How Smart City Planning Could Slow Future Pandemics
The cities of the world are sick. As the coronavirus pandemic continues, people living in metropolitan areas have been among the worst hit, unable to…
An At-Home Coronavirus Test Just Got Emergency FDA Approval. Here’s What We Know
A new at-home coronavirus test kit just got emergency approval from the US Food and Drug Administration. The sample collection kit, from home testing company…
Here’s What an Antitrust Case Against Google Might Look Like
Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported that federal and state officials are likely to file antitrust lawsuits against Google later this year, focusing…
How a Chinese AI Giant Made Chatting—and Surveillance—Easy
I met Cheng one morning in the mall’s central atrium, near an antique Chevrolet pickup truck that held hay and flowers. (“Chrysanthemums,” Cheng noted, approvingly.)…
Astronomers Have Traced Mysterious Neutrinos Back to Erupting Supermassive Black Holes
Neutrinos are mysterious and elusive particles. They have a tiny mass, no electric charge, and they interact with other matter only rarely. They are also…
NASA Just Released The Artemis Accords – Guidelines For Humans to Abide by in Space
Over the next few years, we’ll finally be heading back to the Moon. But with nearly 50 years in between our last Moon jaunt and…
China’s Top Medical Advisor Warns The Country May Now Face a Second Wave of COVID-19
China faces a potential second wave of coronavirus infections due to a lack of immunity among its population, its government’s senior medical advisor has warned….
Mysterious Space Plane X-37B Was Just Launched Into Orbit on Its Sixth Mission
The US Air Force on Sunday successfully launched its high-tech drone X-37B, placing the reusable vehicle into orbit for its sixth secretive mission in space….
Buddy Holly Biopic ‘Clear Lake’ Nabs Oscar Nominated Director
Clear Lake, an upcoming biopic about the life of rocker Buddy Holly, has found its director. Bruce Beresford, the filmmaker behind such films as Crimes…
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