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Readers, we implore you: Make your own hand sanitizer as a last alternative, after you've run out of all the soap and water
Developments

The Best Homemade Hand Sanitizer Recipe: Don’t.

People are getting (literally) burned by this terrible idea.

By Foster Kamer

Depending how they measure it, scientists get vastly different answers for the mass of the North Star. A rare cosmic fusion could be the problem.
Science & Energy

Scientists Still Can’t Tell How Big the North Star Is

Depending on how they measure, scientists keep getting different answers.

By Dan Robitzski

A new report by researchers at Imperial College London in the UK suggest that about two thirds of new COVID-19 coronavirus infections have gone undetected.
Viruses

The White House Classified Top-Level Coronavirus Pandemic Meetings, Which, Um

This may have something to do with why the government's response has felt a little, let's say, slow.

By Foster Kamer

The World Health Organization formally declared that the coronavirus outbreak is a pandemic, citing a concerningly weak response from some countries.
Viruses

WHO: Coronavirus Outbreak Now Officially a Pandemic

"We have rung the alarm bell loud and clear."

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers discovered an exoplanet called WASP-76b with an extreme atmosphere: iron is vaporized in the day and rains back down at night.
Environment

Astronomers Found a Brutal Hell Planet Where It Rains Liquid Iron

"One could say that this planet gets rainy in the evening, except it rains iron."

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese company Bauhutte has come up with the perfect solution to surviving a 14-day quarantine: a $1,200 gaming bed concept.
Future Society

You Literally Never Have to Get Out of This $1,200 Gaming Bed

Perfect for a 14-day self-quarantine.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers from the University of New Mexico believe they have found the remains of Theia buried deep beneath the lunar surface in a new paper.
Science & Energy

Fragment of Planet That Hit Earth May Be Buried Inside Moon

Did a Mars-sized object smash into the Earth billions of years ago?

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell says SpaceX plans to launch a crewed mission in its Crew Dragon spacecraft sometime in May — just two months away.
Science & Energy

SpaceX President: We Plan to Launch a Crewed Mission in May

SpaceX could launch humans into space in as little as two months.

By Jon Christian

A secret report by the Director of National Intelligence says that the United States is starkly unprepared for a global pandemic, officials say.
Developments

Secret U.S. Intel Report: America Unprepared for Global Pandemic

"The United States will remain vulnerable to the next flu pandemic or large-scale outbreak of a contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability."

By Jon Christian

Scientists: This Is How Long It Takes to Show Coronavirus Symptoms
Viruses

Scientists: This Is How Long It Takes to Show Coronavirus Symptoms

The virus seems perfectly optimized to spread as widely as possible.

By Jon Christian

"Unless we improve our rate of innovation dramatically, then there is no chance of a base on the moon or a city on Mars."
Mars

Elon Musk: My Main Goal Is to Get Humanity to Mars Before I Die

"If we don’t improve our pace of progress, I’m definitely going to be dead before we go to Mars."

By Victor Tangermann

A number of airlines are being forced to operate near empty "ghost flights" after the coronavirus outbreak caused demand for airfare to plummet globally.
Advanced Transport

As the Coronavirus Rages, Airlines Fly Near-Empty “Ghost Flights”

"This is a crisis."

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers have discovered a strange star that oscillates only on one side, causing it to be distorted into a teardrop shape.
Space

Scientists Discover “Peculiar” Teardrop-Shaped Star

“I’ve been looking for a star like this for nearly 40 years and now we have finally found one."

By Victor Tangermann

There are a number of disturbing parallels between the coronavirus COVID-19 and the Spanish flu — and leaders seem to have ignored lessons from the past.
Viruses

In the Coronavirus, Historians See Echoes of Past Pandemics

Science has progressed, sure, but leaders have ignored other lessons.

By Dan Robitzski

New York governor Andrew Cuomo has a wild idea to tackle a hand sanitizer shortage: use prison labor to make more of the stuff.
Future Society

New York Is Using Prison Labor to Make Emergency Hand Sanitizer

"This is nothing less than slave labor and it must end."

By Victor Tangermann

cybersecurity digital geneva convention microsoft
Future Society

Microsoft President Calls for A “Digital Geneva Convention”

"Let’s face it, cyberspace is the new battlefield."

By June Javelosa

A fascinating story in The New York Times profiles Adam Castillejo, the second-ever person to be cured of HIV -- known, until now, only by a pseudonym.
Health & Medicine

Meet the Second Person — Ever — to Be Cured of HIV

"I want to be an ambassador of hope."

By Jon Christian

the Chinese government is using a professional Mr. Bean impersonator to spread propaganda about its response to the deadly, COVID-19-causing coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Developments

China Is Using a Mr. Bean Impersonator to Spread Virus Propaganda

"The government have done an amazing job," the Mr. Bean impersonator gushed on state-run Chinese media.

By Jon Christian

Driverless delivery vehicle startup Neolix is raking in new customers as cities in China are under full lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Adorable Self-Driving Vans Are Disinfecting Roads in China

They'll also deliver your lunch — even when your city is under quarantine.

By Victor Tangermann

Italy Imposes Nationwide Travel Restrictions as Death Toll Soars
Developments

Italy Imposes Nationwide Travel Restrictions as Death Toll Soars

The whole country is practically in lockdown.

By Victor Tangermann