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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

A number of US companies are already selling tests that can detect the presence of COVID-19 fighting antibodies in a patient's bloodstream.
Developments

Antibody tests are here — but they exist in a regulatory grey area.

By Victor Tangermann

A new study predicts that climate change will kill so many oceanic organisms this decade that the entire ecosystem could fall apart.
Climate Change

: "It's not a slippery slope, but a series of cliff edges, hitting different places at different times."

By Dan Robitzski

An AI by a risk detection firm was able to predict where the next spike in coronavirus cases will be in the UK and US by analyzing social media posts.
Artificial Intelligence

The system was able to predict coronavirus outbreaks in 14 US states.

By Victor Tangermann

Because enough people took self-isolation guidelines seriously, the U.S. now expects significantly fewer coronavirus-linked deaths over the next few months.
Developments

Congratulations! You're helping save countless lives.

By Dan Robitzski

The US federal government is about to end funding for a number of coronavirus testing sites this Friday. A number of sites will have to close.
Viruses

"President Trump is abusing the coronavirus pandemic to eliminate honest and independent public servants."

By Victor Tangermann

New reports suggest that the U.S. military and federal government knew about the coronavirus outbreak as early as November.
Viruses

"What is surprising and disappointing is that the White House ignored the clear warning signs."

By Dan Robitzski

A video by Finnish researchers shows how aerosol particles released by a person in an indoor environment can spread much further than you could imagine.
Viruses

You'll never want to go to the grocery store again.

By Victor Tangermann

Preliminary reseach suggests that areas with higher levels of air pollution are also experiencing a higher death rate among COVID-19 patients.
Pollution

If New York City had cleaner air, the outbreak may not have been as devastating.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have created a mutant bacterial enzyme that can break down plastic bottles for recycling in only a couple of hours.
Future Society

“It’s a real breakthrough in the recycling and manufacturing of PET."

By Victor Tangermann

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that encourages the mining of resources in space and on the Moon.
Moon

Russia is upset.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a Newsweek report, researchers found a bizarre deep sea organism off the cost of Western Australia. And it's an absolute mammoth.
Science & Energy

The creature could be "possibly over 390 feet long."

By Victor Tangermann

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House's top infectious disease experts, suggests that we should leave handshakes in the past.
Developments

After this pandemic, society will — and should — look pretty different.

By Dan Robitzski

During a press briefing for the White House coronavirus task force, Trump threatened to pull funding for the WHO, but backtracked when he was challenged.
Developments

Minutes later, he backtracked and contradicted himself.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is funding research for a conceptual telescope called a "solar gravitational lens" that could observe distant exoplanets at an astonishing resolution.
Exoplanets

NASA says it could spot "surface features" and even "signs of habitability" on faraway planets.

By Victor Tangermann

In the U.S., the coronavirus has disproportionately killed those in black communities, illustrating the dire impacts of the country's racial inequalities.
Viruses

When it comes to American healthcare, not everyone has equal access.

By Dan Robitzski

After the first-ever image of a black hole, we now have the ultimate follow-up: a video of a supermassive black hole spewing out jets of particles.
Science & Energy

It's the "equivalent of someone on Earth identifying an orange on the Moon."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has awarded a Phase 1 grant for a Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the far side of the Moon that could one day be deployed by wall-climbing robots.
Science & Energy

A radio telescope on the far side of the Moon could be perfect for hunting aliens.

By Victor Tangermann

There's no good evidence suggesting that hydroxychloroquine helps fight COVID-19. But Trump, who invested in the drug's manufacturer, keeps pushing it.
Viruses

But Trump, who has money invested in this particular drug, keeps saying it does.

By Dan Robitzski