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Despite a growing DIY army's intentions, the simple fact is that home-sown cloth masks are close to useless in protecting against the coronavirus.
Viruses

They should only be a last resort — and even then, they don't do much.

By Victor Tangermann

With companies operating remotely than ever, bosses, managers, and executives are flocking to spy with disturbingly-invasive workplace surveillance tech.
Future Society

Paranoid managers are making newly-remote workers jump through obscene hoops.

By Dan Robitzski

On Thursday, the US surpassed all other countries in the world to have the highest number of coronavirus cases. And it's not a good look.
Future Society

They were promised "winning," and Americans are "winning" at coronavirus.

By Victor Tangermann

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to suspend its enforcement of environmental laws indefinitely in light of the ongoing pandemic.
Environment

"This has nothing to do with coronavirus. This has everything to do with protecting Big Business."

By Victor Tangermann

UK prime minister Boris Johnson downplayed the coronavirus pandemic for weeks. Now he says that he's tested positive for it.
Future Society

"The British government and its advisers had the chance to learn from what was happening in Italy. They blew it."

By Jon Christian

With large gatherings banned — and ill-advised anyway — eSports may be the best way to scratch your competitive itch for the time being.
Future Society

Competitive video gamers are poised to stay the course in self-isolation.

By Dan Robitzski

Mexican protesters shut down the border with the United States, complaining that American travelers are spreading the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
Future Society

They shut down the US border yesterday — in a bid to stop the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

By Jon Christian

As climate change renders parts of the world inhospitably hot, the best move may be to dig down and build underground cities.
Future Society

If things get too bad on the surface, we may have to get creative to find shelter.

By Dan Robitzski

A 101-year-old man in Rimini, Italy born during the 1918 "Spanish Flu" pandemic tested positive for coronavirus — and was just released. He made it.
Viruses

His "family brought him home yesterday evening, to teach us that even at 101-years-old, the future has yet to be written."

By Foster Kamer

Canadian artist Julie Laurin recently started a livestream of tardigrades — eight-legged micro-animals also known as "water bears" — on Twitch.
Science & Energy

What else are you going to do right now?

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new report by Broadband Now, many cities in the US are experiencing internet slowdowns during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
Viruses

New York City download speeds dropped by 24 percent last week.

By Victor Tangermann

Emergency physician Joshua Lerner says that America's response to the coronavirus pandemic is so bad it reminds him of the Chernobyl disaster.
Developments

"Please don't tell me that in the richest country in the world in the 21st century, I'm supposed to work in a fictionalized Soviet-era disaster zone and fashion my own face mask out of cloth."

By Dan Robitzski

British technology maker Dyson has announced it has designed a new ventilator called the "CoVent" in just ten days to help treat coronavirus patients.
Viruses

The company is planning to produce 10,000 of them to treat coronavirus patients in the UK.

By Victor Tangermann

The Great Barrier Reef just suffered its third mass coral bleaching event in three years, forcing authorities to make grim predictions for its future.
Environment

The reef now officially has a "very poor" outlook.

By Dan Robitzski

Iceland just showed the world just how spreadable and wide-ranging the coronavirus is, as over half the people they tested are showing no symptoms at all.
Viruses

One of the most important studies (and lessons) on coronavirus testing to date.

By Foster Kamer

The U.S. Space Force is scheduled to conduct its first launch on Thursday afternoon. It's expected to deliver the final part of a new communication network.
Space Force

It's the first-ever launch for the new military branch.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk is still hoping to reopen one of his electric car company's Gigafactories for ventilator production.
Elon Musk

"We will do anything in our power to help the citizens of New York."

By Victor Tangermann

The George Washington University Hospital has released a 3D video of a 59-year-old male COVID-19 patient's lungs days after showing no coronavirus symptoms.
Developments

"Unfortunately, once damaged to this degree, the lungs can take a long time to heal."

By Victor Tangermann

After revisiting 34-year-old data. NASA made a shocking discovery: Uranus is leaking its gassy atmosphere out into space.
Science & Energy

Seriously.

By Dan Robitzski

New data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope details the "quasar tsunami," a cosmic storm of such terrifying size that it can tear apart an entire galaxy.
Science & Energy

This is extremely metal.

By Jon Christian