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The FDA just granted an emergency use authorization to a new test that scans saliva samples for the coronavirus, potentially making testing far safer.
Viruses

FDA Approves Test That Scans Your Spit for Coronavirus

No more sticking swabs all the way to the back of your nose.

By Dan Robitzski

Rats across the country are turning to cannibalism and eating their young as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
Future Society

Expert: Coronavirus Forcing Rats to Cannibalism, Infanticide

"A new 'army' of rats come in, and whichever army has the strongest rats is going to conquer that area."

By Victor Tangermann

A research team failed to find a widely-accepted dark matter particle candidate in the Milky Way galaxy, causing a stir among disagreeing astrophysicists.
Physics

Shocking Research Threatens Our Understanding of Dark Matter

Either scientists were wrong about dark matter, our galaxy doesn't have any, or the paper is wrong.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA spotted a "dragon" in a image taken by University of Arizona's HiRISE camera attached to NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Science & Energy

NASA Spots “Dragon” in Stunning Mars Orbiter Image

Here be dragons.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers at MIT's Dream Lab are working on a wearable device that can track and interact with dreams in a number of ways for our benefit.
Devices

MIT Scientists Are Building Devices to Hack Your Dreams

"You can try flying, singing, having sex — it’s better than VR."

By Victor Tangermann

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Investing

Thanks to This Innovative Fintech, Real Estate Investment Is Easier Than Ever

Let Fundrise help you diversify into private market real estate.

By Futurism Creative

In an entertaining video, a caffeine enthusiast picks up a Starbucks coffee with his drone — to the bemusement of a barista.
Drones

Watch This Madlad Pick Up a Starbucks Coffee Using a Drone

Points for creativity.

By Jon Christian

When he declared a national emergency on March 13, Trump made a lot of grand promises. One month later, most have been broken.
Viruses

A Brief List of Trump’s Broken Coronavirus Promises

Trump has accomplished very little in the month since his emergency declaration.

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk revealed why the Model 3 has a cabin-facing camera above the rearview mirror: to make sure that "robotaxi" passengers don't vandalize the car
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Reveals Reason for Mysterious Cameras Inside Teslas

All right, that's intriguing.

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers think that a bizarre exoplanet called TOI-849b is the stripped core of a gas giant that for some reason or another lost its atmosphere.
Science & Energy

Bizarre Exoplanet Might Be a Gas Giant That Lost its Gas

This could be what the center of Jupiter or Neptune looks like, under all the gas.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers have spotted the brightest supernova in a galaxy 3.6 billion light-years from Earth. About 500 times brighter than a normal supernova.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Spot Brightest Supernova Ever Observed

It was about 500 times as bright as a normal star explosion.

By Victor Tangermann

Dr. Fauci says it's "obvious" that the U.S. government could have saved a great many lives if it had acted sooner to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Developments

Fauci: Acting Sooner Would “Obviously” Have Meant Fewer Deaths

"Obviously, no one is going to deny that."

By Dan Robitzski

In an Easter letter, Pope Francis urged that "this may be the time to consider a universal basic wage" to support those hit hardest by the pandemic.
Universal Basic Income

The Pope Just Endorsed Universal Basic Income

Andrew Yang's response: "Wow."

By Victor Tangermann

South Korean officials reported today that more than 116 people had tested positive for COVID-19 after having been cleared of it previously.
Viruses

More Recovered Coronavirus Patients Are Testing Positive Again

This is bad news. Is it really time yet to start easing restrictions?

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors are using data from a wearable to train an AI algorithm that can tell when someone's sick with COVID-19 even before noticeable symptoms start.
Artificial Intelligence

This Smart Ring Uses AI to Spot COVID-19 — Before Symptoms Begin

Imagine if hospital workers could be relieved days before they became contagious.

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers at UC Berkeley just took the temperature of the mysterious rings surrounding Uranus for the first time. They're cold: 77 degrees Kelvin.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Use New Instruments to Probe Rings Around Uranus

"Something has been sweeping the smaller stuff out, or it’s all glomming together. We just don’t know."

By Victor Tangermann

Apple and Google are partnering on a coronavirus tracking app that can tell you if you've recently been exposed to somebody who has tested positive.
Viruses

Apple and Google to Launch App for Tracking the Coronavirus

The app will alert you if you've been around anyone who tested positive.

By Victor Tangermann

Anthony Fauci acknowledged today that the US government is considering issuing "immunity cards" to identify those who are immune to COVID-19.
Developments

US Government Considering COVID-19 “Immunity Cards”

Antibody tests are already on their way.

By Victor Tangermann

Whistleblower Edward Snowden has a grim prediction for the future: world leaders will exploit the pandemic to claim new power and not relinquish it later.
Future Society

Snowden: Governments Will Use the Coronavirus to Seize More Power

Will governments stop the new surveillance after the pandemic is over?

By Dan Robitzski

Dr. Anthony Fauci predicts that recovered COVID-19 patients will likely be immune to future infections because the coronavirus hasn't mutated much.
Developments

Top Doctor: Getting COVID-19 Once Probably Means You’re Immune

Fauci predicts people who recover will "have antibodies that are going to be protective."

By Dan Robitzski