Researchers discovered a planet that rains iron
WASP-76b — a hard rain’s gonna fall The team have been able to determine the characteristics of WASP-76b’s relationship with its parent star which give rise to the extraordinary atmospheric...
How to spot bogus science stories and read the news like a scientist
When fake news, misreporting and alternative facts are everywhere, reading the news can be a challenge. Not only is there plenty of misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and...
NVIDIA makes its GPU-powered genome sequencing tool available free to those studying COVID-19 – TechCrunch
NVIDIA is making its Parabricks tool available for free for 90 days (with the possibility of extension, depending on needs) to any researcher currently working on any effort to combat...
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub and UCSF will boost Bay Area COVID-19 tests by 1,000 per day – TechCrunch
Bay Area coronavirus testing is about to get a boost from the private sector. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s philanthropic project the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is collaborating with UCSF...
Bear cam highlights are the best coronavirus activity
The famous fat bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are still slumbering underground while human civilization reels from a viral pandemic. Many of us are largely bound to our homes...
French study finds anti-malarial and antibiotic combo could reduce COVID-19 duration – TechCrunch
A new study whose results were published in the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents has found early evidence that the combination of hydroxychloroquine, a popular anti-malaria drug known under the...
Blood groups — and their antibodies — are being explored to understand immunity to SARS-CoV2
COVID-19, which first emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019, is relentlessly sweeping across the world. The scale of the epidemic has caused chaos and led to the World Health...
Scientists want you to send them your dankest coronavirus memes
Most of us are unfortunately all too aware of the coronavirus pandemic that’s spreading across the world. China seems to be on the mend, although the situation is still dire,...
Your national parks are free during coronavirus
After a woefully delayed, sluggish decision to finally close down the crowded parts of parks during the deteriorating coronavirus pandemic, the National Park Service said Wednesday it would now waive...
Japanese flu drug appears ‘effective’ in coronavirus treatment in Chinese clinical trials – TechCrunch
Japanese-made flu drug favipiravir (also known as Avigan) has been shown to be effective in both reducing the duration of the COVID-19 virus in patients, and to have improved the...