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Early Monday morning, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted a link to a video showing a Starship prototype exploding in a massive cloud of gas.
Starship

"It’s fine, we’ll just buff it out."

By Victor Tangermann

A very small study found that some patients who recover from the coronavirus could face long-term lung damage and reduced lung capacity.
Viruses

After scanning the patients' lungs, doctors saw signs of organ damage.

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese scientists have published a study showing that sunny days might be ahead, literally and figureatively: Warm weather slows the spread of coronavirus.
Viruses

Let the sunshine in.

By Foster Kamer

If you think you're cleaning your hands right with hand sanatizer, or gels, or swipes, think again. There's only one right way to do it — and here's how.
Chemistry

Accept no substitutes, shortcuts, or cheats. The one true way is here.

By Foster Kamer

The CDC presented four models for the future of the coronavirus outbreak. The worst-case scenario looks grim, but there's still time to fix it.
Viruses

But there's still a lot we can do to fight the crisis.

By Dan Robitzski

The South China Morning Post is now reporting that China may have identified "patient zero" — the first human, in other words, to catch the virus.
Viruses

The earliest known case of the coronavirus now dates back to mid-November.

By Jon Christian

NYC Just Declared a State of Emergency, Here’s What That Means
Developments

The mayor's office predicted that the city might be at more than 1,000 cases in a week.

By Foster Kamer

The universe might be one big giant bubble.
Physics

We might actually be in a bubble this time. No, really.

By Jon Christian

Major culture events and locations are shutting down as the coronavirus outbreak is sweeping the entire globe.
Future Society

Culture is officially cancelled — except for Netflix.

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers spotted a 13 billion year-old blazar given off by the most ancient supermassive black hole to be discovered yet.
Science & Energy

It's been around nearly as long as the entire universe.

By Dan Robitzski

Hackers are creating their own coronavirus maps to infect users with malware, stealing sensitive data including credit card numbers in the process.
Hacking

Careful — you could catch a different type of virus.

By Victor Tangermann

Even in spite of the coronavirus pandemic, China has remained on track to launch its planned mission to Mars later this year.
Science & Energy

The mission is still on track for a July launch.

By Dan Robitzski

Tinder has cancelled the international release of its apocalypse-themed in-app video-slash-hookup-game called "Swipe Night," as TechCrunch reports.
Future Society

"We felt it would be difficult to launch it in the right spirit."

By Victor Tangermann

The Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) Corportation rolled out a disinfecting robot to clean subway trains using "vaporised hydrogen peroxide."
Robotics

Honestly, they're kinda cute.

By Victor Tangermann

The drive-thru coronavirus test station is finally making its way to the US after South Korea perfected the method over the last couple of weeks.
Viruses

Just roll down your window and stick out your tongue.

By Victor Tangermann

Tom Hanks has now announced that he and his wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus
Viruses

COVID-19 is beginning to impact every facet of American life, and it will make no exceptions.

By Foster Kamer

According to a new internal report, developing the rocket meant to bring crewmembers to the Moon in 2024 has NASA years behind and billions over budget.
NASA

The 2024 Moon landing may be at risk.

By Dan Robitzski

Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang argued that the coronavirus outbreak proves that we should be supporting people by paying them a basic income.
Universal Basic Income

"The only stimulus that would work is #UBIStimulus."

By Victor Tangermann

Breaking: Trump Addresses U.S. on Coronavirus Europe Restrictions and Stimulus
Viruses

Just the highlights, right here.

By Foster Kamer

Readers, we implore you: Make your own hand sanitizer as a last alternative, after you've run out of all the soap and water
Developments

People are getting (literally) burned by this terrible idea.

By Foster Kamer