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In a scathing letter, Amazon VP and Distinguished Engineer Tim Bray announced he's leaving the company over the company firing protesters.
Future Society

"It’s evidence of a vein of toxicity running through the company culture."

By Victor Tangermann

A new survey led by researchers from a number of US universities found that the majority of Americans want to continue physical distancing measures.
Viruses

A recent study found that opening now could result in almost a quarter million deaths.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers from Northwestern University in Chicago have developed a skin-colored stick-on sensor that can track COVID-19 symptoms.
Prosthetics and Devices

A small silicone patch could tell you if you're showing coronavirus symptoms early.

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time, astronomers just detected a fast radio burst (FRB), mysterious millisecond-wave bursts of radio waves, within our own galaxy.
Science & Energy

"Something like this has never been seen before."

By Victor Tangermann

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

Preliminary results suggest it cuts patients' recovery time by four days.

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.
Future Society

Cleanly offered to help frontline medical workers. Instead, it lost their clothes.

By Dan Robitzski

Beautiful Images Show Planets Starting to Form
Science & Energy

We've never seen a planet being formed in this much detail.

By Victor Tangermann

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

Something very strange is going on with our star.

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

"I'm sad because I really thought we really could build something amazing together."

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's latest unhinged tweetstorm is sending Tesla stocks into a nosedive. "Tesla stock price is too high imo," Musk tweeted.
Elon Musk

This is some serious self-sabotage.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers at the University of East Anglia, England have found links between low levels of vitamin D and COVID-19 mortality rates across Europe.
Viruses

"The most vulnerable group of population for Covid-19 is also the one that has the most deficit in vitamin D."

By Victor Tangermann

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

"The next intriguing question would be whether life survived the star's death or started all over again — a second genesis, if you will."

By Dan Robitzski

A ventilator developed by NASA engineers and designed to save COVID-19 patients was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use.
NASA

"We're working to pass the baton to the medical community, and ultimately patients, as quickly as possible."

By Victor Tangermann

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

It's the first time the bizarre engine has been tested.

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon Buys Thermal Cameras to Scan Workers For Fevers
Viruses

But the company that makes them is implicated in racial persecution.

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

These papers ran in some of the world's most prestigious scientific journals.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA announced today that it has awarded three contracts to develop lunar landing systems in an effort to return astronauts to the Moon as soon as 2024.
Starship

"SpaceX is really good at flying and testing — and failing and fixing."

By Victor Tangermann

Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti announced on Wednesday that all city and county residents can get a free COVID-19 test, with our without symptoms.
Viruses

It's the first major US city to do so.

By Victor Tangermann

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

Critics say the move is punishment for NASA going over budget.

By Dan Robitzski

White House health advisor Anthony Fauci said yesterday that early drug trial testing of antiviral drug remdesivir showed "quite good news."
Viruses

"What it has proven is a drug can block this virus."

By Victor Tangermann