December 17, 2020
Watching people pretend to be vampires is what got me through 2020
If I had a dollar for every article I’ve read that started with “2020 was a tough year for everyone,”…
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November 19, 2020
YouTube’s greedy new ad policy will hurt vulnerable creators the most
Ads have long been a way for YouTube channels to earn money for their content. Unfortunately, only creators with bigger…
November 10, 2020
Here’s what you need to know about Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
US drug manufacturer Pfizer, in partnership with German medical research company BioNTech, today announced its ongoing COVID-19 vaccine trials had reached a…
October 16, 2020
The Pirate Bay blocked in the Netherlands again (but you can still access it)
It’s that time of the year: Dutch internet service providers have once again been forced to block access to notorious…
September 29, 2020
Recently discovered ‘salty lakes’ on Mars could be teeming with alien life
The team of researchers who discovered a single lake beneath the surface of Mars back in 2018 just published a…
September 26, 2020
Physicist says you can time travel all you want, but the universe won’t let you change things
A physics student at the University of Queensland recently published a paper indicating they’d ‘squared’ the math when it comes…
September 22, 2020
An old TV caused internet outages for an entire British village… for 18 months
Like clockwork, each morning at 7AM the entire town of Aberhosan in Wales would lose its broadband connection. The mystery plagued…
September 3, 2020
Mighty Buildings’ 3D-printed homes might be a great solution to the housing crisis
Houses in California that would sell for $350K anywhere else in the country regularly start at $1M. And if you’re…
September 2, 2020
Thought experiment shows how we might be at the mercy of quantum jerks from another universe
Artificial intelligence researcher and US Air Force Captain Eric Halloway recently published a fun thought experiment showing how simple it…
September 2, 2020
Here’s your COVID-19 horoscope (since you hate science so much)
Coronavirus in Context is a weekly newsletter where we bring you facts that matter about the COVID-19 pandemic and the technology trying…