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The World Health Organization formally declared that the coronavirus outbreak is a pandemic, citing a concerningly weak response from some countries.
Viruses

"We have rung the alarm bell loud and clear."

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers discovered an exoplanet called WASP-76b with an extreme atmosphere: iron is vaporized in the day and rains back down at night.
Environment

"One could say that this planet gets rainy in the evening, except it rains iron."

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese company Bauhutte has come up with the perfect solution to surviving a 14-day quarantine: a $1,200 gaming bed concept.
Future Society

Perfect for a 14-day self-quarantine.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers from the University of New Mexico believe they have found the remains of Theia buried deep beneath the lunar surface in a new paper.
Science & Energy

Did a Mars-sized object smash into the Earth billions of years ago?

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell says SpaceX plans to launch a crewed mission in its Crew Dragon spacecraft sometime in May — just two months away.
Science & Energy

SpaceX could launch humans into space in as little as two months.

By Jon Christian

A secret report by the Director of National Intelligence says that the United States is starkly unprepared for a global pandemic, officials say.
Developments

"The United States will remain vulnerable to the next flu pandemic or large-scale outbreak of a contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability."

By Jon Christian

Scientists: This Is How Long It Takes to Show Coronavirus Symptoms
Viruses

The virus seems perfectly optimized to spread as widely as possible.

By Jon Christian

"Unless we improve our rate of innovation dramatically, then there is no chance of a base on the moon or a city on Mars."
Mars

"If we don’t improve our pace of progress, I’m definitely going to be dead before we go to Mars."

By Victor Tangermann

A number of airlines are being forced to operate near empty "ghost flights" after the coronavirus outbreak caused demand for airfare to plummet globally.
Advanced Transport

"This is a crisis."

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers have discovered a strange star that oscillates only on one side, causing it to be distorted into a teardrop shape.
Space

“I’ve been looking for a star like this for nearly 40 years and now we have finally found one."

By Victor Tangermann

There are a number of disturbing parallels between the coronavirus COVID-19 and the Spanish flu — and leaders seem to have ignored lessons from the past.
Viruses

Science has progressed, sure, but leaders have ignored other lessons.

By Dan Robitzski

New York governor Andrew Cuomo has a wild idea to tackle a hand sanitizer shortage: use prison labor to make more of the stuff.
Future Society

"This is nothing less than slave labor and it must end."

By Victor Tangermann

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Future Society

"Let’s face it, cyberspace is the new battlefield."

By June Javelosa

A fascinating story in The New York Times profiles Adam Castillejo, the second-ever person to be cured of HIV -- known, until now, only by a pseudonym.
Health & Medicine

"I want to be an ambassador of hope."

By Jon Christian

the Chinese government is using a professional Mr. Bean impersonator to spread propaganda about its response to the deadly, COVID-19-causing coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Developments

"The government have done an amazing job," the Mr. Bean impersonator gushed on state-run Chinese media.

By Jon Christian

Driverless delivery vehicle startup Neolix is raking in new customers as cities in China are under full lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Self-Driving Vehicles

They'll also deliver your lunch — even when your city is under quarantine.

By Victor Tangermann

Italy Imposes Nationwide Travel Restrictions as Death Toll Soars
Developments

The whole country is practically in lockdown.

By Victor Tangermann

A number of cruise ship passengers are catching cabin fever as they're trapped on board the Grand Princess due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
Developments

The ship just docked in Oakland, with at least 21 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on board.

By Victor Tangermann

Photos emerged this week, on social media, of dolphins loaded into a military transport jet — chilling, like blocks of tofu, in shallow tubs of water.
Military

Yeah, it sounds like a hoax. But an Air Force spokesperson confirmed the photos are real.

By Jon Christian

A New York City woman documented her experience trying to get tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus after showing all the symptoms. Here's what happened.
Viruses

A good-spirited Twitter thread demonstrates, first-hand, a very, very bad situation.

By Foster Kamer