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Research teams around the world are trying to develop blood tests for the coronavirus, but so far no one has figured it out.
Viruses

Blood Tests Could Improve the Coronavirus Fight — If They Work

Many teams are trying, but so far no one's developed one.

By Dan Robitzski

Poland released an app last week that requires people who are in quarantine to send selfies periodically, proving they're safe indoors.
Future Society

Poland Made an App to Make Sure Patients Stay in Quarantine

"People in quarantine have a choice: either receive unexpected visits from the police, or download this app."

By Victor Tangermann

A growing number of doctors suspect that for many patients, the first symptom of the coronavirus could be the loss of the senses of taste and smell.
Viruses

Doctors Think This May Be the First Symptom of the Coronavirus

"Almost everybody who is hospitalized has this same story."

By Jon Christian

As people are urged to stay in their homes, one man in Cyprus decided to use a remote-controlled drone to walk his dog around town.
Drones

Watch a Man Walk a Dog Using a Drone

Doggos in the time of coronavirus.

By Dan Robitzski

A 25 year-old from Toronto went to Spring Break in Miami against better advice. He left, and a few days later, tested positive for coronavirus.
Viruses

A 25 Year-Old Spring Breaker Caught Coronavirus and We’ve Got Feelings

You might have some, too.

By Foster Kamer

Four U.S. Senators unloaded millions of dollars in stocks after receiving a classified briefing about the coronavirus — saving them from vast losses.
Viruses

US Senators Accused of Profiting Off Coronavirus Stock Crash

All four are facing calls to resign.

By Jon Christian

A straightforward technique can split one ventilator off so four patients can simultaneously get treated, should the need arise. But it's never been tested.
Viruses

Doctors Might Have to Hook Four Patients to the Same Ventilator

Ventilator shortages are putting coronavirus patients in serious danger.

By Dan Robitzski

Bad news, space fans: NASA just announced they're gonna have reschedule that trip to the Moon they'd been planning in a few years.
Moon

NASA: Bad News, Something Came Up, Gotta Rain-Check That Moon Trip :(

2024 plans to return to the Moon now look to be off. Wonder what happened.

By Foster Kamer

A team of engineers have developed technology that allows a drone to dodge obstacles, including basketballs flung at high speeds.
Drones

Watch This Drone Expertly Dodge a Careening Soccer Ball

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.

By Victor Tangermann

A group of roughly 300 nuclear fusion researchers put together a massive report of goals and priorities for making fusion power a reality.
Energy

Scientists Call for Fusion Power Plant in the United States

The community of fusion researchers put together a report of crucial scientific priorities.

By Dan Robitzski

According to the latest CDC report, 38 percent of the 508 known to be hospitalized in the country were between the ages of 20 and 54.
Viruses

Younger American Adults Are Getting Extremely Sick From Coronavirus

“It’s not just going to be the elderly."

By Victor Tangermann

We interviewed Neal Browning, the second-ever person to be injected with the experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by Moderna.
Viruses

We Talked to Someone Who Got the Experimental Coronavirus Vaccine

"If I am healthy and can help take part in trying to reduce the pain, suffering and deaths associated with this pandemic, I would be remiss not to."

By Jon Christian

Larry Brilliant saw the coronavirus pandemic coming. He gave TED talks about it. He worked on "Contagion." And he helped eradicate smallpox. Time to listen?
Viruses

This Doctor Predicted Nearly Everything About the Coronavirus Pandemic

He also helped eradicate smallpox, worked on "Contagion," and toured with the Grateful Dead.

By Foster Kamer

As SpaceX continues to launch more of its Starlink satellites, new research suggests hundreds will be visible from Earth with the naked eye.
Science & Energy

Astronomer: SpaceX Satellite Swarm Will Be Visible With Naked Eye

Starlink is going to be a bigger problem for astronomers than expected.

By Dan Robitzski

To give massively overworked healthcare workers a much-needed break, China tried something new: by staffing an entire field hospital with robots.
Robotics

China Opened an Entire Hospital Staffed by Robots

Robots are a lot easier to disinfect than human healthcare workers.

By Victor Tangermann

It was bound to happen at some point: The first case of COVID-19 was detected inside an Amazon warehouse. Another was detected inside a major online retailer of groceries, FreshDirect.
Viruses

First Coronavirus Cases Detected in Amazon Warehouse, FreshDirect

Some workers at the retail behemoth didn’t even first find out about it from their employer.

By Foster Kamer

South Korea immediately mobilized against the coronavirus outbreak while the U.S.'s official response was to downplay the risk.
Viruses

South Korea Crushed the Coronavirus as the U.S. Floundered. Why?

Two very different responses to national outbreaks — but only one worked.

By Dan Robitzski

The New York Times ran a sobering opinion piece about the coronavirus by Cornelia Griggs, a pediatric surgery doctor at a large NYC hospital.
Developments

A Must-Read Warning from an NYC Doctor: “The Sky is Falling”

“I say this not to panic anyone but to mobilize you.”

By Jon Christian

NY Governor Invokes “Nuclear War” to Describe Coronavirus Lockdown
Viruses

NY Governor Invokes “Nuclear War” to Describe Coronavirus Lockdown

"I'm as afraid of the fear and the panic as I am of the virus."

By Jon Christian

The Coronavirus Pandemic Drastically Reduced Carbon Emissions
Viruses

The Coronavirus Pandemic Drastically Reduced Carbon Emissions

That doesn't mean the climate crisis has been averted, though.

By Dan Robitzski