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Exposure to Outer Space May Accelerate Aging, New Evidence Suggests

A fascinating batch of new research papers are highlighting the various health risks associated with long-duration space missions, including troublesome observations having to do with the aging process and radiation-induced DNA damage. Space, as we’re learning, really sucks for us puny humans. Without gravity perpetually pulling us downward, and without a protective atmosphere to shield…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Regeneron Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail

The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday issued an emergency use authorization to Regeneron for its covid-19 monoclonal antibody cocktail, which is made up of the antibodies casirivimab and imdevimab, citing a reduction in hospitalizations and emergency room visits in patients in a clinical trial as well as a reduction in viral load. Monoclonal antibodies,…

Health Jody Serrano

FDA Issues First Emergency Use Authorization for Rapid, At-Home Covid-19 Test

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first rapid coronavirus test kit that can be performed at home, issuing an emergency use authorization to manufacturer Lucira Health late on Tuesday. This does not mean anyone can just go online and order one of the kits whenever they please. Emergency use authorizations fast-track drugs and…

Health Tom McKay

U.S. Could See 2,000 Covid-19 Deaths Per Day by Christmas: Report

The U.S. could see 2,000 Americans dying per day by Christmas if strict new mitigation strategies aren’t adopted, according to warnings from doctors on the White House Coronavirus Task Force and a new report from CBS News. The alarming news comes as the U.S. reports 1,565 deaths from covid-19 on Tuesday alone, with hospitals across…

Health Matt Novak

Trump’s Favorite Covid Adviser: We’re Really Not Doing Enough to Collaborate With the Virus

The Trump administration’s pseudoscience advocate on the White House coronavirus task force, Dr. Scott Atlas, is urging the population of Michigan to, uh, stage some sort of rebellion in solidarity with the novel coronavirus. On Sunday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced three weeks of new social distancing orders covering in-person schooling, dining, gym classes, organized sports,…

Health Tom McKay

I’m 100% Ready to Start Bringing My Own Folding Shopping Cart to the Grocery Store

Working from home, it’s relatively easy to minimize my potential exposure to the covid-19 virus—at least until I have to leave the safety of my suburban fortress of solitude every week to buy groceries. Even with safety precautions in place and a mask on my face it’s still an incredibly stressful experience, which is why…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Tragic: Gun Manufacturers Temporarily Worth Slightly Less Due to Lack of Civil War

The November 2020 elections failed to culminate in the nightmare, worst-case scenario many onlookers feared, which is generally good news if you don’t happen to be a firearms manufacturer. Gun stocks plunged on Monday after so-called stay-at-home stocks in general took a hit from news that Pfizer’s vaccine for the novel coronavirus looks promising, and…

Tech News Tom McKay

Contact Lens-Removing Robot Requires More Faith in Technology Than I’ll Ever Have

Contact lenses offer a more comfortable alternative to wearing glasses for those with vision issues, but that’s assuming you can handle/endure the process of putting them in and taking them out. A Florida man has invented a robot that can insert and remove contact lenses for someone who can’t, although seeing it in action suddenly…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

CDC Lifts Covid-19 Ban on Cruises, but Still Recommends People Steer Clear of Cruises

Despite acknowledging the continued risk of covid-19 transmission on cruise ships, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that it will allow companies to gradually resume operations if they meet agency-established health and safety standards. Oh, but don’t get confused: The CDC still does not want you to go on cruises. This week,…

Health Jody Serrano

This Is How Wuhan, China, Is Celebrating Halloween

The majority of people can probably recite one of the most basic lessons of the coronavirus pandemic: Don’t get too close to others, especially without a mask. Knowing that, it would be totally reasonable to think that the picture above is from a previous Halloween, before “coronavirus” was part of our daily vocabulary. Except it’s…

Tech News Jody Serrano

Trump Finds New Way to Endanger the Health of His Supporters: Stranding Them in the Cold

At least seven people were hospitalized after Donald Trump threw a rally at Nebraska’s Eppley Airfield near Omaha in freezing temperatures on Tuesday night. The president promptly jetted off afterward, leaving thousands of attendees in hours-long lines for campaign buses to return them to the parking lot, leading several exposed to the elements long enough…

Politics Tom McKay

Covid-19 May Cause ‘Significant’ Declines in Cognitive Function, According to Survey of Patients

A study of more than 84,500 people backs prior indications that surviving the novel coronavirus may be associated with potentially serious cognitive deficits, Reuters reported on Tuesday. While the new study, which is based on an online survey, has some major limitations, other research has found that covid-19 can cause neurological issues even in people…

Health Tom McKay

San Francisco and Oakland Drop Covid-19 Testing Program Run by Google Sister Company Verily

San Francisco and Alameda counties have stopped using Verily, Google’s health-focused sister company, to test for the novel coronavirus, Kaiser Health News reported on Monday. Verily launched a pilot covid-19 testing program earlier this year and scored $55 million in contracts with California state to set up both mobile and stationary test sites (it’s also…

Health Tom McKay

Can Trump Be Charged With Criminal Negligence for His Coronavirus ‘Response’?

