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We've tracked the total death toll over time of 2019-nCoV, the coronavirus that originated in China last month. The graph will be updated as we learn more.
Developments

Here’s the Growing COVID-19 Death Toll in One Chilling Graph

The death toll is climbing faster and faster.

By Dan Robitzski

Would having a robot draw your blood make the process easier? Thanks to engineers at Rutgers University that may soon be an option.
Robotics

Engineers Built an AI-Powered Robot to Take Your Blood

This little bot wants your blood.

By Jacob Banas

Banks across the globe are sending thousands of their staff home to help keep their business going while the coronavirus outbreak is taking its toll.
Developments

Bankers Are Installing Screens at Home to Keep Wall Street Running

Is the financial system ready for a pandemic?

By Victor Tangermann

Amazingly, the coronavirus outbreak also appears to be having an observable effect on the Earth's environment — and you can see it from space.
Viruses

This Is What China’s Coronavirus Lockdowns Look Like From Space

NASA images show the incredible impact of the coronavirus — from space.

By Jon Christian

NASA's Voyager 2, currently in interstellar space billions of miles from Earth, has recovered from a serious glitch it experienced in late January.
Science & Energy

NASA Spacecraft Recovers from Glitch 11.5 Billion Miles From Earth

The second human-made object to have ever reached interstellar space is back online.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers found a way to turn biowaste, specifically the inedible cores of jackfruit and durian, into high-density ultracapacitors for storing energy.
Energy

Scientists Are Storing Energy Using Uneaten Fruit

They managed to turn durian and jackfruit biowaste into ultracapacitors.

By Dan Robitzski

Bored teens are posting memes, dances, and jokes on TikTok about their experiences of being quarantined during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
Developments

Bored Teens Are Posting on TikTok About Being Quarantined

#Quarantine.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists just took their first stab at curing a genetic condition that causes blindness early in life through CRISPR gene-hacking.
Gene Editing

CRISPR Scientists Hack Patient’s Genes in Bid to Cure Blindness

"We literally have the potential to take people who are essentially blind and make them see."

By Dan Robitzski

While the WHO's prediction for a two percent coronavirus mortality rate mostly held up, the numbers recently climbed to about 3.4 percent.
Viruses

The Global Coronavirus Mortality Rate Is Climbing

More people infected with the coronavirus are dying — but improved testing may drive the mortality rate down again.

By Dan Robitzski

The CDC is advising people to get ready to have a break from regular life in response to the coronavirus outbreak and to stay away if you're ill.
Developments

CDC: Get Ready to Stay At Home For a While

“You may need to take a break from your normal daily routine for two weeks.”

By Victor Tangermann

An environmental group filed a lawsuit last week against big plastic polluters for knowingly misleading the public about how much plastic is being recycled.
Pollution

Anti-Coke Lawsuit: “Plastic Is Set to Outweigh Fish in the Ocean”

"These companies should bear the responsibility for choking our ecosystem with plastic."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at the University of California San Diego say they've built a "thermal camouflage" material that can hide from tech like night vision goggles.
Future Materials

This Material Makes You Invisible to Night-Vision Goggles

Arnold could've used this stuff in "Predator."

By Jon Christian

Researchers have a new theory which may help explain the strange exoplanets whose shape suggests they must have the density of cotton candy.
Exoplanets

New Theory Could Explain Exoplanets With “Density of Cotton Candy”

Sadly, "cotton candy" exoplanets may be less likely than they seem.

By Jacob Banas

According to a new study using data collected by the ESA, the Milky Way is being warped as it's slowly colliding with a smaller neighboring galaxy.
Science & Energy

Astronomers: Something Is Warping Our Entire Galaxy

Let's just say it involves an imminent galactic collision.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists say they've found compelling new evidence that the ancient Earth was an unbroken expanse of water, without a single continent.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say Ancient Earth Was Completely Covered in Water

This finding could rewrite the history of life on Earth.

By Jon Christian

Tech conglomerate Honeywell just dropped the hammer: By the middle of 2020, they'll be releasing the most powerful quantum computing machine in the world.
Quantum Physics

Honeywell: We Are Beating Everyone’s Ass at Quantum Supremacy

"By the middle of 2020, we’re releasing the most powerful quantum computer yet."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft made an unexpected discovery, spotting a black hole emitting a massive cloud of X-rays some 30,000 light years away.
Science & Energy

NASA Probe Exploring Asteroid Accidentally Snaps Black Hole Image

It's the first time an outburst of X-rays of this kind was detected from interplanetary space.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has struck a deal with the Elon Musk-led SpaceX to launch its historic uncrewed mission to the metallic asteroid Psyche.
NASA

NASA Hires SpaceX to Launch Mission to Giant Metal Asteroid

Uh, also, this weird asteroid may be worth $10,000 quadrillion?

By Jon Christian

A New York City woman documented her experience trying to get tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus after showing all the symptoms. Here's what happened.
Viruses

Will AI Save Us from Coronavirus?

It's certainly trying!

By Foster Kamer

Many health practitioners have argued the government's efforts to test patients for COVID-19 in the US have fallen far short of expectations.
Viruses

It’s Incredibly Hard to Get Tested for Coronavirus in US

American hospitals are shockingly unprepared.

By Victor Tangermann