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Planetary scientist James O'Donoghue announced a definitive ranking of all the "ringed planet" emojis out there, based on which looked most like Saturn.
NASA

Former NASA Scientist Absolutely Shreds Planet Emojis

He called Twitter's version "the most offensive of all."

By Dan Robitzski

No, alcohol does not kill coronavirus, at least, not like that. Both news and memes about the global COVID-19 outbreak are spreading rapidly online.
Viruses

People are Using Memes to Cope With Coronavirus Panic

The internet's existential dread, now in a new flavor.

By Jacob Banas

Goodyear debuted a futuristic tire concept on Tuesday called ReCharge that has the ability to regrow its tread using a special liquid compound capsule.
Advanced Transport

This Futuristic Tire Concept Regrows Its Tread by Popping a Pill

It's like Tide Pods for your car tires.

By Victor Tangermann

How can you say goodbye to a loved one who fell victim to a pandemic? The outbreak of COVID-19 is forcing officials to ponder some serious questions.
Future Society

Coronavirus Could Force Funerals to be Livestreamed

Funeral directors are preparing to meet the demands of potential pandemic.

By Jacob Banas

After a nation-wide stdudent contest, NASA has selected "Perseverance" as the name for its next Mars rover, set to launch later this year.
Mars

NASA’s New Mars Rover Officially Has a Name

"It's already surmounted many obstacles to get us to the point where we are today — processing for launch."

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is expecting his electric car company Tesla to release more full self driving features later this month.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk: New Self-Driving Features Will Come Out This Month

Is self-driving tech hitting city streets next?

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists managed to sequence the entire genome of the axolotl, a salamander capable of regenerating injured body parts, and hope to use it in people.
DNA

Scientists: Salamander DNA Could Regenerate Human Body Parts

"It's hard to find a body part they can't regenerate: the limbs, the tail, the spinal cord, the eye, and in some species, the lens, even half of their brain has been shown to regenerate."

By Dan Robitzski

With a speaker and four microphones, a drone was able to echolocate and map out its surroundings similarly to how bats do it.
Drones

Engineers Built a Drone That Echolocates Like a Bat

A single drone was able to map all the walls in a room.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers at Tsinghua University in China have created a liquid metal material to build robots that is so light, it can float on water.
Science & Energy

Scientists Want to Build Robots out of Floating Liquid Metal

This technology is straight out of "Terminator 2."

By Victor Tangermann

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

NASA Mars Rover Snaps Glorious 1.8 Billion Pixel Panorama

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

Here’s the Growing COVID-19 Death Toll in One Chilling Graph

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

Engineers Built an AI-Powered Robot to Take Your Blood

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

Bankers Are Installing Screens at Home to Keep Wall Street Running

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

This Is What China’s Coronavirus Lockdowns Look Like From Space

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

NASA Spacecraft Recovers from Glitch 11.5 Billion Miles From Earth

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

Scientists Are Storing Energy Using Uneaten Fruit

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

Bored Teens Are Posting on TikTok About Being Quarantined

#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

CRISPR Scientists Hack Patient’s Genes in Bid to Cure Blindness

"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

The Global Coronavirus Mortality Rate Is Climbing

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

CDC: Get Ready to Stay At Home For a While

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

By Victor Tangermann