There is technically no law against doing nothing while millions suffer and hundreds of thousands die from a disease it is in your power to curtail. No one’s going to arrest you for ensuring scores of needless deaths through demented, inflammatory rhetoric. Downplaying a plague for political gain: legal as a stroll through the park.…

Tech News Daniel Kolitz

Researchers Create 30-Second Phlegm Test to Detect Covid-19

Science is moving at a rapid pace to respond to the novel coronavirus pandemic. In recent months, researchers have developed tests to detect covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, using different substances such as saliva. Now, there’s apparently another substance that can tell us whether someone has covid-19, sputum, commonly known as phlegm. Researchers…

Health Jody Serrano

Trump Administration Reportedly Offered Santa Claus Performers Coronavirus Vaccine Quid Pro Quo

Although by now it’s clear that the Trump administration holds nothing sacred, there are still some things it can do to shock our tired brains. Apparently, it has tried to get Santa Claus—Santa!—to participate in its crazy pandemic response plans. A new report in the Wall Street Journal, which honestly could be a Netflix drama,…

Tech News Jody Serrano

Smoke Exposure or Covid-19? Colorado Governor Says Wildfires Could Mask the Spread of the Virus

Asking whether you could be suffering from smoke exposure or covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, sounds like a horrible joke. However, it is an unfortunate reality in Colorado and other states that are experiencing wildfire hell right now. In response, Colorado officials have one message: Get tested. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis advised…

Earther Jody Serrano

DOJ Lets Opioid Ghouls at Purdue Pharma Off With a Slap on the Wrist

The “Empire of Pain” and the family that profited from it scored a sick joke of a settlement with the Department of Justice on Wednesday, evading accountability for their role in the nationwide opioid epidemic. The manufacturer of the synthetic opioid OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, agreed to pay $8 billion in a settlement with the DOJ…

Health Tom McKay

White House Coronavirus Task Force Update: Everything Going About as Badly As You’d Expect

Estimated cases of the novel coronavirus in the U.S. have surged well past eight million, with estimates of about 220,000 confirmed deaths, and the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimates the country is currently on course for nearly 400,000 total deaths by February. The White House is, if it’s even possible,…

Health Tom McKay

Silicon Valley Is Getting Into the Hearing Aid Business With These Impressive AI-Driven Earpieces

Although hearing “Silicon Valley” and “hearing aids” in the same sentence might not seem all that normal, it is now. This week, the startup Whisper launched its new flagship product, the Whisper Hearing System, and also announced a whopping $35 million Series B investment. The Whisper Hearing System uses artificial intelligence to process sound in…

Health Jody Serrano

Exposure to Outer Space May Accelerate Aging, New Evidence Suggests

FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Regeneron Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail

FDA Issues First Emergency Use Authorization for Rapid, At-Home Covid-19 Test

U.S. Could See 2,000 Covid-19 Deaths Per Day by Christmas: Report

Trump’s Favorite Covid Adviser: We’re Really Not Doing Enough to Collaborate With the Virus

I’m 100% Ready to Start Bringing My Own Folding Shopping Cart to the Grocery Store

Tragic: Gun Manufacturers Temporarily Worth Slightly Less Due to Lack of Civil War

Contact Lens-Removing Robot Requires More Faith in Technology Than I’ll Ever Have

CDC Lifts Covid-19 Ban on Cruises, but Still Recommends People Steer Clear of Cruises

This Is How Wuhan, China, Is Celebrating Halloween

Trump Finds New Way to Endanger the Health of His Supporters: Stranding Them in the Cold

Covid-19 May Cause ‘Significant’ Declines in Cognitive Function, According to Survey of Patients

San Francisco and Oakland Drop Covid-19 Testing Program Run by Google Sister Company Verily

Can Trump Be Charged With Criminal Negligence for His Coronavirus ‘Response’?

Researchers Create 30-Second Phlegm Test to Detect Covid-19

Trump Administration Reportedly Offered Santa Claus Performers Coronavirus Vaccine Quid Pro Quo

Smoke Exposure or Covid-19? Colorado Governor Says Wildfires Could Mask the Spread of the Virus

DOJ Lets Opioid Ghouls at Purdue Pharma Off With a Slap on the Wrist

White House Coronavirus Task Force Update: Everything Going About as Badly As You’d Expect

Silicon Valley Is Getting Into the Hearing Aid Business With These Impressive AI-Driven Earpieces

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How to Watch the F1 Japanese GP 2026 on a Free Channel

Ranking 2016’s Superhero Debuts, 10 Years Later

Fourth Most Populous Country in the World Bans Most Social Media for Kids

How to watch UFC Fight Night Adesanya vs Pyfer live this Saturday

‘Steel Ball Run’ Will Return This Year…Eventually

‘The Mummy 4’ Is Getting the Family Back Together

JD Vance Says UFOs Are Actually Demons

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

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