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Hong Kong researchers developed a protective coating that they say can kill the coronavirus on treated surfaces for up to three months.
Biology

This Disinfectant Can Keep Surfaces Coronavirus-Free for Months

The anti-viral coating is expected to hit stores in May.

A new analysis found that from March to April 4, the number of total deaths in the US far exceeded the number of deaths attributed to COVID-19.
Viruses

Report: COVID May Have Killed Way More Americans Than We Think

According to experts, the pandemic's death toll could be vastly higher than we thought.

In order to enforce its lockdown measures, China has been installing surveillance cameras aimed directly at people's front doors or inside their homes.
Future Society

China Is Installing Surveillance Cameras Inside People’s Homes

They're always watching.

An administrator for an anti-quarantine Facebook group in North Carolina, local native Audrey Whitlock, confirmed she tested positive for COVID-19.
Viruses

Oops: Organizer of Anti-Quarantine Protests Catches Coronavirus

Well, this is awkward.

Indigeouns populations in Brazil are at a particularly high risk of the coronavirus pandemic, as they're left with little to no access to support.
Developments

Experts Fear COVID-19 Will “Wreak Havoc” on Indigenous Tribes

European diseases killed 90 percent of the indigenous population. Could it happen again?

A team of scientists have gene-hacked two species of tobacco to emit a visible glow all by themselves — and around the clock.
Science & Energy

These Gene-Hacked Glowing Plants Look Incredible

Scientists think the same hack could work on animals.

This Virus-Proof Suit Lets You Vape, Have Sex
Viruses

This Virus-Proof Suit Lets You Vape, Have Sex

"The Micrashell is a virus-shielded, easy to control, fun to wear, disinfectable, fast to deploy suit that allows socializing without distancing."

In response to scientists who say SpaceX's Starlink satellites will block astronomical research, CEO Elon Musk suggested launching orbital observatories.
Science & Energy

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Could Launch Orbital Observatories

"I'm very excited about a future of space-based telescopes that could be very large."

Chinese officials announced that there are no longer any patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Wuhan, but they're concerned about a second outbreak.
Viruses

Wuhan Hospital Discharges City’s Last Coronavirus Patient

"Thanks to the joint efforts of Wuhan and medical staff from around the country."

The Pentagon has formally released three unclassified videos of "unidentified aerial phenomena" taken in 2004 and 2015 by Navy pilots.
Off-World

Pentagon Officially Releases Three UFO Videos

The Department of Defense wants you to know the footage is real.

A patent application from Microsoft describes a system that would read a person's brainwaves and mine cryptocurrency as a reward for completing tasks.
Cryptocurrency

Microsoft Wants to Mine Cryptocurrency Using Your Brain Waves

Prove you actually watched an ad by sharing your brainwaves and you'd earn some Bitcoin.

Researchers at MIT have developed a Jedi mind control system that allows you to control a drone by just twisting and lifting your forearm.
Drones

This System Lets You Fly a Drone With Arm Gestures

It's like watching a Jedi force-push an object.

New research threatens the idea that the universe expands outward in all directions, suggesting instead that the laws of physics change directionally.
Physics

The Laws of Physics May Break Down at the Edge of the Universe

This is very, very weird.

New Zealand says it's "eliminated" the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, claiming that for now the small number of new cases are easily managed.
Developments

New Zealand Claims to Have Eliminated COVID-19

But there's just one problem: it's still identifying new cases.

Technology developed by a nonprofit specializing in medical tech has allowed a man to feel and move his hand again after a spinal chord injury.
Brain

Cutting-Edge Brain Implant Lets Paralyzed Man Move and Feel Again

A computer chip in his brain is even letting him play "Guitar Hero" again.

On Sunday, a SpaceX Starship prototype finally stayed intact after having its fuel tanks pressurized, paving the road to more ambitious tests.
Starship

SpaceX Manages to Test Starship Without Failing Catastrophically

Finally! Good job, Elon.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just added six new symptoms to its existing list of COVID-19 symptoms, which include things like fever, cough, and shortness of breath.
Developments

CDC Warns About Six New COVID Symptoms to Look Out For

Every week brings new revelations about the coronavirus.

A team of experts called current social distancing measures the "biggest challenge" humanity faces because of the natural instinct to come together.
Health & Medicine

Experts: Social Distancing Is “Biggest Challenge” Humanity Faces

"Hazardous conditions make us more — not less — social."

China's space agency says that its mission to Mars is still happening "in coming months," and that the mission finally has an official name.
Mars

China Will Launch Mars Mission “In Coming Months”

If the mission succeeds, China will become the third country to successfully land a rover on Mars.

The United States has ditched a global initiative led by the World Health Organization to accelerate cooperation on a coronavirus vaccine.
Viruses

US Ditches Global Team Helping Develop COVID Vaccine

"The fight against Covid-19 is a common human good and there should be no division in order to win this battle."