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A paper published in Nature, argues that "surgical face masks could prevent transmission of human coronaviruses and influenza viruses from symptomatic individuals."
Developments

"But in the middle of a pandemic, we're desperate."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine announced today that they have developed a promising new COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
Viruses

The drug is delivered through a Band-Aid-like patch — not a needle.

By Victor Tangermann

Eight years after it was shared online, a highly-controversial proof claiming to verify the abc conjecture is going to be published in an academic journal.
Science & Energy

Among number theorists, this is high drama.

By Dan Robitzski

According to seismologists, this drastic reduction in the hustle and bustle of people living their lives is causing the Earth to literally move less.
Science & Energy

Experts say seismic activity is way down, since everybody's staying home.

By Victor Tangermann

Xenobots mark a major step forward in biological robots. The tiny, short-lived creatures are designed in a virtual world then 3D printed with living cells.
Biology

"We are witnessing almost the birth of a new discipline of synthetic organisms."

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX's latest prototype dubbed "SN3" collapsed during a pressurized cryogenic fuel test Thursday night, as footage uploaded by NASASpaceFlight shows.
Starship

SpaceX's latest Starship prototype failed catastrophically last night.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA built an autonomous robot named BRUIE that may be able to hunt for signs of life on distant ocean worlds like Europa.
Science & Energy

If there's life on Europa, this robot may be able to find it.

By Dan Robitzski

A video shows a Boston Dynamics Spot Mini robodog put on a show while wearing a pair of basketball shorts and a hoodie. It's a hell of a show.
Robot Dogs

"This better not awaken anything in me."

By Victor Tangermann

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo explained on the air that his case of COVID-19 has been keeping him up at night and making him hallucinate.
Developments

Chris Cuomo says the coronavirus is giving him bizarre hallucinations.

By Dan Robitzski

A video uploaded by Helsinki-based 3D artist Kimi Talvitie on Wednesday attempts to recreate SpaceX Starship's arachnoid landing legs.
Starship

Is this how SpaceX's Starship will be able to touch down on Mars?

By Victor Tangermann

To get consumers to change their attitudes toward fossil fuels, experts suggest covering gas pumps with the same warnings we see on cigarettes.
Climate Change

Should we slap warnings on gas pumps like the ones on packs of cigarettes?

By Dan Robitzski

A scientific panel told White House officials that the coronavirus can be spread not just through coughs and sneezes, but speaking and breathing as well.
Viruses

Don't speak / I know just what you're sprayin.

By Victor Tangermann

An ominous scoop by The Courier-Journal, a local paper in Kentucky: judges in the state are ordering coronavirus patients to isolate — a demand they're enforcing by making them wear ankle monitors, as if they were under house arrest.
Viruses

"These people aren't charged with a crime."

By Jon Christian

Zoom, the increasingly-popular video conferencing program, has extremely flawed cybersecurity in place. Companies like SpaceX have already banned it.
Science & Energy

SpaceX has already banned the meeting software.

By Dan Robitzski

Korean pop star Kim Jae-joong did what everybody on the internet agreed not to do: make an off-flavor April Fools joke about the coronavirus.
Viruses

We thought April Fools was cancelled this year.

By Victor Tangermann

Remember those ventilators that Elon Musk delivered? They're actually sleep apnea machines, and doctors suggest they could help spread the coronavirus.
Elon Musk

He promised life-saving ventilators. He delivered sleep apnea machines.

By Dan Robitzski

In 2015, a international team of astronomers watched a white dwarf star gobbling up the planets in its very own system like a mother devouring its young.
Science & Energy

A new field of study is born: "Necroplanetology."

By Victor Tangermann

Experts believe that World War II veteran Bill Lapschies maynow be the world's oldest survivor of the coronavirus currently causing a global pandeic.
Viruses

Finally, some good news.

By Jon Christian

A team at Carnegie Mellon University has released an app that they say can determine whether you likely have COVID-19 — just by listening to your voice.
Developments

You can try it out right here.

By Jon Christian

Anonymous intelligence officials say that there's evidence China systematically downplayed the size and severity of its coronavirus outbreak.
Developments

Intelligence officials say China is still underreporting the severity of the coronavirus outbreak.

By Dan Robitzski