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Investing

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By Futurism Creative

In an entertaining video, a caffeine enthusiast picks up a Starbucks coffee with his drone — to the bemusement of a barista.
Drones

Points for creativity.

By Jon Christian

When he declared a national emergency on March 13, Trump made a lot of grand promises. One month later, most have been broken.
Viruses

Trump has accomplished very little in the month since his emergency declaration.

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk revealed why the Model 3 has a cabin-facing camera above the rearview mirror: to make sure that "robotaxi" passengers don't vandalize the car
Elon Musk

All right, that's intriguing.

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers think that a bizarre exoplanet called TOI-849b is the stripped core of a gas giant that for some reason or another lost its atmosphere.
Science & Energy

This could be what the center of Jupiter or Neptune looks like, under all the gas.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers have spotted the brightest supernova in a galaxy 3.6 billion light-years from Earth. About 500 times brighter than a normal supernova.
Science & Energy

It was about 500 times as bright as a normal star explosion.

By Victor Tangermann

Dr. Fauci says it's "obvious" that the U.S. government could have saved a great many lives if it had acted sooner to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Developments

"Obviously, no one is going to deny that."

By Dan Robitzski

In an Easter letter, Pope Francis urged that "this may be the time to consider a universal basic wage" to support those hit hardest by the pandemic.
Universal Basic Income

Andrew Yang's response: "Wow."

By Victor Tangermann

South Korean officials reported today that more than 116 people had tested positive for COVID-19 after having been cleared of it previously.
Viruses

This is bad news. Is it really time yet to start easing restrictions?

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors are using data from a wearable to train an AI algorithm that can tell when someone's sick with COVID-19 even before noticeable symptoms start.
Artificial Intelligence

Imagine if hospital workers could be relieved days before they became contagious.

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers at UC Berkeley just took the temperature of the mysterious rings surrounding Uranus for the first time. They're cold: 77 degrees Kelvin.
Science & Energy

"Something has been sweeping the smaller stuff out, or it’s all glomming together. We just don’t know."

By Victor Tangermann

Apple and Google are partnering on a coronavirus tracking app that can tell you if you've recently been exposed to somebody who has tested positive.
Viruses

The app will alert you if you've been around anyone who tested positive.

By Victor Tangermann

Anthony Fauci acknowledged today that the US government is considering issuing "immunity cards" to identify those who are immune to COVID-19.
Developments

Antibody tests are already on their way.

By Victor Tangermann

Whistleblower Edward Snowden has a grim prediction for the future: world leaders will exploit the pandemic to claim new power and not relinquish it later.
Future Society

Will governments stop the new surveillance after the pandemic is over?

By Dan Robitzski

Dr. Anthony Fauci predicts that recovered COVID-19 patients will likely be immune to future infections because the coronavirus hasn't mutated much.
Developments

Fauci predicts people who recover will "have antibodies that are going to be protective."

By Dan Robitzski

Bill Gates suspects that there will be another major viral outbreak every 20 years. But also that we'll emerge from the current pandemic more prepared.
Developments

Let's deal with this one first, though.

By Dan Robitzski

A spectacular new view of the Pillars of Creation, released by NASA, shows the iconic cosmic image in a new light: in infrared.
Science & Energy

A star is born.

By Victor Tangermann

COVID-19 has officially become the number one cause of death in the US, killing 1,970 Americans every day. It was the third leading cause only last week.
Developments

The virus is now killing more Americans than heart disease, cancer, or anything else.

By Victor Tangermann

Robot delivery service company Starship Technologies is seeing a massive opportunity to grow amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Self-Driving Vehicles

"It is so much easier to sanitize a robot putting it in there and sending it on its way."

By Victor Tangermann

The CDC recently deleted a bizarre guideline from its website. There's no evidence hydroxychloroquine fights COVID-19, but the CDC had suggested it anyway.
Viruses

"Why would CDC be publishing anecdotes? That doesn't make sense. This is very unusual."

By Dan Robitzski