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An astrophysicist thinks that the mysterious Planet Nine may really be a six centimeter-wide black hole. And he has a plan to finally find it.
Science & Energy

A Black Hole May Be Orbiting Our Sun. This Guy Wants to Find It.

If the mysterious "Planet Nine" is actually a black hole, this physicist has a plan to find it.

By Dan Robitzski

Physicists Discover New Trick to Stabilize Fusion Reactors
Energy

Physicists Discover New Trick to Stabilize Fusion Reactors

Fusion reactors are extremely difficult to control. This could be the answer.

By Victor Tangermann

The experimental spacecraft China launched earlier this week successfully and safely landed Friday, paving the way for crewed space exploration.
Moon

China Lands Moon-Bound Spaceship After 3-Day Orbital Joyride

"We can say that China has now similar manned space capability of the US and Russia."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers claim they have solved the mystery behind why some highly active galaxies have four jets of radio waves, forming an X.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Solve “X-Galaxy” Mystery With Powerful New Telescope

These radio wave jets can extend millions of light-years into space.

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors have an unusual new plan to develop a treatment for COVID-19: take antibodies from the patients who already recovered and mass-produce them.
Treatments

Doctors Are Cloning COVID Patients’ Antibodies For New Treatment

Can a "pharmaceutical cocktail," made from the antibodies of a recovered patient, protect against the coronavirus?

By Dan Robitzski

Recent earning reports from companies like Lyft, Uber, and Airbnb show that the coronavirus pandemic is having a devastating effect on the sharing economy.
Advanced Transport

The Coronavirus Is Killing the Gig Economy

Will the ridesharing industry ever recover?

By Victor Tangermann

Democrat Party leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are working on a COVID-19 relief package that they're comparing to Roosevelt's New Deal.
Future Society

Congress Is Working on a Giant COVID-19 Aid Package

"We need Franklin Rooseveltian-type action."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of neuroscientists just created a complete, three-dimensional map of a mouse brain that they say could be a game changer for researchers.
Biology

Scientists Plot 100 Million Cells to Map Full 3D Mouse Brain

"Just as we have a reference genome sequence, you need a reference anatomy."

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new study, the first-ever government-backed universal basic income experiment in Finland led to recipients being "more satisfied."
Universal Basic Income

Study: Two-Year Basic Income Pilot Led to “More Satisfied” Lives

The topic of a universal basic income is now more relevant than ever.

By Victor Tangermann

Entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk sat down with podcaster Joe Rogan to chat about the future of AI and its role in the symbiosis of man and machine.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Neuralink Will Do Human Brain Implant in “Less Than a Year”

"We are already a cyborg to some degree."

By Victor Tangermann

While "immunity passports" have been thrown around as a possible way to gradually reopen society, a bioethics expert argues that it would be ill-advised.
Developments

Bioethicist: COVID-19 “Immunity Passports” Are a Bad Idea

"Sure, it's very attractive. But we don't know if there is immunity."

By Dan Robitzski

Trump has told his advisers that him wearing a mask would "send the wrong message," NBC News reports, arguing it'd be focusing on health not the reopening.
Developments

Trump: Wearing Mask Would “Send the Wrong Message”

“It’s a vanity thing, I guess, with him.”

By Victor Tangermann

After CDC scientists developed a comprehensive guide for how to safely re-open restaurants and public spaces, the White House buried it.
Developments

White House Secretly Buried CDC Guidelines on Reopening Country

The Trump administration told scientists their recommendations "would never see the light of day."

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new report, Tesla is planning to potentially violate shelter-in-place orders by restarting "some car production" at its California factory.
Tesla

Shrugging Off Pandemic, Tesla Prepares to Restart CA Factory

"We’re all sort of in a little bit of a gray area."

By Victor Tangermann

On May 16, the U.S. Space Force will launch a mysterious X-37B space plane on its second-ever mission, which officials say will help NASA conduct research.
Space Force

The Space Force Is About to Launch a Mysterious Spacecraft

The secretive X-37B space plane is being sent on a scientific mission.

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new study by an international team of researchers, antibodies found in the blood of llamas were able to stave off coronavirus infections.
Viruses

Scientists Say Llama Antibodies Could Be Key to Defeating COVID

"This is one of the first antibodies known to neutralize SARS-CoV-2."

By Victor Tangermann

Health Department official Rick Bright filed a whistleblower complaint about officials in the Trump administration ignoring warnings about the pandemic.
Future Society

Whistleblower: Trump Repeatedly Ignored Coronavirus Warnings

"I was pressured to let politics and cronyism drive decisions over the opinions of the best scientists we have in government."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA' Perseverance rover just found signs of ancient life in Australia, giving researchers hope that it's well-equipped to do the same on Mars.
Biology

NASA Mars Rover Detects Ancient Life… in Australia

A test run on Earth has scientists optimistic about the capabilities of NASA's next Mars rover.

By Dan Robitzski

New genetic analysis suggests that COVID-19 spread to the U.S. and Europe weeks or even months earlier than official reports say.
Viruses

Scientists: COVID-19 Spread Globally for Months Before We Noticed

It might have been spreading for much longer than we thought.

By Dan Robitzski

Charlie Brooker, creator "Black Mirror," revealed to the UK's Radio Times that he's not working on season 6, because the world is already bleak enough.
Future Society

“Black Mirror” Creator: World Too Stressed Out For New Episodes

"I don’t know what stomach there would be for stories about societies falling apart."

By Victor Tangermann