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NASA's Curiosity rover snapped more than 1,000 images, which teams back on Earth composed into a 360 degree Martian landscape panorama.
Science & Energy

The view is breathtaking.

By Victor Tangermann

We've tracked the total death toll over time of 2019-nCoV, the coronavirus that originated in China last month. The graph will be updated as we learn more.
Developments

The death toll is climbing faster and faster.

By Dan Robitzski

Would having a robot draw your blood make the process easier? Thanks to engineers at Rutgers University that may soon be an option.
Robotics

This little bot wants your blood.

By Jacob Banas

Banks across the globe are sending thousands of their staff home to help keep their business going while the coronavirus outbreak is taking its toll.
Developments

Is the financial system ready for a pandemic?

By Victor Tangermann

Amazingly, the coronavirus outbreak also appears to be having an observable effect on the Earth's environment — and you can see it from space.
Viruses

NASA images show the incredible impact of the coronavirus — from space.

By Jon Christian

NASA's Voyager 2, currently in interstellar space billions of miles from Earth, has recovered from a serious glitch it experienced in late January.
Science & Energy

The second human-made object to have ever reached interstellar space is back online.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers found a way to turn biowaste, specifically the inedible cores of jackfruit and durian, into high-density ultracapacitors for storing energy.
Energy

They managed to turn durian and jackfruit biowaste into ultracapacitors.

By Dan Robitzski

Bored teens are posting memes, dances, and jokes on TikTok about their experiences of being quarantined during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
Developments

#Quarantine.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists just took their first stab at curing a genetic condition that causes blindness early in life through CRISPR gene-hacking.
Gene Editing

"We literally have the potential to take people who are essentially blind and make them see."

By Dan Robitzski

While the WHO's prediction for a two percent coronavirus mortality rate mostly held up, the numbers recently climbed to about 3.4 percent.
Viruses

More people infected with the coronavirus are dying — but improved testing may drive the mortality rate down again.

By Dan Robitzski

The CDC is advising people to get ready to have a break from regular life in response to the coronavirus outbreak and to stay away if you're ill.
Developments

“You may need to take a break from your normal daily routine for two weeks.”

By Victor Tangermann

An environmental group filed a lawsuit last week against big plastic polluters for knowingly misleading the public about how much plastic is being recycled.
Pollution

"These companies should bear the responsibility for choking our ecosystem with plastic."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at the University of California San Diego say they've built a "thermal camouflage" material that can hide from tech like night vision goggles.
Future Materials

Arnold could've used this stuff in "Predator."

By Jon Christian

Researchers have a new theory which may help explain the strange exoplanets whose shape suggests they must have the density of cotton candy.
Exoplanets

Sadly, "cotton candy" exoplanets may be less likely than they seem.

By Jacob Banas

According to a new study using data collected by the ESA, the Milky Way is being warped as it's slowly colliding with a smaller neighboring galaxy.
Science & Energy

Let's just say it involves an imminent galactic collision.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists say they've found compelling new evidence that the ancient Earth was an unbroken expanse of water, without a single continent.
Science & Energy

This finding could rewrite the history of life on Earth.

By Jon Christian

Tech conglomerate Honeywell just dropped the hammer: By the middle of 2020, they'll be releasing the most powerful quantum computing machine in the world.
Quantum Physics

"By the middle of 2020, we’re releasing the most powerful quantum computer yet."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft made an unexpected discovery, spotting a black hole emitting a massive cloud of X-rays some 30,000 light years away.
Science & Energy

It's the first time an outburst of X-rays of this kind was detected from interplanetary space.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has struck a deal with the Elon Musk-led SpaceX to launch its historic uncrewed mission to the metallic asteroid Psyche.
NASA

Uh, also, this weird asteroid may be worth $10,000 quadrillion?

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

It's certainly trying!

By Foster Kamer