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According to the director-general of the World Health Organization, the COVID-19 pandemic is the most severe health crisis in the organization's history.
Developments

WHO Calls COVID-19 the “Most Severe” Health Crisis in Its History

"The pandemic continues to accelerate."

By Dan Robitzski

Kwok Yung Yuen, a professor and microbiologist, told the BBC that Chinese officials may have tried to cover up the coronavirus in early January.
Developments

Professor Claims China Tried to Hide Early Info on COVID-19

"I do suspect that they have been doing some cover-up locally at Wuhan."

By Victor Tangermann

Perseverance will be bringing a rock back to Mars that scientists believe to have originated on Mars roughly 600,000 to 700,000 years ago.
Science & Energy

Here’s Why NASA’s Next Rover is Bringing a Mars Rock Back to Mars

A small piece of Mars is making its way back home.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists studying how sex chromosomes are linked to differences in the brain has to tread lightly, lest their work be misrepresented.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Studying Sex Differences in the Brain Fear Their Work Will Be Misrepresented

"I got my fingers burned when I first started."

By Dan Robitzski

An international team of researchers have identified 21 existing drugs that stop the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 from replicating.
Viruses

Researchers Identify 21 Existing Drugs That Stop the Coronavirus

"This study significantly expands the possible therapeutic options for COVID-19 patients."

By Victor Tangermann

The experimental COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna Inc begins its phase three clinical trials, the last round of testing before possible approval, on Monday.
RX and Medicine

An Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Begins its Phase 3 Trial Today

They're looking for 30,000 volunteers to take the experimental vaccine.

By Dan Robitzski

According to Musk's enthusiasm on Twitter, the exterior of Tesla's long-awaited Cybertruck could be heated and tempered to get a variety of colors.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Metal Can Be Etched, Heated Into a Rainbow

Tempered steel could make the Cybertruck look a lot more cheerful.

By Victor Tangermann

A new roleplaying game uses a powerful AI algorithm to generate a text-based adventure in real time. And unlike past versions, the story makes sense.
Artificial Intelligence

This Roleplaying AI Makes a Great Dungeon Master

An AI-written text adventure game got a major upgrade.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is about to embark on its latest Mars mission, sending its Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on its long journey to the Red Planet atop an Atlas V rocket.
Mars

Here’s How to Watch NASA Launch a Mars Mission This Week

NASA is about to launch its fifth rover to Mars — and you can watch right here.

By Victor Tangermann

In a Thursday emergency air worthiness directive, the FAA ordered the inspections of 2,000 Boeing 737 airplanes due to corrosion in their engines.
Advanced Transport

FAA Warns That After Pandemic, Long-Grounded Jets Could Experience Engine Failure

Thousands of Boeing 737s are sitting in storage right now. That could lead to disaster.

By Victor Tangermann

Before we can launch any long-term space travel, scientists will need to find away to protect against bacteria, which becomes deadlier in microgravity.
Bacteria

Oh Great: Space Travel Makes Bacteria Even Deadlier

In microgravity, bacteria become harder to kill — and better at killing us.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have found evidence of gigantic waves of sand, often referred to as "megaripples," slowly moving around on the surface of Mars.
Mars

Astronomers Say “Megaripples” Are Moving Across the Surface of Mars

This is not what scientists were expecting.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists just discovered one of the ways that the coronavirus sneaks into cells: a "camouflage" enzyme disguises it as a natural part of the host.
Viruses

The Coronavirus Uses a “Camouflage” Enzyme to Merc Your Cells

"This is a fundamental advance in our understanding of the virus."

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have found that seismic vibrations generated by humans fell by as much as 50 percent globally in 2020, according to a new paper.
Science & Energy

Thanks to COVID, the Earth’s Surface Is Shaking 50 Percent Less

"The 2020 seismic noise quiet period is the longest and most prominent global anthropogenic seismic noise reduction on record."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is planning to watch newborn stars from high up in the Earth's atmosphere using a gigantic football stadium-sized balloon.
NASA

NASA Wants to Watch Newborn Stars From a Ginormous, Stadium-Sized Balloon

A colossal telescope will observe the formation of stars — from 24 miles above Antarctica.

By Victor Tangermann

A new, comprehensive study found that the worst-case, doomsday climate models are unlikely. But best-case scenarios are also out of the question.
Climate Change

Scientists: Climate Change Is Going to Suck, But It Won’t Be Armageddon

What do you want first, the good news or the bad news?

By Dan Robitzski

Recent images taken of the spectacular NEOWISE comet by astrophotographer Daniel Lopez were "completely photobombed by Elon Musk's Starlink satellites."
Future Society

SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites Ruined This Photo of the NEOWISE Comet

These gorgeous shots of the comet were "completely photobombed by Elon Musk's Starlink satellites."

By Victor Tangermann

Disgruntled Facebook employees are reckoning with their company's multifaceted role in damaging "the fabric of our society."
Future Society

Former Employee: “Facebook is Hurting People at Scale”

"Social media has enough power to damage the fabric of our society."

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk is once again warning about the perils of unregulated AI, saying that people who think AI couldn't fool them are fooling themselves.
Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk: If You Don’t Think AI Could Outsmart You, You’re an Idiot

"The people I see being the most wrong about AI are the ones who are very smart."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's next-gen Mars rover Perseverance is outfitted with not just one but two microphones. We could finally get to listen to the sounds of Mars.
Mars

NASA’s Next Rover Will Bring First-Ever Microphone to Mars

Get ready to hear what Mars sounds like.

By Victor Tangermann