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After nearly 30 years of research, astronomers found that a star orbiting a black hole does so in a rosette shape, supporting Einstein's general relativity.
Physics

A Star Is Circling a Black Hole and Its Orbit Is Absolutely Nuts

The rosette-shaped orbit perfectly matches Einstein's predictions.

By Dan Robitzski

Clare Sammells, a cultural anthoropologist at Bucknell University, argues that "zombies are far less likely to cause a global pandemic than COVID-19."
Viruses

Here’s What a Pandemic Would Look Like With Zombies

"Have a cup of tea and wait for things to blow over."

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of scientists have discovered an exciting Earth-sized exoplanet that's capable of supporting liquid water.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Discover “Intriguing,” Extremely Earth-Like Exoplanet

It's the most similar to Earth in size and estimated temperature out of the thousands of exoplanets discovered by Kepler.

By Victor Tangermann

NY governor Andrew Cuomo said that all New Yorkers will be required to wear a mouth and nose covering in public when social distancing can't be maintained.
Developments

All New Yorkers Will be Required to Wear Masks in Public

Time to cover up, New Yorkers.

By Victor Tangermann

The team behind NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has transitioned to controlling the rover from their home offices amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Mars

NASA Employees Are Running the Mars Curiosity Rover From Home

"It's classic, textbook NASA."

By Victor Tangermann

Epidemiologists say that the expected American death toll from the coronavirus would have been cut by 90 percent if the government acted two weeks sooner.
Viruses

Scientists: US Could’ve Prevented 90% of Deaths by Shutting Down Two Weeks Earlier

Epidemiologists argue that the delayed response drastically worsened the death toll.

By Dan Robitzski

A Silicon Valley-based animal sanctuary called Sweet Farm is renting out farm animals, including llamas and goats, to spice up boring Zoom meetings.
Future Society

Sanctuary Rents Out Goats, Llamas to Spice Up Zoom Meetings

It has a clever name: Goat 2 Meeting.

By Victor Tangermann

A top Pentagon general said during a Tuesday briefing that the "weight of evidence" points towards the coronavirus having "natural" origins.
Developments

US Military: Unlikely COVID-19 Was Created in Lab as Bioweapon

"But we don’t know for certain."

By Victor Tangermann

Trump just declared that he would withhold all U.S. funding for the World Health Organization in the middle of a global pandemic.
Developments

“Indefensible”: Trump Pulls World Health Organization Funding

Leaders around the world are condemning Trump's decision.

By Dan Robitzski

Zoos in Germany might have to resort to some grim measures to keep doors open during the pandemic — slaughtering and even feeding animals to each other.
Future Society

Zoo Says Coronavirus May Force It to Feed Animals to Each Other

"We've listed the animals we'll have to slaughter first."

By Victor Tangermann

In an essay for Vox, a COVID-19 patient describes his stay at the Javits Center in New York, a convention hall that was turned into a field hospital.
Future Society

NYC’s Emergency COVID Field Hospital Sounds Surprisingly Nice

"My improvised, tent-like cubicle was comfortable, and my doctors and nurses were caring and watchful."

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is reaching out to the landlords of its dealerships and service centers to try and negotiate down its rent payments.
Tesla

Tesla Is Having Trouble Paying Its Rent

In a leaked email, Elon Musk's carmaker is asking landlords to lower its rent.

By Dan Robitzski

In a new study, a group of Harvard researchers argue that "prolonged or intermittent social distancing may be necessary into 2022."
Viruses

Scientists: Some Social Distancing May Need to Last Until 2022

Bad news, people.

By Victor Tangermann

The Pentagon put out a call for vendors to develop a quantum system that could track spacecraft traveling too far away to use GPS.
Quantum Physics

The Pentagon Wants Quantum Sensors to Track Faraway Spacecraft

Travel far enough from Earth and GPS becomes useless.

By Dan Robitzski

Bishop Gerald Glenn, an evangelical pastor in a community near Richmond, Virginia has passed away on Saturday evening from illness related to COVID-19.
Future Society

A Pastor Refused to Close Church Due to COVID. Then It Killed Him

"I firmly believe that God is larger than this dreaded virus," he said before the virus killed him.

By Victor Tangermann

The Chinese government recently imposed new restrictions on coronavirua research, and now must approve all studies on the outbreak's origin.
Viruses

China Is Censoring Research Into the Origin of the Coronavirus

"The danger is that when scientific research is subject to the needs of those in power."

By Dan Robitzski

Ford filed an unusual patent last week that would actually keep rideshare passengers from getting paired with a smelly car.
Advanced Transport

Bizarre Ford Patent Lets You Filter Rideshare Cars by Smell

It sounds goofy but could be great for people with allergies.

By Dan Robitzski

Health practitioners are finding that flipping COVID-19 patients onto their stomachs, or "prone positioning," is an effective way to keep them alive.
Viruses

Why Rolling Coronavirus Patients Onto Their Stomachs Is Saving Lives

"We're saving lives with this, one hundred percent."

By Victor Tangermann

A group of COVID-19 truthers have taken to the streets of Vancouver calling the coronavirus outbreak "fake news" and ignoring social distancing rules.
Future Society

Protesters Break Quarantine, Calling COVID-19 “Fake News”

We saw similar conspiracy theories about HIV.

By Victor Tangermann

The FDA just granted an emergency use authorization to a new test that scans saliva samples for the coronavirus, potentially making testing far safer.
Viruses

FDA Approves Test That Scans Your Spit for Coronavirus

No more sticking swabs all the way to the back of your nose.

By Dan Robitzski