What does the coronavirus look like? This.

Noscope

Researchers have released a gallery of stunning images of what the Coronavirus looks like taken with scanning and transmission electron microscopes.

What Does the Coronavirus Look Like? This.

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Developments

Scientists imaged the virus with an electron microscope — images that carry a terrible beauty.

The numbers are almost certainly just balancing out after Thursday's massive spike.

Here's why there are so few reported COVID-19 fatalities today

Balancing Out

On Friday, Chinese authorities only reported 14 new fatalities linked to COVID-19. But the sudden drop isn't necessarily the good news it appears to be.

Here’s Why There Are So Few Reported COVID-19 Fatalities Today

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It seems like the count is correcting after a massive spike in reported cases.

Deadly outbreak COVID-19 reportedly spreads to North Korea

Police State

South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported today that the deadly coronavirus COVID-19 is spreading in North Korea. North Korea hasn’t officially acknowledged any deaths, but experts are suspicious that the reclusive, totalitarian country — which shares a border with China, where the outbreak began — would be able to avoid a local health crisis because […]

Deadly Outbreak COVID-19 Reportedly Spreads to North Korea

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This is bad — and Pyongyang could respond with characteristic brutality.

"You're doing your math homework and up pops an ad for Juul."

Lawsuit: Juul targeted kids with Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network ads

Huge Clouds

In a new lawsuit, the state of Massachusetts claims that fashionable vape brand Juul marketed to kids with ad buys on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.

Lawsuit: Juul Targeted Kids with Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network Ads

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Here are the ads that got them in trouble.

It knows if you worked with someone who's infected or even just sat on a train with them.

App checks whether you've come in contact with deadly coronavirus

App for That

China released an app over the weekend that lets residents know if they've come in "close contact" with the deadly coronavirus Covid-19.

App Checks Whether You’ve Come in Contact With Deadly Coronavirus

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"It's a really powerful tool that really shows the power of data being used for good."

An unsealed exhaust pipe could have spread the disease, but it's a speculative hypothesis.

Hong Kong officials fear deadly virus is spreading through pipes

Dirty Pipes

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

Hong Kong Officials Fear Deadly Virus Is Spreading Through Pipes

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

"We call on all countries to use the window of opportunity we have to prevent a bigger fire."

WHO leader warns of worldwide coronavirus outbreaks

Ounce Of Prevention

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

WHO Leader Warns of Worldwide Coronavirus Outbreaks

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

A video shows a modified rickshaw spraying disinfectant.

China is spraying entire city blocks to contain outbreak

Power Washing

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

China Is Spraying Entire City Blocks to Contain Outbreak

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

"She even played a simple Pac-Man-like computer game piped directly into her brain."

Scientists plugged a bionic eye directly into this woman's brain

New Look

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

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

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Neuroscience/Brain Science

She had a computer port surgically embedded in her skull.

Gene editing could supercharge the human immune system.

Human trial suggests CRISPR could be a viable cancer treatment

Safe Bet

Scientists just published the results of the United States first trial of CRISPR-edited cells in cancer patients — and they're very encouraging.

Human Trial Suggests CRISPR Could Be a Viable Cancer Treatment

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