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In order to limit the number of doctors who come into contact with COVID-19 patients, hospitals are using mixed reality goggles to communicate across rooms.
Viruses

Doctors Are Using Mixed Reality to Treat COVID-19 Patients

"This is not a gimmick."

Douglas Loverro, the head of NASA's human spaceflight office just resigned a mere week before SpaceX's historic NASA astronaut launch.
NASA

NASA Leader Mysteriously Resigns After Unspecified Scandal

NASA's administrator for human spaceflight just resigned because of a "mistake" — and we have no idea why.

Associate professor of biology Erin Bromage decided to start a blog about how to keep safe amidst a global pandemic, and why you shouldn't panic.
Developments

Biologist Has Great Advice on COVID Infection Risks

Let's stop shaming runners and cyclists for not wearing masks.

In order to make space missions cheaper and safer, Japan is considering replacing astronauts with humanoid telepresence robots.
Robotics

Japanese Startup Wants to Replace Astronauts With Space Robots

"We'll see an era in which humans will be working in space, not just going to space."

Disturbing-Looking Face Mask Has “Pac-Man”-Style Mouth Hole
Prosthetics and Devices

Disturbing-Looking Face Mask Has “Pac-Man”-Style Mouth Hole

Would you wear this terrifying invention to a restaurant?

By playing around with mud in a special lab, an international team of researchers found that Mars is likely covered in strange mud volcanos.
Science & Energy

Mars May Be Covered in Bizarre Mud Volcanoes

"Next time we see something that looks like a lava flow, we cannot be sure that it is lava – it could be mud."

According to a new study, daily emissions decreased by 17 percent, or 17 million tons of carbon dioxide, worldwide to 2006 levels.
Renewable Energy

Study: Pandemic Caused 17% Drop in Global Carbon Emissions

Whether these low levels will be maintained is up to world leaders.

In order to equip future Martian settlers, scientists suggest altering their DNA to give them the traits they need to survive.
Mars

Astrobiologist: We Should Gene-Hack New Traits Into Mars Settlers

"And are we maybe ethically bound to do so?"

A Texas courtroom is experimenting with the videoconferencing software Zoom, which it's using to hold a jury trial this week.
Future Society

A Texas Court Is Holding The First-Ever Jury Trial Over Zoom

The future of law is unfolding on videochat.

New Zealand-based robotics company Rocos just shared a video of how Boston Dynamics' dog-like robot Spot could give agriculture workers a hand.
Robot Dogs

Watch a Robot Dog Herd Sheep on a New Zealand Farm

A robotics company wants farms to use robot dogs for work that's "often dull, dirty, or dangerous."

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule just arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of its first crewed test flight dubbed Demo-2 on May 27.
Crew Dragon

SpaceX Is Setting Up Crew Dragon For Its First Human Spaceflight

SpaceX is about to make history.

A growing number of biostatistical models predicting the future U.S. coronavirus death toll agree: there will likely be 110,000 fatalities by June 6.
Viruses

Multiple Models Predict 110,000 US Coronavirus Deaths by June

That's nearly 30,000 more fatalities in less than a month.

A new animation by JAXA planetary scientist James O'Donoghue shows just how slow the speed of light is on a cosmic scale.
Physics

Planetary Scientist’s Video Shows How Slow Light Speed Really Is

Even at the Universe's theoretical speed limit, a trip to Mars seems tedious.

A delightful new video shows Apollo astronauts falling over in their bulky spacesuits, unaccustomed to the Moon's weak gravity.
Moon

Rejoice In This Supercut of Moon Astronauts Falling Over

It's a goofier aspect of space travel.

There are a lot of caveats here, so don't get too excited, but new results for an experimental COVID vaccine look promising.
Developments

Don’t Get Too Excited, But This COVID Vaccine Looks Promising

If all goes well — a huge if — it could be widely available by the end of the year.

A new medical device that looks and spins like a fidget spinner can test for and diagnose a urinary tract infection in under an hour.
Medical

A Fidget Spinner-Inspired Test Can Diagnose UTIs in Under an Hour

It's almost exactly like a fidget spinner — except full of human urine.

NASA's new Artemis Accords serve as a set of guidelines for both governments and private companies to peacefully operate in space.
NASA

NASA: Please Follow These Space Rules We Can’t Enforce

These rules for space exploration would be great — if there was any way to enforce them.

After the Senate voted to reauthorize the Patriot Act, House Democrats have one last shot to introduce an amendment that would preserve American's privacy.
Future Society

This Is the Last Chance to Keep Cops From Seeing Your Web History

Nancy Pelosi could re-introduce a privacy safeguard into the Patriot Act.

This startup is selling a gigantic air-filtration helmet that it says will filter out the COVID-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus. Does it work?
Viruses

Will This Gigantic Air-Filtration Helmet Protect Against COVID?

Would you wear this in public?

As schoolchildren stay home during formative periods of their childhood, scientists are predicting they'll face educational setbacks for years.
Future Society

Scientists Predict the Pandemic Will Set Students Back for Years

The damage will likely be defined by class differences.