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On Sunday, a SpaceX Starship prototype finally stayed intact after having its fuel tanks pressurized, paving the road to more ambitious tests.
Starship

SpaceX Manages to Test Starship Without Failing Catastrophically

Finally! Good job, Elon.

By Dan Robitzski

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just added six new symptoms to its existing list of COVID-19 symptoms, which include things like fever, cough, and shortness of breath.
Developments

CDC Warns About Six New COVID Symptoms to Look Out For

Every week brings new revelations about the coronavirus.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of experts called current social distancing measures the "biggest challenge" humanity faces because of the natural instinct to come together.
Health & Medicine

Experts: Social Distancing Is “Biggest Challenge” Humanity Faces

"Hazardous conditions make us more — not less — social."

By Dan Robitzski

China's space agency says that its mission to Mars is still happening "in coming months," and that the mission finally has an official name.
Mars

China Will Launch Mars Mission “In Coming Months”

If the mission succeeds, China will become the third country to successfully land a rover on Mars.

By Dan Robitzski

The United States has ditched a global initiative led by the World Health Organization to accelerate cooperation on a coronavirus vaccine.
Viruses

US Ditches Global Team Helping Develop COVID Vaccine

"The fight against Covid-19 is a common human good and there should be no division in order to win this battle."

By Victor Tangermann

Next month, NASA and SpaceX will launch astronauts from U.S. soil to the ISS for the first time in years. Don't break quarantine to watch it happen.
NASA

NASA: Don’t Break Quarantine to Watch SpaceX Launch Astronauts

"We are asking people to join us in this launch, but to do so from home."

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers found a rare, near-death experience play out in space where a black hole devoured the outer layers of a star but left the core intact.
Science & Energy

Black Hole Devours Outside of Star, Leaves Core Behind

"It will try hard to get away, but there is no escape."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of NASA researchers have developed a ventilator for treating COVID-19 patients in just 37 days and is requesting the FDA for fast-tracked approval.
NASA

NASA Develops Ventilator to Treat Coronavirus Patients

"The team feels confident that the [NASA] ventilator will be able to safely ventilate patients suffering from COVID-19."

By Victor Tangermann

The company behind brands Lysol and Dettol is urging customers not to ingest its cleaning supplies after Donald Trump's comments on Thursday.
Developments

Lysol Begs Customers Not to Drink Its Cleaning Products

After a Trump rant, Lysol is desperately trying to set the record straight.

By Victor Tangermann

Trump is suggesting more unproven and likely deadly ways to fight the coronavirus. This time, it's injecting patients with disinfectant.
Viruses

Trump Suggests Injecting COVID Patients With Disinfectant, UV Light

The President seems confused — and experts have no idea what he's talking about.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at private Beijing-based company Sinovac Biotech have developed an experimental COVID-19 vaccine that protected macaques from infection.
Developments

Chinese COVID-19 Vaccine Effective in Monkeys

"This is old school but it might work."

By Victor Tangermann

Ever since the coronavirus pandemic began, American billionaires have collectively made an extra $282 billion.
Future Society

These Billionaires Are Making a Killing Off the Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has made people like Bezos and Musk even richer.

By Dan Robitzski

After studying a population of asteroids called the Centaurs for years, a team of scientists believes they originated outside the solar system.
Solar Power

19 Objects Near Jupiter May Be From Outside the Solar System

Researchers are calling them the "Centaurs."

By Dan Robitzski

Doctors are noticing mysterious blood clots in COVID-19 patients that are causing extremely low oxygen levels. But there are still countless unknowns.
Developments

COVID Patients Are Getting Mysterious and Deadly Blood Clots

"We don’t know. And therefore, we are scared."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are suggesting we could explore the surface of Mars using a fleet of "nanocardboard" aircraft.
Nanotech

Researchers Want to Explore Mars Using “Nanocardboard” Aircraft

Each one would weigh as little as a fruit fly.

By Victor Tangermann

Their research falls short of a definite discovery, but researchers think they've found evidence of one of the main theories on why the universe exists.
Physics

Scientists May Be Close to Understanding Why the Universe Exists

It falls short of a full discovery, but there's progress toward learning why the universe has more matter than antimatter.

By Dan Robitzski

In a memo, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates wrote that the coronavirus pandemic "is like a world war, except in this case, we’re all on the same side."
Developments

Bill Gates: COVID Is Like a World War, Except for One Thing

"No one who lives through Pandemic I will ever forget it."

By Victor Tangermann

Robot manufacturer Boston Dynamics has found a job for its robot Spot mini amidst the coronavirus outbreak: a teleconferencing platform for medical staff.
Robot Dogs

Hospitals Are Using iPads to Turn Robot Dogs Into Doctors

The doctor will see you now. Sort of.

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the Starlink network is almost ready for its first beta test, and he expects to run a public beta within six months.
Science & Energy

Elon Musk Says the Starlink Network Will Go Live in Six Months

The upcoming beta will be the first test of SpaceX's plan to improve broadband access.

By Dan Robitzski

As a new video demonstrates, SpaceX's Starlink satellites have been wreaking havoc with astronomical surveys as they become visible to the naked eye.
SpaceX

Ominous Video Shows SpaceX Satellites Cutting Across Sky

Elon Musk promises more fixes for bright Starlink satellites

By Victor Tangermann