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Multiple units within a Hong Kong apartment building have confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV, and officials think that the coronavirus is spreading through pipes.
Developments

Hong Kong Officials Fear Deadly Virus Is Spreading Through Pipes

It would be a troubling development, but for now it's entirely speculative.

By Dan Robitzski

A San Diego hospital accidentally released a patient carrying the deadly coronavirus that's caused a global outbreak this month.
Developments

CA Hospital Accidentally Releases Patient With Deadly Virus

The hospital accidentally released an infected patient from isolation — out into the city streets.

By Victor Tangermann

Rather than euthanize lab animals after testing, the Food and Drug Administration is now allowing sanctuaries and shelters to adopt the critters.
Science & Energy

You Can Now Adopt Lab Animals That the FDA Experimented On

The FDA's dogs, cats, rabbits, and more are looking for their forever homes.

By Kristin Houser

Journals have retracted seven papers co-authored by spider researcher Jonathan Pruitt after his co-authors find evidence he falsified data.
Science & Energy

Scientist Who Said Spiders Have Personalities May Have Faked Data

Seven of his papers have already been retracted.

By Kristin Houser

NASA equipped the 2020 Mars rover with a powerful laser, capable of vaporizing rocks. It's an extreme way of learning what they're made of.
Science & Energy

Next NASA Mars Rover Will Sport a Rock-Vaporizing Laser

NASA wants to find evidence of fossils by blasting them to smithereens.

By Dan Robitzski

Two mysterious Russian satellites are coming eerily close to a US spy satellite in Earth's orbit, something that has US generals on edge.
Future Society

Space Force General: Russian Satellite Is “Unusual and Disturbing”

The general running the US Space Force says this is cause for alarm.

By Victor Tangermann

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the coronavirus outbreak could get worse if countries don't nip it in the bud.
Viruses

WHO Leader Warns of Worldwide Coronavirus Outbreaks

The leader of the WHO issued a stark warning of a "spark that becomes a bigger fire."

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese state-owned newspaper the People's Daily uploaded a video of disinfection work in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.
Developments

China Is Spraying Entire City Blocks to Contain Outbreak

The footage is apocalyptic: Workers roll giant machines down empty streets, blasting huge plumes of disinfecting spray.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of engineers built a kind of generator that gives off a powerful burst of energy whenever it's hit by falling rain.
Energy

Scientists Invent Device to Generate Electricity From Rain

This bizarre generator can capture a flash of energy from each raindrop.

By Dan Robitzski

In an image uploaded to Twitter on Sunday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave us a rare glimpse at the inside of his space company's Starship factory in Texas.
Starship

Elon Musk Provides Peek Inside Starship Factory

It's really coming together.

By Victor Tangermann

On Friday, OurMine's hackers took over the Instagram and Twitter accounts of social media giant Facebook in an apparent effort to drum up business.
Hacking

Hackers Hijack Facebook’s Twitter, Instagram Accounts

It's the same crew that hacked the NFL last week.

By Kristin Houser

Dutch company Sinot denies reports that Bill Gates is buying Aqua, a $644 million hydrogen-powered yacht concept it designed.
Advanced Transport

That Story About Bill Gates Buying a $644 Million Yacht Is Fake

"Unfortunately, all 'information' in these recent articles is incorrect."

By Kristin Houser

23andme genomic sequencing genetic information
DNA

23andMe Can Now Tell You If Your DNA Puts You at a Higher Risk for Diseases

The FDA changes course on direct-to-consumer genetic testing.

By Karla Lant

Artificial intelligence researchers are studying the brain waves and eye movements of gamers to train an AI that can control fleets of military robots.
Robotics

DARPA Is Using Gamers’ Brain Waves to Train Robot Swarms

If you're a gamer, the military wants to pick your brain.

By Kristin Houser

US business man and certified genius Rick Pescovitz was seen wearing a personal, transparent tent in a window seat on a flight to avoid the coronavirus.
Future Society

Man Wears Personal Plastic Tent on Flight to Avoid Deadly Virus

It's like a face mask for your entire torso.

By Victor Tangermann

Using a bionic eye developed by Spanish neuroengineer Eduardo Fernandez, a blind woman was able to see for the first time in 16 years.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Plugged a Bionic Eye Directly Into This Woman’s Brain

She had a computer port surgically embedded in her skull.

By Kristin Houser

A team of Cornell University researchers have spotted a fast radio signal source that pulses on an astonishingly regular 16-day cycle.
Science & Energy

Powerful Radio Signal From Distant Galaxy Seems to Have a Pattern

A mysterious signal, from deep space, is repeating every 16 days.

By Victor Tangermann

A new bill in the House of Representatives would lay the groundwork for a national grid of electric vehicle charging stations.
Advanced Transport

Congress Proposes Nationwide Network of Electric Car Chargers

"We have to go electric."

By Dan Robitzski

A video of a mother having a reunion with her deceased daughter in VR raises all sorts of questions about the future of grieving and mortality.
Future Society

Watch a Mother Reunite With Her Deceased Child in VR

Would you want to see a deceased loved one again — in a virtual world?

By Kristin Houser

According to a NASA safety review panel, Boeing's first uncrewed flight test of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft almost ended in a "catastrophic failure."
Boeing

NASA: Boeing Starliner Test Nearly Ended in “Catastrophic Failure”

"The panel has a larger concern with the rigor of Boeing’s verification processes."

By Victor Tangermann