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Earlier this month, China announced a new five-year plan to eventually ban single-use plastic waste in the entire country.
Science & Energy

China is the largest plastic waste generator in the world.

By Victor Tangermann

Massive gravity theory modifies Einstein’s theory of general relativity to explain the universe's accelerating rate of expansion.
Science & Energy

It could modify Einstein's theory of general relativity — and kill the need for dark energy altogether.

By Kristin Houser

An October 2019 simulation exercise found that a coronavirus pandemic could cause 65 million deaths and trigger a global financial crisis.
Viruses

We are woefully unprepared for a pandemic.

By Kristin Houser

A firm managing content moderation for YouTube forced its employees to sign a document acknowledging that the job might give them PTSD.
Future Society

"I understand the content I will be reviewing may be disturbing..."

By Kristin Houser

Vermont state rep Rebecca White has introduced a bill that would allow Vermont car owners to use one of six emojis on their vanity license plates.
Advanced Transport

😭

By Victor Tangermann

In its efforts to open a massive Gigafactory near Berlin, Germany, Tesla has to clear a lot trees and use up a ton of water — and that has people worried.
Advanced Transport

"We are here, we are loud, because Tesla is stealing our water."

By Victor Tangermann

To cut down on risky human contact, doctors in Washington State are using robots and video conferences to monitor their coronavirus patient.
Viruses

One easy trick to avoid catching a deadly pathogen.

By Dan Robitzski

Australia now has five confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV, meaning the virus has officially spread from China to a fourth continent.
Viruses

It's gone global.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla CEO Elon Musk was spotted yet again, driving his Cybertruck around Hawthorne, California near the SpaceX and Tesla offices.
Elon Musk

Here's a video.

By Victor Tangermann

Declining sales are forcing DNA testing company 23andMe to lay off about 100 people, approximately 14 percent of its workforce.
DNA

"This has been slow and painful for us."

By Kristin Houser

As the Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread, a prominent virologist predicts that it will be at least ten times worse than the 2003 SARS outbreak.
Developments

"A bigger outbreak is certain."

By Dan Robitzski

2019-nCoV, the virus behind a looming pandemic, has officially reached Europe. French officials confirmed the country and continent's first two cases.
Developments

There's one case in Paris, one in Bordeaux

By Dan Robitzski

On Thursday, Tinder announced several new app features that could — thankfully — bring the reality of online dating more inline with the ideal.
Future Society

Online dating is getting a little less awful.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers 3D-printed a replica of the mummy Nesyamun's vocal tract — and then used it to hear what his voice would've sounded like when he was alive. 
Science & Energy

An Egyptian priest just spoke for the first time in 3,000 years.

By Kristin Houser

As China struggles to keep a lid on the 2019-nCoV pandemic, it has now quarantined 12 cities and cancelled their public transportation.
Developments

Now twelve cities are on lockdown, with no end in sight.

By Dan Robitzski

AT&T-owned satellite TV company DirecTV asked the FCC for permission to de-orbit one of its satellites that experienced a critical battery failure.
Boeing

If it blows up, it could send a devastating cascade of shrapnel into orbit.

By Victor Tangermann

The CDC announced Friday that a second case of 2019-nCoV, also known as coronavirus, currently wreaking havoc in China was discovered in the US.
Developments

And 63 more potential patients in the US are "under investigation," the CDC says.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of cybersecurity researchers discovered a data breach in a platform used by multiple U.S. marijuana dispensaries to manage sales.
Data Privacy

The unsecured database even contained scans of users' photo IDs.

By Kristin Houser

Former "MythBusters" co-host Adam Savage got his hands on Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot for his "Tested" YouTube series.
Boston Dynamics

Former "MythBusters" co-host Adam Savage puts Spot through its paces.

By Kristin Houser

The city of Wuhan, China, wants to build an entire 1,000 bed hospital on a 25,000 square meter plot in just six days to treat coronavirus epidemic patients.
Viruses

"We have no time. We need to deliver this for inspection in six days."

By Victor Tangermann