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After spending about a week in Earth's orbit, the core stage of China's Long March 5 rocket is now plummeting towards our planet's surface.
Off-World

A Massive Chinese Rocket Is Plummeting Out of the Sky Right Now

If you look up, you may see a Chinese spacecraft burning up in the atmosphere.

By Victor Tangermann

Debris from China's Long March-5 rocket may have touched ground on the Ivory Coast after uncontrollably hurtling through the Earth's atmosphere.
Off-World

Out-of-Control Chinese Rocket Reportedly Dropped Debris on Africa

"Did they perhaps have a plan to de-orbit it that went wrong?"

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new report by The Wall Street Journal, Chinese and Iranian hackers are targeting US efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine.
Viruses

US Officials: Chinese Hackers Are Targeting Vaccine Research

"China has long engaged in the theft of biomedical research, and COVID-19 research is the field’s Holy Grail right now."

By Victor Tangermann

The machine learning algorithms that recommend products online can't keep up with how rapidly the pandemic has changed our lives.
Machine Learning

The Pandemic Has Seriously Confused Machine Learning Systems

"You're trying to optimize for toilet paper, … this week everyone wants to buy puzzles or gym equipment."

By Dan Robitzski

A new study led by the ESA found new evidence that Jupiter's moon Europa was indeed spouting plumes of water into space during a Galileo flyby.
Space

Scientists Find New Evidence Europa Is Shooting Water Into Space

What is Jupiter's smallest moon hiding below its thick icy shell?

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have come up with an idea to help contain the number of new coronavirus infections: working 4 days, and then staying at home for 10.
Developments

Researchers: Working Just 8 Days Per Month Could Help Fight COVID

Working for four days — and then staying at home for ten — could bring down infections.

By Victor Tangermann

GOP Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced two provisions to the Patriot Act that would give the government broad new powers to spy on every American.
Future Society

The US Government Is Seizing Huge New Surveillance Powers

"These are two of the most cynical attempts to undermine surveillance reform I've ever seen."

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX has launched a browser-based simulator that allows you to take over the controls of a Crew Dragon spacecraft and dock it to the Space Station.
International Space Station

Dock a SpaceX Spacecraft to the ISS in This Amazing Simulator

SpaceX just released a videogame. Can you beat it?

By Victor Tangermann

In order to protect future Mars settlers from deadly cosmic radiation, researchers suggest building homes in underground tunnels called lava tubes.
Mars

Scientists Say They’ve Found the Perfect Spot for a Mars Colony

There's just one catch.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is about to set off an intentional and controlled fire inside a spacecraft — and it just left the International Space Station.
Science & Energy

NASA Is Setting a Fire Inside a Spaceship

It's for science, okay?

By Victor Tangermann

DARPA is preparing to launch the first experimental satellite of its Blackjack network, which would function like a military version of SpaceX's Starlink.
DARPA

DARPA Is About to Launch a Military Version of SpaceX’s Starlink

The first satellite of the Blackjack network is launching later this year.

By Dan Robitzski

The clinic CityMD told 15,000 patients who took a COVID-19 test that they had built up an immunity against the disease, which is more than the test reveals.
Developments

CityMD Wrongly Told 15,000 Patients They Were Immune to COVID-19

It apologized and is now letting all patients know about the mistake.

By Dan Robitzski

Dr. Fauci argues that the country isn't ready to reopen, and that doing so will lead to a spike in new coronavirus cases and deaths.
Developments

Fauci: Reopening Too Soon Could Lead to “Suffering and Death”

"We're reopening based on politics, ideology and public pressure. And I think it’s going to end badly."

By Dan Robitzski

Wuhan, the Chinese city that was at the epicenter of the coronavirus, is planning to test all 11 million inhabitants, according to a state media report.
Developments

After Six New Cases, Wuhan Plans to Test All 11 Million Residents

The scale of the operation is staggering.

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla has started making cars again at its Fremont, California plant despite shelter-in-place orders in Alameda County. Musk couldn't wait.
Tesla

Defying Shelter-in-Place, Tesla Is Building New Cars Today

"Tesla is filing a lawsuit against Alameda County immediately."

By Victor Tangermann

A resurgence of coronavirus cases is starting to hit China, South Korea and Germany — just as governments are starting to loosen restrictions.
Viruses

There’s a Resurgence of Coronavirus Cases in China

"It's not over until it's over."

By Victor Tangermann

A team of MIT researchers are suggesting that we could use a "dynamic orbital slingshot" to get an unprecedented up-and-close look at interstellar objects.
Science & Energy

NASA Wants to Chase Interstellar Objects With “Orbital Slingshot”

An MIT plan would fling spacecraft toward interstellar visitors — before they careen out of our star system forever.

By Victor Tangermann

The thermal, fever-detecting cameras being installed in workplaces and hospitals are unlikely to actually stop future coronavirus outbreaks.
Science & Energy

Experts: Fever-Detecting Cameras Won’t Really Stop Outbreaks

Fever checkpoints didn't stop SARS, Ebola, or swine flu. It's unlikely they'll work for COVID, experts say.

By Dan Robitzski

To better understand how black holes form and what gravitational waves they give off, physicists are repeatedly simulating extremely violent supernovae.
Physics

Scientists Are Killing Off Virtual Stars to Study Black Holes

They're simulating the most violent star deaths imaginable, for science.

By Dan Robitzski

Russia's space agency Roscosmos announced on Sunday that the tanks of the Russian Fregat-SB upper stage have disintegrated in Earth's orbit.
Off-World

Russian Rocket Disintegrates in Space, Leaving Orbital Debris

The US Air Force is now tracking 65 associated pieces in orbit.

By Victor Tangermann