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This website lets you relive Apollo 13 in real time through historical transcripts, footage, and audio
Loren Grush//31 views
The 50th anniversary of NASA’s infamous Apollo 13 mission is almost here, and a new website just went live today that will let you relive the heart-wrenching jo...
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Activists pick up their phones and move online as coronavirus curbs protests
Justine Calma//25 views/1 comments
Activists prepping for a rally that was supposed to take place yesterday on Wall Street thought they were being careful. They would stand a few feet away from e...
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Alex Jones ordered to stop selling fake coronavirus cures
Jon Porter//31 views
New York attorney general Letitia James has ordered radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to stop claiming that InfoWars’ products can protect against t...
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Trump issues emergency declaration for coronavirus pandemic
Nicole Wetsman//35 views
President Donald Trump declared a federal state of emergency as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread throughout the US. The move frees up additional fundin...
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The Army Bombed a Hawaiian Lava Flow. It Didn’t Work.
Robin George Andrews//36 views/2 comments
Trilobites It could be tried again if the city of Hilo comes under threat, although many object to such airstrikes. Why were two apparently unexploded bombs sti...
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Coronavirus, Testing Delays Push Europe-Russia Mars Mission to 2022
Kenneth Chang//38 views
“We cannot really cut corners,” said the head of the European Space Agency. A European-Russian mission to put a rover on Mars and look for signs of life there h...
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Juul co-founder James Monsees plans to leave the company
Kim Lyons//34 views/1 comments
Juul Labs co-founder James Monsees is planning to step down as adviser and board member of the beleaguered e-cigarette company, Bloomberg reports. “Building thi...
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NCAA, NHL, MLB all modify game schedules due to coronavirus
Kim Lyons//32 views/1 comments
After the National Hockey League announced on Thursday that it was pausing its 2019–20 season amid growing concerns over the novel coronavirus pandemic, Major L...
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A viral list of dubious coronavirus tips claims to be from Stanford — it isn’t
Zoe Schiffer//32 views
A list of dubious coronavirus tips is going viral on Facebook and Twitter, as well as spreading through email. It falsely claims to be from the Stanford Hospita...
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Twitter orders all employees worldwide to work from home
Sam Byford//37 views
All Twitter employees must work from home until further notice in order to help slow the spread of COVID-19, the company announced today. Twitter had already “s...
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To improve the US coronavirus response, Donald Trump should resign
Elizabeth Lopatto//38 views/1 comments
The new coronavirus is spreading through the US, and several states have made emergency declarations. The World Health Organization has declared it a pandemic. ...
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Europe and Russia’s robotic mission to Mars is delayed until 2022
Loren Grush//34 views
Europe and Russia have decided to push back the launch of their joint robotic rover to Mars until 2022, rather than launch this year as originally planned. More...
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Personal privacy matters during the novel coronavirus pandemic — but less than it might at other times
Nicole Wetsman//31 views
During a disease outbreak, one of the best tools at the disposal of public health officials is low-tech detective work. When a person is diagnosed with an illne...
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Should Earthlings Chase ‘Oumuamua Into Interstellar Space?
Daniel Oberhaus//31 views/2 comments
In October 2017, an asteroid-hunting telescope in Hawaii detected something unusual. A cigar-shaped object about twice the size of the Eiffel Tower was booking ...
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Trump Bans Travel From Europe—but Covid-19 Is Already Here
Eric Niiler//35 views
As the number of new coronavirus cases begins to decline in China, there are new fears that Europe may emerge as a center of the global pandemic. Outbreaks in I...