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For the first time, two commercial spacecraft successfully docked while still in orbit: a service vehicle got a derelict satellite running again.
Science & Energy

It's the first time that two commercial spacecraft have ever docked in orbit.

By Dan Robitzski

An international team of researchers say that the coronavirus doesn't just attack lungs — it also assaults blood vessels throughout the body.
Developments

"From what we do see clinically, patients have problems in all organs — in the heart, kidney, intestine, everywhere."

By Jon Christian

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

"Hydroxychloroquine use alone was associated with an increased risk of mortality compared to standard care alone."

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new poll, most Americans across the political spectrum disagree with the anti-quarantine protesters who have been making headlines lately.
Viruses

Americans across the political spectrum oppose the protests.

By Dan Robitzski

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

"It’s pretty bad for the idea of Planet Nine."

By Victor Tangermann

A student getting his master's degree in business decided that he didn't want to write some essays. So he had AI do his homework it instead.
Artificial Intelligence

"You just can't expect a good grade."

By Dan Robitzski

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

The global fight against COVID-19 may only be starting.

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

A cotton swab test kit you can take home could help accelerate testing in the US.

By Victor Tangermann

Carnival, the company that had coronavirus outbreaks on several of its cruise ships, seeminly did too little to late to protect passengers.
Developments

"They were encouraging us to mingle."

By Dan Robitzski

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

Will sneeze guards on airplane seats allow us to travel again?

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

The system could be used by managers to make sure workers are six feet apart.

By Victor Tangermann

New York will now let clerks perform weddings remotely and engaged couples get their marriage licenses online because of coronavirus lockdowns.
Future Society

"There is now no excuse when the question comes up for marriage."

By Dan Robitzski

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

The longer people gather in crowds, the longer we have to self-quarantine.

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.
Viruses

"There's no storage left for oil, so extra oil becomes worthless."

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

Tesla's futuristic off-roader will be able to cross streams.

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook published a new heatmap that shows the proportion of people feeling coronavirus symptoms within each U.S. county.
Viruses

How bad is it where you live?

By Dan Robitzski

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.
Future Society

The footage of a web-like crowd is eerie to watch.

By Victor Tangermann

A pairing of orbiting black holes gave off gravitational waves that resonate at a perfect fifth, which makes them the perfect harmony to an Elvis song.
Physics

There's probably a perfectly reasonable explanation for this. Probably.

By Dan Robitzski

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.
Developments

The US is currently testing only 146,000 people per day — a tiny fraction of what experts say is necessary.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are trying to develop an experimental DNA-based vaccine that would hijack your cells' DNA to create an immune response to COVID-19.
DNA

The idea is to trick your immune system into building up defenses against the coronavirus.

By Dan Robitzski