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Experts believe that World War II veteran Bill Lapschies maynow be the world's oldest survivor of the coronavirus currently causing a global pandeic.
Viruses

104-Year-Old World War II Veteran Survives Coronavirus

Finally, some good news.

By Jon Christian

A team at Carnegie Mellon University has released an app that they say can determine whether you likely have COVID-19 — just by listening to your voice.
Developments

New App Attempts to Detect Signs of COVID-19 Using Voice Analysis

You can try it out right here.

By Jon Christian

Anonymous intelligence officials say that there's evidence China systematically downplayed the size and severity of its coronavirus outbreak.
Developments

Secret U.S. Intelligence Report: China Hid The Size of the Pandemic

Intelligence officials say China is still underreporting the severity of the coronavirus outbreak.

By Dan Robitzski

Bill Gates: US “Missed the Opportunity” to Prevent Catastrophe
Developments

Bill Gates: US “Missed the Opportunity” to Prevent Catastrophe

Here's how Gates wants to stop the coronavirus before it kills hundreds of thousands.

By Victor Tangermann

That public health guideline to stay six feet apart from others is based on 90-year-old-reseach. We now know viruses can spread much farther.
Developments

MIT Professor: Guidelines to Stay Six Feet Apart Aren’t Enough

The "six-foot rule" for the coronavirus is based on science from the 1930s.

By Dan Robitzski

Australian startup Cortical Labs is building tiny artificial intelligence-powered computer chips that use biological neurons extracted from mice.
Computers

This Startup’s Computer Chips Are Powered by Human Neurons

Biological "hybrid computer chips" could drastically lower the amount of power required to run AI systems.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk announced his renewed efforts to supply hospitals around the country — and internationally — with ventilators amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk is Shipping Free Ventilators to Hospitals Worldwide

"Only requirement is that the vents are needed immediately for patients, not stored in a warehouse."

By Victor Tangermann

New research on a bizarre nuclear reaction could explain why some stars explode like gigantic stellar thermonuclear bombs.
Science & Energy

Poison in the Hearts of Stars Can Make Them Explode

Neon in a star's core can act like a ticking time bomb.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX has released an early version of a user manual for its Starship, a rocket that's meant to one day ferry up to 100 passengers to the Moon and beyond.
Starship

SpaceX Starship “User Guide” Details Private Cabins, Common Areas

The trip to Mars will also feature "solar storm shelters" and a "viewing gallery."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers say they've built a system that can translate brain signals directly into text — allow users to think text directly into a computer.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Debut System to Translate Thoughts Directly Into Text

It could effectively allow you to think text directly into a computer.

By Jon Christian

On Monday, General Electric factory workers staged a mass walk-off to compel the company to start mass-producing medical ventilators.
Robots and Machines

GE Workers Protest: We Want To Build Ventilators, Let Us Build Ventilators

Factory workers walked out on Monday.

By Dan Robitzski

In an experiment, a team of European researchers attempted to use the main compound in human urine and lunar regolith to create a resilient concrete.
Moon

Scientists: Astronauts Could Build Moon Base Using Human Urine

Need a resilient lunar building material? Urine luck.

By Victor Tangermann

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Advanced Transport

5 Ways an Electric Bike Will Change Your Life

The time of the electric bike is here.

By Rachelle Dragani

In a grim milestone, the coronavirus has now taken more American lives than Al Qaeda did on the September 11 terror attack in 2001.
Viruses

The Coronavirus Has Now Killed More Americans Than September 11

What lessons will we take from this?

By Jon Christian

This guy took a relatively clear, awesome photograph of the ISS — the International Space Station — right from his backyard.
International Space Station

This Guy Took a Photo of the ISS from His Backyard

Yes: The ISS, just cheesin' it up for some guy in his backyard. What a world.

By Foster Kamer

"Immunity passports" given out to workers by government authorities could help speed up the return to normal society, allowing them to get back to work.
Viruses

“Immunity Passports” Could Help Society Get Back to Normal

Passport holders could be allowed to get back to work.

By Victor Tangermann

The crew of a nuclear missile-equipped submarine belonging to the Russian Navy is in quarantine over concerns they have been exposed to the coronavirus.
Future Society

Russia Quarantines Nuclear Sub Crew After Coronavirus Exposure

As if being quarantined on a luxury cruise liner wasn't enough.

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors considered treating more severe cases of COVID-19 by splitting one ventilator among four patients. But that would put all four in greater danger.
Viruses

Experts Say Putting Multiple Patients on One Ventilator Is Unsafe

For hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus patients, this is bad news.

By Dan Robitzski

New parents report a number of unexpected challenges, chaos, and confusion as a result of giving birth during the coronavirus pandemic.
Developments

Experts Say Childbirth During the Pandemic Can Be Traumatic

During the pandemic, grandparents aren't even supposed to hug newborns.

By Dan Robitzski

Nasty Images Show How Bacteria Colonize Your Tongue
Science & Energy

Nasty Images Show How Bacteria Colonize Your Tongue

There's an invisible party on your tongue.

By Victor Tangermann