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A student getting his master's degree in business decided that he didn't want to write some essays. So he had AI do his homework it instead.
Artificial Intelligence

This Grad Student Used a Neural Network to Write His Papers

"You just can't expect a good grade."

By Dan Robitzski

During briefing, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom said "that a relatively small percentage of the populations may have been infected" by the coronavirus.
Developments

WHO: Only a Tiny Fraction of the Population Has Had COVID

The global fight against COVID-19 may only be starting.

By Victor Tangermann

The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized the "first test for patient at-home sample collection" for COVID-19.
Prosthetics and Devices

First COVID-19 At-Home Test Kit Authorized by FDA

A cotton swab test kit you can take home could help accelerate testing in the US.

By Victor Tangermann

Carnival, the company that had coronavirus outbreaks on several of its cruise ships, seeminly did too little to late to protect passengers.
Developments

Report: Cruise Line Initially Hid COVID Outbreak From Passengers

"They were encouraging us to mingle."

By Dan Robitzski

Design company Avio Interiors has come up with two airplane seat design concepts that could keep travelers safe(r) during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Advanced Transport

This is What Air Travel Could Look Like After the Pandemic

Will sneeze guards on airplane seats allow us to travel again?

By Victor Tangermann

A new AI startup called Landing AI has developed a video tool that can tell if people in public are following social distancing rules.
Artificial Intelligence

Pandemic-Inspired AI Narcs You Out For Standing Too Close

The system could be used by managers to make sure workers are six feet apart.

By Victor Tangermann

New York will now let clerks perform weddings remotely and engaged couples get their marriage licenses online because of coronavirus lockdowns.
Future Society

New York State Is Letting You Get Married on Video Chat

"There is now no excuse when the question comes up for marriage."

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook has been getting takedown requests from several states, urging it to remove anti-quarantine protest pages in defiance of stay-at-home orders.
Future Society

Facebook Is Taking Down Pages Organizing Anti-Quarantine Protests

The longer people gather in crowds, the longer we have to self-quarantine.

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time in history, the price of crude oil has gone negative around 2:30pm EDT as a result of plummeting demand amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Viruses

For the First Time Ever, the Price of Oil is Now Negative

"There's no storage left for oil, so extra oil becomes worthless."

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new tweet by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the electric automaker's upcoming Cybertruck will be able to float for short periods of time.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: The Cybertruck Will “Float For a While”

Tesla's futuristic off-roader will be able to cross streams.

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook published a new heatmap that shows the proportion of people feeling coronavirus symptoms within each U.S. county.
Viruses

This Heatmap Shows Severity of COVID Outbreak in Every US County

How bad is it where you live?

By Dan Robitzski

More than 2,000 Israelis flooded a square in Tel Aviv on Sunday to protest their government's overreaching coronavirus policies standing six feet apart.
Future Society

Watch Thousands of Protesters Stand Six Feet Apart

The footage of a web-like crowd is eerie to watch.

By Victor Tangermann

A pairing of orbiting black holes gave off gravitational waves that resonate at a perfect fifth, which makes them the perfect harmony to an Elvis song.
Physics

Signal From Deep Space Perfectly Harmonizes With Elvis Song

There's probably a perfectly reasonable explanation for this. Probably.

By Dan Robitzski

A report claims the number of  COVID-19 tests will have to"increase to 20 million tests per day by mid-summer to fully re-mobilize the economy" in the US.
Developments

Experts: US Will Need 20 Million Tests per Day to Reopen Safely

The US is currently testing only 146,000 people per day — a tiny fraction of what experts say is necessary.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are trying to develop an experimental DNA-based vaccine that would hijack your cells' DNA to create an immune response to COVID-19.
DNA

Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Hacks Your DNA to Build Immunity

The idea is to trick your immune system into building up defenses against the coronavirus.

By Dan Robitzski

A neural network trained by MIT researchers found that reopening the economy right now would result in an "exponential explosion" of COVID-19 cases.
Viruses

MIT: Reopening Too Soon Could Cause “Explosion” of Coronavirus

Reopening right now would "nullify" all measures implemented in the US since mid March.

By Victor Tangermann

Many of the mega-rich who are self-isolating without their household staff are learning that they have no idea how to do household chores.
Science & Energy

The Rich Don’t Know How to Use Vacuum Cleaners

They're afraid of catching COVID from their staff but can't take care of themselves.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX finally has a launch date to return astronauts from US soil to space since the retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle program in 2011: May 27.
SpaceX

SpaceX Is Officially Sending Astronauts to Space Next Month

"On May 27, will once again launch American astronauts on American rockets from American soil!"

By Victor Tangermann

The IRS Is Sending Stimulus Checks to Dead People
Future Society

The IRS Is Sending Stimulus Checks to Dead People

"Dad got his stimulus check of $1200. He died in 2018."

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers found a quasar that's giving off uncharacteristically, mind-bendingly fast winds unlikely anything they'd ever seen before.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Spot Strongest Cosmic Storm in Known Universe

"This wind is crazy powerful, and we don't know how the quasar can launch something so substantial."

By Dan Robitzski