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A group of roughly 300 nuclear fusion researchers put together a massive report of goals and priorities for making fusion power a reality.
Energy

The community of fusion researchers put together a report of crucial scientific priorities.

By Dan Robitzski

According to the latest CDC report, 38 percent of the 508 known to be hospitalized in the country were between the ages of 20 and 54.
Viruses

“It’s not just going to be the elderly."

By Victor Tangermann

We interviewed Neal Browning, the second-ever person to be injected with the experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by Moderna.
Viruses

"If I am healthy and can help take part in trying to reduce the pain, suffering and deaths associated with this pandemic, I would be remiss not to."

By Jon Christian

Larry Brilliant saw the coronavirus pandemic coming. He gave TED talks about it. He worked on "Contagion." And he helped eradicate smallpox. Time to listen?
Viruses

He also helped eradicate smallpox, worked on "Contagion," and toured with the Grateful Dead.

By Foster Kamer

As SpaceX continues to launch more of its Starlink satellites, new research suggests hundreds will be visible from Earth with the naked eye.
Science & Energy

Starlink is going to be a bigger problem for astronomers than expected.

By Dan Robitzski

To give massively overworked healthcare workers a much-needed break, China tried something new: by staffing an entire field hospital with robots.
Robotics

Robots are a lot easier to disinfect than human healthcare workers.

By Victor Tangermann

It was bound to happen at some point: The first case of COVID-19 was detected inside an Amazon warehouse. Another was detected inside a major online retailer of groceries, FreshDirect.
Viruses

Some workers at the retail behemoth didn’t even first find out about it from their employer.

By Foster Kamer

South Korea immediately mobilized against the coronavirus outbreak while the U.S.'s official response was to downplay the risk.
Viruses

Two very different responses to national outbreaks — but only one worked.

By Dan Robitzski

The New York Times ran a sobering opinion piece about the coronavirus by Cornelia Griggs, a pediatric surgery doctor at a large NYC hospital.
Developments

“I say this not to panic anyone but to mobilize you.”

By Jon Christian

NY Governor Invokes “Nuclear War” to Describe Coronavirus Lockdown
Viruses

"I'm as afraid of the fear and the panic as I am of the virus."

By Jon Christian

The Coronavirus Pandemic Drastically Reduced Carbon Emissions
Viruses

That doesn't mean the climate crisis has been averted, though.

By Dan Robitzski

Watch These Coronavirus-Ignoring Idiots Having a Great Spring Break, Dooming Us
Viruses

Spring Break forever.

By Foster Kamer

The Rich Are Trying to Buy Their Own Ventilators, in Case Everything Collapses
Prosthetics and Devices

They'd rather live — even if it means you'll die.

By Jon Christian

With more social gatherings happening over video conferences, we're seeing gnarly snack time close-ups. Thankfully, Microsoft AI can edit out eating sounds.
Artificial Intelligence

AI to help anyone who still hasn't figured out quarantine chat etiquette.

By Dan Robitzski

The New York Times reports that China reported not a single new local coronavirus case in the country for the time since the outbreak began.
Viruses

"It’s like the war has ended."

By Jon Christian

In a series of tweets, Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered to "make ventilators if there is a shortage" to assist hospitals during the coronavirus outbreak.
Elon Musk

And he got his bluff called.

By Victor Tangermann

An app that lets us know when we've crossed paths with someone who tests positive for coronavirus? A team from MIT, Harvard, and Google are working on it.
Future Society

The team also included Google, Facebook, and Mayo Clinic workers, among others, who made it in their spare time.

By Foster Kamer

A team of researchers have found a way to predict an intricate internal structure within black hole images caused by gravitational light bending.
Science & Energy

What they found could make the next black hole image way crisper.

By Victor Tangermann

The largest study yet of coronavirus and children comes out of China bearing some dark news: Kids aren't immune to the worst of coronavirus.
Viruses

While they remain in better numbers than adults, infants are particularly susceptible.

By Foster Kamer

The narrative itself is a work of fiction, but the biological mechanisms and medical risks that it describes are very real.
Viruses

A narrative breaks down how the coronavirus invades the body — in gruesome detail.

By Dan Robitzski