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

The Mysterious Chinese Outbreak Just Reached Europe

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

Tinder Announces “Panic Button,” Anti-Catfishing Features

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

Hear an Ancient Mummy “Talk” Using a 3D-Printed Vocal Tract

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

China Has Now Quarantined 35 Million People to Prevent Pandemic

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

This Boeing Satellite May Be About to Explode

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

CDC Confirms Second Chinese Virus Case in the US

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

30,000 Marijuana Buyers’ Personal Info Exposed in Data Breach

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

See Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Tackle an Outdoor Obstacle Course

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

China Is Building a 1,000-Bed Hospital Specifically to Treat Mystery Epidemic

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

By Victor Tangermann

Boeing has quit DARPA's Experimental Spaceplane (XSP) project, prompting the military agency to announce it was killing the project altogether.
Boeing

Boeing Quits — and Kills — DARPA Experimental Spaceplane Program

"This effectively ends the XSP program."

By Kristin Houser

A Swiss researcher has created a prototype robot hand that uses acoustic levitation to move objects without ever touching them.
Robotics

Ultrasonic Hands Could Give Robots a Lighter Touch

This robot can move objects without ever touching them.

By Kristin Houser

Keeping track of an immense and growing amount of objects in Earth's orbit is becoming increasingly difficult and could end in disaster, as NPR reports.
Space

Experts Call for System Preventing Satellite Collisions

Why is there still no air traffic control for space?

By Victor Tangermann

In the future, doctors could treat damaged nerves with a newly unveiled biodegradable "bridge" created by University of Pittsburgh researchers.
Prosthetics and Devices

Biodegradable “Bridge” Could Repair Damaged Nerves

It restored nearly 80 percent of nerve function in macaques.

By Kristin Houser

Last month in China, dozens of people in the city of Wuhan fell ill with a new disease, a strain of the pneumonia virus, and officials worry it may spread.
Developments

A Strange Disease Is Sweeping China

The unknown strain of pneumonia has infected nearly 60 people.

By Dan Robitzski

The mysterious pneumonia-like virus that hit China last month has now spread to Japan and Thailand. Experts still aren't sure how.
Developments

China’s Mysterious Virus Spreads to Japan and Thailand

But doctors don't think humans can transmit it.

By Dan Robitzski

In an attempt to limit the spread of the pneumonia-like virus 2019-nCoV, the government in China is screening passengers on departing flights.
Developments

In China, Hazmat Teams Are Searching Flights For Deadly Outbreak

It's a desperate attempt to prevent a global pandemic.

By Dan Robitzski

In the face of a worsening public health crisis, the Chinese government is censoring social media and articles about the Wuhan virus.
Developments

China Censored Info About Growing Pandemic on Social Media

"This is the sort of thing that could absolutely gnaw at the confidence and legitimacy of the whole regime."

By Dan Robitzski

Now four cities in China are in lockdown quarantines to try and nip the coronavirus pandemic in the bud, trapping a total 20 million residents.
Developments

China Quarantines Three More Entire Cities to Fight Pandemic

"To my knowledge, trying to contain a city of 11 million people is new to science."

By Dan Robitzski

According to a news bulletin, all travel out of Wuhan, China has been suspended in an attempt to contain the spreading 2019-nCoV virus.
Developments

China Quarantines Entire City Where Mystery Virus Outbreak Began

China is taking extreme measures to stop a pandemic.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists from Purdue University have built the world's fastest-spinning object, a nanoparticle capable of completing 300 billion revolutions per minute.
Quantum Physics

Scientists Break World Record for Fastest-Spinning Object

And it could help unlock the mysteries of "nothingness."

By Kristin Houser