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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

Anti-Coke Lawsuit: “Plastic Is Set to Outweigh Fish in the Ocean”

"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

This Material Makes You Invisible to Night-Vision Goggles

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

New Theory Could Explain Exoplanets With “Density of Cotton Candy”

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

Astronomers: Something Is Warping Our Entire Galaxy

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

Scientists Say Ancient Earth Was Completely Covered in Water

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

Honeywell: We Are Beating Everyone’s Ass at Quantum Supremacy

"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

NASA Probe Exploring Asteroid Accidentally Snaps Black Hole Image

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

NASA Hires SpaceX to Launch Mission to Giant Metal Asteroid

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

Will AI Save Us from Coronavirus?

It's certainly trying!

By Foster Kamer

Many health practitioners have argued the government's efforts to test patients for COVID-19 in the US have fallen far short of expectations.
Viruses

It’s Incredibly Hard to Get Tested for Coronavirus in US

American hospitals are shockingly unprepared.

By Victor Tangermann

A new Bloomberg feature looks at how the ultra-wealthy are preparing for the growing COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak and trying to get early-access vaccines.
Viruses

The Ultra-Wealthy Are Trying to Get a Coronavirus Vaccine Early

"The answer is no."

By Jon Christian

According to a genetic analysis, the coronavirus might have been circulating in Washington state over the past six weeks spreading person-to-person.
Viruses

Scientists: Coronavirus Has Been Spreading In U.S. For Weeks

We're just learning of it now in part because of "narrow case definition."

By Victor Tangermann

Physicists think they've figured out how to build quantum circuits that behave like entangled black holes, which would be able to teleport information.
Physics

Scientists Are Building a Quantum Teleporter Based on Black Holes

Theoretically, it would turn them into a functional wormhole.

By Dan Robitzski

Back in 2014, Trump Obama should "visit & embrace" every person in the US with Ebola. Will he follow his own advice with the coronavirus?
Developments

In 2014, Trump Said the President Should Visit and Embrace Ebola Patients

Is he going to take his own advice with the coronavirus, which does not "disintegrate" you?

By Jon Christian

Uber sent out a memo to drivers urging them, among other things, to stay home if they feel sick. But because drivers aren't employees, it's not realistic.
Viruses

Uber Tells Drivers to Stay Home If They Have the Coronavirus

The company doesn't provide sick days or even consider drivers employees.

By Dan Robitzski

More reports are emerging of people who already recovered from the coronavirus catching it twice, but it's possible that there were errors in their tests.
Viruses

More People Seem to Have Caught the Coronavirus Twice

A Japanese woman was reportedly sick again weeks after she recovered.

By Dan Robitzski

"Don't be a [explicative] idiot" was the big takeaway John Oliver tried to stress about coronavirus on Sunday's episode Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
Viruses

John Oliver on Coronavirus: Sobering, Hilarious, TikTok Stardom-Ready

A must-watch for everyone.

By Foster Kamer

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told a room full of U.S. Air Force generals last week that "the fighter jet era has passed." Remotely-controlled drones are the future.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Tells Air Force General That Fighter Jets Are Over

"The fighter jet era has passed."

By Victor Tangermann

Officials at the World Health Organization confirmed that mouth and nose swabs from a dog in Hong Kong have tested "weakly positive" for the coronavirus.
Viruses

Officials Confirm That a Dog Tested Positive For Coronavirus

The CDC says COVID-19 patients should "avoid contact with your pet, including petting, snuggling, being kissed or licked, and sharing food."

By Jon Christian

A whistleblower has come forward, claiming that the Trump administration helped spread the deadly COVID-19 outbreak inside US borders.
Viruses

Whistleblower: US Gov May Have Helped Spread Coronavirus

These are some serious allegations.

By Victor Tangermann