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The clinic CityMD told 15,000 patients who took a COVID-19 test that they had built up an immunity against the disease, which is more than the test reveals.
Developments

CityMD Wrongly Told 15,000 Patients They Were Immune to COVID-19

It apologized and is now letting all patients know about the mistake.

By Dan Robitzski

Dr. Fauci argues that the country isn't ready to reopen, and that doing so will lead to a spike in new coronavirus cases and deaths.
Developments

Fauci: Reopening Too Soon Could Lead to “Suffering and Death”

"We're reopening based on politics, ideology and public pressure. And I think it’s going to end badly."

By Dan Robitzski

Wuhan, the Chinese city that was at the epicenter of the coronavirus, is planning to test all 11 million inhabitants, according to a state media report.
Developments

After Six New Cases, Wuhan Plans to Test All 11 Million Residents

The scale of the operation is staggering.

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla has started making cars again at its Fremont, California plant despite shelter-in-place orders in Alameda County. Musk couldn't wait.
Tesla

Defying Shelter-in-Place, Tesla Is Building New Cars Today

"Tesla is filing a lawsuit against Alameda County immediately."

By Victor Tangermann

A resurgence of coronavirus cases is starting to hit China, South Korea and Germany — just as governments are starting to loosen restrictions.
Viruses

There’s a Resurgence of Coronavirus Cases in China

"It's not over until it's over."

By Victor Tangermann

A team of MIT researchers are suggesting that we could use a "dynamic orbital slingshot" to get an unprecedented up-and-close look at interstellar objects.
Science & Energy

NASA Wants to Chase Interstellar Objects With “Orbital Slingshot”

An MIT plan would fling spacecraft toward interstellar visitors — before they careen out of our star system forever.

By Victor Tangermann

The thermal, fever-detecting cameras being installed in workplaces and hospitals are unlikely to actually stop future coronavirus outbreaks.
Science & Energy

Experts: Fever-Detecting Cameras Won’t Really Stop Outbreaks

Fever checkpoints didn't stop SARS, Ebola, or swine flu. It's unlikely they'll work for COVID, experts say.

By Dan Robitzski

To better understand how black holes form and what gravitational waves they give off, physicists are repeatedly simulating extremely violent supernovae.
Physics

Scientists Are Killing Off Virtual Stars to Study Black Holes

They're simulating the most violent star deaths imaginable, for science.

By Dan Robitzski

Russia's space agency Roscosmos announced on Sunday that the tanks of the Russian Fregat-SB upper stage have disintegrated in Earth's orbit.
Off-World

Russian Rocket Disintegrates in Space, Leaving Orbital Debris

The US Air Force is now tracking 65 associated pieces in orbit.

By Victor Tangermann

Dark web marketplaces are full of listings for COVID-19 diagnostic tests and debunked or experimental treatments like hydroxychloroquine or remdesivir.
RX and Medicine

Darknet Marketplaces Are Full of COVID-19 Tests and Medicine

Online sellers are hoarding hydroxychloroquine, remdesivir, and coronavirus tests — and selling them alongside meth and heroin.

By Dan Robitzski

In a new report, scientists discussed how to ensure that space travelers don't contaminate distant planets — and that they won't bring back pollutants.
Off-World

Stanford Scientist Warns of Risk From Alien Pathogens

NASA's Mars samples will be "quarantined and treated as though they are the Ebola virus until proven safe."

By Victor Tangermann

In two emails sent to all US-based employees, Tesla outlined their plans to get production back on track. 30 percent of the regular workforce will return.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says He’ll Be Working on the Tesla Assembly Line Today

"I will be on the line personally helping wherever I can."

By Victor Tangermann

A beautiful new infrared image of Jupiter makes the entire gassy planet look like it's turned into a giant, swirling fireball.
Science & Energy

Amazing Image of Jupiter Looks Like It’s Burning

This is one of the sharpest images of Jupiter in history.

By Dan Robitzski

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