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A Texas courtroom is experimenting with the videoconferencing software Zoom, which it's using to hold a jury trial this week.
Future Society

A Texas Court Is Holding The First-Ever Jury Trial Over Zoom

The future of law is unfolding on videochat.

By Dan Robitzski

New Zealand-based robotics company Rocos just shared a video of how Boston Dynamics' dog-like robot Spot could give agriculture workers a hand.
Robot Dogs

Watch a Robot Dog Herd Sheep on a New Zealand Farm

A robotics company wants farms to use robot dogs for work that's "often dull, dirty, or dangerous."

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule just arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of its first crewed test flight dubbed Demo-2 on May 27.
Crew Dragon

SpaceX Is Setting Up Crew Dragon For Its First Human Spaceflight

SpaceX is about to make history.

By Victor Tangermann

A growing number of biostatistical models predicting the future U.S. coronavirus death toll agree: there will likely be 110,000 fatalities by June 6.
Viruses

Multiple Models Predict 110,000 US Coronavirus Deaths by June

That's nearly 30,000 more fatalities in less than a month.

By Dan Robitzski

A new animation by JAXA planetary scientist James O'Donoghue shows just how slow the speed of light is on a cosmic scale.
Physics

Planetary Scientist’s Video Shows How Slow Light Speed Really Is

Even at the Universe's theoretical speed limit, a trip to Mars seems tedious.

By Dan Robitzski

A delightful new video shows Apollo astronauts falling over in their bulky spacesuits, unaccustomed to the Moon's weak gravity.
Moon

Rejoice In This Supercut of Moon Astronauts Falling Over

It's a goofier aspect of space travel.

By Jon Christian

There are a lot of caveats here, so don't get too excited, but new results for an experimental COVID vaccine look promising.
Developments

Don’t Get Too Excited, But This COVID Vaccine Looks Promising

If all goes well — a huge if — it could be widely available by the end of the year.

By Jon Christian

A new medical device that looks and spins like a fidget spinner can test for and diagnose a urinary tract infection in under an hour.
Medical

A Fidget Spinner-Inspired Test Can Diagnose UTIs in Under an Hour

It's almost exactly like a fidget spinner — except full of human urine.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's new Artemis Accords serve as a set of guidelines for both governments and private companies to peacefully operate in space.
NASA

NASA: Please Follow These Space Rules We Can’t Enforce

These rules for space exploration would be great — if there was any way to enforce them.

By Dan Robitzski

After the Senate voted to reauthorize the Patriot Act, House Democrats have one last shot to introduce an amendment that would preserve American's privacy.
Future Society

This Is the Last Chance to Keep Cops From Seeing Your Web History

Nancy Pelosi could re-introduce a privacy safeguard into the Patriot Act.

By Dan Robitzski

This startup is selling a gigantic air-filtration helmet that it says will filter out the COVID-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus. Does it work?
Viruses

Will This Gigantic Air-Filtration Helmet Protect Against COVID?

Would you wear this in public?

By Jon Christian

As schoolchildren stay home during formative periods of their childhood, scientists are predicting they'll face educational setbacks for years.
Future Society

Scientists Predict the Pandemic Will Set Students Back for Years

The damage will likely be defined by class differences.

By Dan Robitzski

The newly-minted US Space Force launched a secretive Boeing spacecraft this weekend, loaded with military and NASA equipment.
Space Force

US Space Force Launches Secretive Spacecraft

This slow-motion footage is pretty impressive.

By Jon Christian

Police in China, Italy, Dubai, and multiple other countries are now wearing thermal cameras embedded in their helmets to scan for fevers.
Viruses

Cops Around the World Are Scanning for Fevers With Helmet Cams

Greetings, citizen.

By Dan Robitzski

Therapeutics firm Sorrento claims to have found the first ingredient for its "cocktail" of antibodies that could protect against the coronavirus.
Developments

Pharma Company Claims to Find Part of COVID-Fighting Cocktail

Could this antibody cocktail act as a "protective shield" against infection?

By Victor Tangermann

Scientist Discovers Gross New Fungus on Twitter
Biology

Scientist Discovers Gross New Fungus on Twitter

"As far as we know, this is the first time that a new species has been discovered on Twitter."

By Victor Tangermann

A new study by researchers suggests that the body builds a robust antiviral immune response after fighting the coronavirus. Good news for a vaccine.
Developments

Good News: Human Body Builds “Robust” Immune Response to COVID

"These findings are really good news for vaccine development."

By Victor Tangermann

A team of engineers and physicists is 3D printing a nuclear reactor, which they say will help speed up the pace at which the slow-paced industry innovates.
3D Printing

Engineers Are 3D-Printing a Nuclear Reactor

"We know all these concepts work. The problem is we can't build them fast and cheap enough."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers managed to create the most thoroughly-intermixed human-mouse chimera hybrids to date, thanks to a weird stem cell-manipulating trick.
Biology

Scientists Are Creating Mouse-Human Hybrids

They want to use them to farm human organs.

By Dan Robitzski

Two Rohingya refugees in the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh have tested positive for the coronavirus, the BBC reports.
Developments

Report: COVID Has Spread to the World’s Largest Refugee Camp

Experts say a coronavirus outbreak in a refugee camp is a worst-case scenario.

By Victor Tangermann