Scientists Start Construction of World’s Largest Fusion Reactor

"Enabling the exclusive use of clean energy will be a miracle for our planet."

By Victor Tangermann

The electric automaker Renault just gave every household in the tiny French town Appy a free lease on its electric cars to prove they work in rural areas.
Advanced Transport

Everyone in This French Town Just Got a Free Electric Car

Automaker Renault is trying to prove that EVs are practical in rural towns.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of German researchers have found that dogs are able to sniff out the coronavirus with an astonishing accuracy after only a week of training.
Viruses

Scientists: Trained Dogs Can Smell Coronavirus

It took only a week of training.

By Victor Tangermann

According to the director-general of the World Health Organization, the COVID-19 pandemic is the most severe health crisis in the organization's history.
Developments

WHO Calls COVID-19 the “Most Severe” Health Crisis in Its History

"The pandemic continues to accelerate."

By Dan Robitzski

Kwok Yung Yuen, a professor and microbiologist, told the BBC that Chinese officials may have tried to cover up the coronavirus in early January.
Developments

Professor Claims China Tried to Hide Early Info on COVID-19

"I do suspect that they have been doing some cover-up locally at Wuhan."

By Victor Tangermann

Perseverance will be bringing a rock back to Mars that scientists believe to have originated on Mars roughly 600,000 to 700,000 years ago.
Science & Energy

Here’s Why NASA’s Next Rover is Bringing a Mars Rock Back to Mars

A small piece of Mars is making its way back home.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists studying how sex chromosomes are linked to differences in the brain has to tread lightly, lest their work be misrepresented.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Studying Sex Differences in the Brain Fear Their Work Will Be Misrepresented

"I got my fingers burned when I first started."

By Dan Robitzski

An international team of researchers have identified 21 existing drugs that stop the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 from replicating.
Viruses

Researchers Identify 21 Existing Drugs That Stop the Coronavirus

"This study significantly expands the possible therapeutic options for COVID-19 patients."

By Victor Tangermann

The experimental COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna Inc begins its phase three clinical trials, the last round of testing before possible approval, on Monday.
RX and Medicine

An Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Begins its Phase 3 Trial Today

They're looking for 30,000 volunteers to take the experimental vaccine.

By Dan Robitzski

According to Musk's enthusiasm on Twitter, the exterior of Tesla's long-awaited Cybertruck could be heated and tempered to get a variety of colors.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Metal Can Be Etched, Heated Into a Rainbow

Tempered steel could make the Cybertruck look a lot more cheerful.

By Victor Tangermann

A new roleplaying game uses a powerful AI algorithm to generate a text-based adventure in real time. And unlike past versions, the story makes sense.
Artificial Intelligence

This Roleplaying AI Makes a Great Dungeon Master

An AI-written text adventure game got a major upgrade.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is about to embark on its latest Mars mission, sending its Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on its long journey to the Red Planet atop an Atlas V rocket.
Mars

Here’s How to Watch NASA Launch a Mars Mission This Week

NASA is about to launch its fifth rover to Mars — and you can watch right here.

By Victor Tangermann

In a Thursday emergency air worthiness directive, the FAA ordered the inspections of 2,000 Boeing 737 airplanes due to corrosion in their engines.
Advanced Transport

FAA Warns That After Pandemic, Long-Grounded Jets Could Experience Engine Failure

Thousands of Boeing 737s are sitting in storage right now. That could lead to disaster.

By Victor Tangermann

Before we can launch any long-term space travel, scientists will need to find away to protect against bacteria, which becomes deadlier in microgravity.
Bacteria

Oh Great: Space Travel Makes Bacteria Even Deadlier

In microgravity, bacteria become harder to kill — and better at killing us.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have found evidence of gigantic waves of sand, often referred to as "megaripples," slowly moving around on the surface of Mars.
Mars

Astronomers Say “Megaripples” Are Moving Across the Surface of Mars

This is not what scientists were expecting.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists just discovered one of the ways that the coronavirus sneaks into cells: a "camouflage" enzyme disguises it as a natural part of the host.
Viruses

The Coronavirus Uses a “Camouflage” Enzyme to Merc Your Cells

"This is a fundamental advance in our understanding of the virus."

By Dan Robitzski