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Next month, NASA and SpaceX will launch astronauts from U.S. soil to the ISS for the first time in years. Don't break quarantine to watch it happen.
NASA

NASA: Don’t Break Quarantine to Watch SpaceX Launch Astronauts

"We are asking people to join us in this launch, but to do so from home."

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers found a rare, near-death experience play out in space where a black hole devoured the outer layers of a star but left the core intact.
Science & Energy

Black Hole Devours Outside of Star, Leaves Core Behind

"It will try hard to get away, but there is no escape."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of NASA researchers have developed a ventilator for treating COVID-19 patients in just 37 days and is requesting the FDA for fast-tracked approval.
NASA

NASA Develops Ventilator to Treat Coronavirus Patients

"The team feels confident that the [NASA] ventilator will be able to safely ventilate patients suffering from COVID-19."

By Victor Tangermann

The company behind brands Lysol and Dettol is urging customers not to ingest its cleaning supplies after Donald Trump's comments on Thursday.
Developments

Lysol Begs Customers Not to Drink Its Cleaning Products

After a Trump rant, Lysol is desperately trying to set the record straight.

By Victor Tangermann

Trump is suggesting more unproven and likely deadly ways to fight the coronavirus. This time, it's injecting patients with disinfectant.
Viruses

Trump Suggests Injecting COVID Patients With Disinfectant, UV Light

The President seems confused — and experts have no idea what he's talking about.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at private Beijing-based company Sinovac Biotech have developed an experimental COVID-19 vaccine that protected macaques from infection.
Developments

Chinese COVID-19 Vaccine Effective in Monkeys

"This is old school but it might work."

By Victor Tangermann

Ever since the coronavirus pandemic began, American billionaires have collectively made an extra $282 billion.
Future Society

These Billionaires Are Making a Killing Off the Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has made people like Bezos and Musk even richer.

By Dan Robitzski

After studying a population of asteroids called the Centaurs for years, a team of scientists believes they originated outside the solar system.
Solar Power

19 Objects Near Jupiter May Be From Outside the Solar System

Researchers are calling them the "Centaurs."

By Dan Robitzski

Doctors are noticing mysterious blood clots in COVID-19 patients that are causing extremely low oxygen levels. But there are still countless unknowns.
Developments

COVID Patients Are Getting Mysterious and Deadly Blood Clots

"We don’t know. And therefore, we are scared."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are suggesting we could explore the surface of Mars using a fleet of "nanocardboard" aircraft.
Nanotech

Researchers Want to Explore Mars Using “Nanocardboard” Aircraft

Each one would weigh as little as a fruit fly.

By Victor Tangermann

Their research falls short of a definite discovery, but researchers think they've found evidence of one of the main theories on why the universe exists.
Physics

Scientists May Be Close to Understanding Why the Universe Exists

It falls short of a full discovery, but there's progress toward learning why the universe has more matter than antimatter.

By Dan Robitzski

In a memo, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates wrote that the coronavirus pandemic "is like a world war, except in this case, we’re all on the same side."
Developments

Bill Gates: COVID Is Like a World War, Except for One Thing

"No one who lives through Pandemic I will ever forget it."

By Victor Tangermann

Robot manufacturer Boston Dynamics has found a job for its robot Spot mini amidst the coronavirus outbreak: a teleconferencing platform for medical staff.
Robot Dogs

Hospitals Are Using iPads to Turn Robot Dogs Into Doctors

The doctor will see you now. Sort of.

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the Starlink network is almost ready for its first beta test, and he expects to run a public beta within six months.
Science & Energy

Elon Musk Says the Starlink Network Will Go Live in Six Months

The upcoming beta will be the first test of SpaceX's plan to improve broadband access.

By Dan Robitzski

As a new video demonstrates, SpaceX's Starlink satellites have been wreaking havoc with astronomical surveys as they become visible to the naked eye.
SpaceX

Ominous Video Shows SpaceX Satellites Cutting Across Sky

Elon Musk promises more fixes for bright Starlink satellites

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors are pleading with states that allow capital punishment to release their stores of lethal injection drugs, which could also help COVID-19 patients.
Viruses

Doctors Want to Use Lethal Injection Drugs on COVID-19 Patients

Death penalty drugs can also help patients on ventilators.

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Space Force recently acquired its first offensive weapon: a satellite jammer that can block communications from the ground.
Military

Space Force Unveils Its First Weapon, a Satellite Jammer

The U.S. can now block satellite communications from the ground.

By Dan Robitzski

"COVID toes," mysterious blue or red discoloration in toes and sometimes fingers, could be another early symptom of the coronavirus.
Viruses

The Coronavirus May Be Doing Something Strange to Your Toes

This could be a sign that you have have the virus, even if you have no other symptoms.

By Victor Tangermann

The prognosis of a COVID-19 patient being hooked up to a ventilator is grim: a NY study showed that 88 percent of those placed on ventilators died.
Viruses

Almost All COVID Patients on Ventilators Are Dying, Study Suggests

A large NY study found grim news for patients on ventilators.

By Victor Tangermann

In collaboration with a drone maker, the Westport, Connecticut police department is testing "pandemic drones" that monitor if people are social distancing.
Drones

US Police Testing “Pandemic Drones” That Monitor Social Distancing

These drones monitor your temperature and heart rate from the skies.

By Victor Tangermann