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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House's top infectious disease experts, suggests that we should leave handshakes in the past.
Developments

Dr. Fauci: “I Don’t Think We Should Ever Shake Hands Ever Again”

After this pandemic, society will — and should — look pretty different.

By Dan Robitzski

During a press briefing for the White House coronavirus task force, Trump threatened to pull funding for the WHO, but backtracked when he was challenged.
Developments

Trump Threatens to Pull Funding for the World Health Organization

Minutes later, he backtracked and contradicted himself.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is funding research for a conceptual telescope called a "solar gravitational lens" that could observe distant exoplanets at an astonishing resolution.
Exoplanets

NASA Telescope Idea Could Spot Vegetation on Distant Exoplanets

NASA says it could spot "surface features" and even "signs of habitability" on faraway planets.

By Victor Tangermann

In the U.S., the coronavirus has disproportionately killed those in black communities, illustrating the dire impacts of the country's racial inequalities.
Viruses

The Coronavirus Is Disproportionately Killing Black People

When it comes to American healthcare, not everyone has equal access.

By Dan Robitzski

After the first-ever image of a black hole, we now have the ultimate follow-up: a video of a supermassive black hole spewing out jets of particles.
Science & Energy

Scientists Release Incredible Video of Black Hole Spewing Matter

It's the "equivalent of someone on Earth identifying an orange on the Moon."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has awarded a Phase 1 grant for a Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the far side of the Moon that could one day be deployed by wall-climbing robots.
Science & Energy

NASA Funds Giant Radio Telescope Concept on Far Side of Moon

A radio telescope on the far side of the Moon could be perfect for hunting aliens.

By Victor Tangermann

There's no good evidence suggesting that hydroxychloroquine helps fight COVID-19. But Trump, who invested in the drug's manufacturer, keeps pushing it.
Viruses

There’s No Good Evidence That Hydroxychloroquine Fights COVID-19

But Trump, who has money invested in this particular drug, keeps saying it does.

By Dan Robitzski

When the pandemic hit, researchers working in Antarctica had a particularly difficult time finding a safe way to make their way home.
Science & Energy

The Pandemic Stranded Them in the Worst Place: Antarctica

"You think you've got something in place to bring everyone home and then something happens."

By Dan Robitzski

An unexpectedly large hole in the ozone layer formed over the Arctic because of an unusually cold winter and an extreme polar vortex.
Environment

A New Hole Is Forming in the Ozone Layer Over the Arctic

More bad news.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are colliding electrons with their antimatter counterparts, positrons, in order to hunt and study a subatomic particle called the Z' boson.
Physics

Physicists Are Crashing Matter into Antimatter to Hunt a New Boson

"Despite the still small amount of data, we can now make measurements that have never been done before."

By Dan Robitzski

A recent study found that as many as one in five COVID-19 patients experienced cardiac damage, leading to heart failure, and in some instances, death.
Developments

Many COVID-19 Patients Are Dying from Cardiac Arrest

The discovery has dotors mystified.

By Victor Tangermann

In Basalt, Colorado, a neighborhood built its own virtual power plant, letting them generate — and share — clean energy as needed.
Energy

A Colorado Neighborhood Runs on a Self-Reliant, Clean Energy Grid

Each house can automatically send electricity to others that need it.

By Dan Robitzski

A Baseball Team Is Filling Its Stadium With 500 Robot Spectators
Future Society

A Baseball Team Is Filling Its Stadium With 500 Robot Spectators

"Next-level creepy but this is what it's come to, folks."

By Victor Tangermann

On Monday, the FDA has accepted an application by pharmaceutical company Inovio to start clinical human testing for a new COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
Viruses

Volunteers Start Taking Another Experimental Coronavirus Vaccine

The initiative is being backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

By Victor Tangermann

A four-year-old tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City called Nadia has tested positive for COVID-19, while six other large cats are exhibiting symptoms.
Future Society

A Tiger Just Tested Positive For COVID-19

It's not just humans feeling the threat.

By Victor Tangermann

Zoox just laid off all of the contractors it had working as safety drivers for its self-driving cars because of California's shelter-in-place rule.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Car Company Lays Off All Its Human Safety Drivers

High-tech automation meets coronavirus-related layoffs.

By Dan Robitzski

Future Society

The World’s First Cyborgs: Humanity’s Next Evolutionary Phase Is Here

It’s the stuff of sci-fi films.

By Alice Greczyn

YouTube science channel The Action Lab used driving simulator BeamNG.drive to show what it would be like to drive on various heavenly bodies.
Advanced Transport

Here’s What It Would Be Like to Drive on Different Planets

This simulation also shows what it'd be like to drive on the surface of the Sun.

By Jon Christian

British PM Boris Johnson has been taken to the intesive care at around seven o'clock, UK time. First Secretary of State Dominic Raab to deputise.
Developments

Breaking: British Prime Minister With COVID-19 Moved to ICU

Boris Johnson is the first major political leader to land in intensive care after testing positive.

By Victor Tangermann

Coronavirus Conspiracy Theorists Are Setting 5G Towers on Fire
Future Society

Coronavirus Conspiracy Theorists Are Setting 5G Towers on Fire

Tinfoil hats won't protect you from the coronavirus, either.

By Victor Tangermann