Credit: NIAID-RML Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that usually cause mild to moderate upper-respiratory tract illnesses, like the common cold. However, three new…
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Atoms and molecules behave very differently at extreme temperatures and pressures. Although such extreme matter doesn’t exist naturally on the earth, it exists in abundance…
When amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov discovered an interstellar comet zipping through our solar system on Aug. 30, 2019, scientists promptly turned their telescopes towards it…
Coronavirus World Map: Distribution of COVID-19 cases as of April 25, 2020. Credit: WHO WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 96 WHO, together with heads…
The BBC’s technology reporter Cody Godwin has been “sheltering in place” in San Francisco since 16 March, due to the spread of coronavirus. So, to…
Predator paradise — The giant predatory dinosaur Carcharodontosaurus eyes a group of Elosuchus — crocodile-like hunters — near a carcass. Credit: Artwork by Davide Bonadonna…
This image of the Perseverance Mars rover was taken at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on April 7, 2020, during a test of the vehicle’s mass…
(Click image for full view.) Engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have received federal funding for a rapid…
Though families have retreated into their homes, it seems that dads the world over are taking centre stage on social media and video sharing platforms…
The image shows how fundamental constants of Nature set the fundamental lower limit for liquid viscosity. Credit: Image by thehackneycollective.com Scientists from Queen Mary University…
[Editor’s note: Want to get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that startups can use by email? Subscribe here.] Multiple liquidation preferences, full-ratchet anti-dilution clauses and…
[embedded content] On April 24, 2020, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 30th year in orbit by premiering a never-before-seen view of two beautiful nebulas…
Mark Mills Contributor Mark Mills is the author of the book, “Digital Cathedrals: The Information Infrastructure Era,” and is a senior fellow at the Manhattan…
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover, expected to launch in July 2020, will land in Jezero crater, pictured here. The image was taken by instruments on NASA’s…
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The heads of Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., implored the Trump administration not to force federal employees in the capital area to return to their…
With the right approach, statistics can be used to reliably track the growth and fall in daily new cases of Covid-19 in China, raising hopes…
While the COVID-19 virus pandemic is forcing everybody to stay at home, we bring you these beautiful views from space of the Dutch tulip fields…
Scientists are exploring the structural and chemical characteristics of cicada wings. Credit: Photo by Wayne Boo, U.S. Geological Survey Biological structures sometimes have unique features…
University of Oklahoma Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation file for FDA Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 detection test…