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The coronavirus pandemic has been a challenge for schools. But once teachers work out the kinks, remote education could revolutionize how we learn science.
Education

Teaching lab experiments will be a challenge, but online learning holds a lot of potential.

By Dan Robitzski

Reuters reports that a number of research teams are zeroing in on a blood test to identify whether your body has developed immunity against the coronavirus.
Viruses

"People who are immune could be the first people to go back to normal life and start everything up again."

By Jon Christian

Politico reports that the Justice Department may charge people who spread the deadly virus intentionally with terrorism charges.
Future Society

Even the dumb YouTubers pretending to do it could potentially be charged.

By Jon Christian

3D Printing Food in Certain Shapes Tricks People Into Eating Less
3D Printing

Shaping foods in certain ways can exploit psychological tricks.

By Dan Robitzski

There's so much misinformation on the coronavirus pandemic swirling around online that even the famous fact-checking organization Snopes is overwhelmed.
Future Society

"Our industry cannot operate as if this is just another breaking news event."

By Dan Robitzski

In a recent interview, author and leading grief expert David Kessler argues that what we're collectively feeling is grief. And not just one kind of grief.
Viruses

"We know this is temporary, but it doesn’t feel that way, and we realize things will be different."

By Victor Tangermann

Artificial Intelligence

Art isn't just for humans anymore.

By Jägermeister

Materials researcher Will Srubar argues that in order to build a sustainable future, scientists need to develop living, self-growing materials.
Future Society

"Researchers have only scratched the surface of the potential of engineered living materials."

By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft co-founder and public health advocate Bill Gates has a gloomy message about the COVID-19 pandemic: We missed our chance to mitigate harm.
Developments

"Ignore that pile of bodies over in the corner."

By Jon Christian

Australia is converting a tourist island destination known for housing some of the world's only quokkas into a quarantine zone for cruise ship passengers.
Future Society

The island houses some of the world's only quokkas — adorable, cat-sized marsupials.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists Say There Could Be Life on Mercury
Exobiology

"I realized that this idea — well it might be nuts, but it’s not completely nuts."

By Victor Tangermann

After an Air Force base declared a public health emergency, the SpaceX mission scheduled to launch from there on March 30 is on "indefinite" hold.
SpaceX

A Falcon 9 launch set for March 30 is on "indefinite" hold.

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new paper, electric cars are, in fact, better for the world, despite the environmental cost involved in making them.
Environment

It's electric, boogie woogie woogie.

By Foster Kamer

Impossible Foods CEO Patrick Brown says that in the future, the company may develop plant-based versions of less-commonly-eaten — or brand new — animals.
Food

"We can create things that would be unmistakably meat, flavor and texture, but unlike anything that you’ve had before in that category."

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk sourced some 1,255 ventilators from Chinese manufactures and donated them to hospitals in the Los Angeles area.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk is finally putting his money where his mouth is.

By Victor Tangermann

The Indian government just announced that the country will enter a total lockdown for three weeks to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Developments

"To save India and every Indian, there will be a total ban on venturing out."

By Dan Robitzski

The longfin inshore squid can alter its own genetic code on the fly, and new research shows its the first animal to do so outside of its cells' nuclei.
Science & Energy

This cool squid could lead to better genetic treatments for humans.

By Dan Robitzski

A man died after taking chloroquine, the anti-malaria drug touted by Donald Trump and Elon Musk for its potential in the fight against coronavirus.
Viruses

If you try to self-medicate, you're gambling with your life.

By Foster Kamer

A team of researchers found a superconducting metal inside metoerite fragments, suggesting the advanced material is forming on its own out in space.
Science & Energy

"The big takeaway is that there is superconductivity in the sky, naturally occurring."

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese authorities have announced they will be lifting the lockdown on Wuhan, epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, on April 8.
Viruses

There hasn't been a new case there in five days.

By Victor Tangermann