An AI search engine takes one-tenth of a second to search more than 2 billion satellite images, identifying natural or built features that look alike, such as forests or military bases

Pandemics of the past can teach us about the current one, says John Troyer, who studies how we use technology to alter the experience of death

AI can check satellite images of the ocean and distinguish between floating materials such as seaweed or plastics, which could help clean-up efforts

Don't analyse them too closely, they didn't have HD in the 1970s.

Please, I implore you: jump on this bandwagon.

Marissa Guale is like all too many Americans right now. Her husband and father of her two children, Raul, is on a ventilator in a hospital on Long Island, fighting for his life while sick with COVID-19. Raul, a 34-year-old nurse, likely caught the disease while working in a nursing home. When the National Institutes of Health announced an emergency use authorization for the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir, Marissa scrambled friends and family on Facebook to figure out how to get access for Raul, emailing hospital administrators, senators, and doctors. They pressed the Guale family’s case for a potentially lifesaving treatment on social media to anyone who would listen.

Her confusion about where and how to get access to the drug isn’t unique. All over the country, families, doctors, and hospitals are wondering how to get the drug and on what basis it’s being distributed. The Trump administration, which is in charge of allocation, hasn’t published any guidance on how it’s making decisions about the scarce supplies of the drug.

So who decides which hospitals get remdesivir? And what’s the most ethical way to prioritize access?

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Out of 28,000 suggestions, NASA selected the name Perseverance for its Mars 2020 rover, which will search for signs of life on the Red Planet

From vintage satellites to lunar rovers, space archaeologist Alice Gorman is teasing out a unique history of humanity from the objects we've dispatched from Earth

A new computational method allows robotic characters to perform fast motions without excessive vibrations

The OpenAI project demonstrated "emergent behavior" by the AI players, including surfing

Rigid IT departments and job-hopping data scientists are just two of the challenges that make implementing machine learning harder than you might think

As always, our coverage will feature the coolest, weirdest, and most interesting things that we find at this massive robotics conference

Microsoft's AI could enable its popular chatbot to comment on news, but critics see a tool for spreading disinformation

Whether for maintenance or augmentation, robots that can use tools on themselves are more independent and capable

His cause of death is unknown.

Researchers have used synchrotron light to study what happens to the nerves in diabetes. The technique shows the 3D-structure of nerve fibers in very high resolution.

Jodian Self is hanging out with some of the biggest names in pro sports these days — all from the comfort of her south Winnipeg home. The 52-year-old former physical education ...

Nintendo is selling a lot of Switches. The convertible console has been a lifesaver for people sheltering in place around the world. COVID-19-induced travel restrictions and the long-awaited arrival of Animal Crossing: New Horizons have proven to be a perfect storm for the three-year-old platform. New numbers out from NPD this morning shed some light […]

Half a million people taking part in the UK Biobank, which gathers genetic information for researchers to study, won't be told if they turn out to be genetically vulnerable to the coronavirus

India have so far grabbed men's full quota and one individual place in women's category for Tokyo Olympics.

Unlikely to happen but interesting idea

The novel coronavirus has been discovered in the semen of infected male individuals, according to Chinese researchers, potentially raising the prospect that the virus could potentially be sexually transmitted.

The 61-year-old singer recently revealed she has antibodies for the respiratory condition and sparked confusion when she was then seen

Prada Group is funding ‘Proteggimi’, a research project on male...

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The search began after officers found a vehicle overturned in a ditch, partially submerged in knee-deep water.

On a ship frozen in the Arctic, scientists have spent all winter to shed light on exactly how the world is changing

As the pachyderms increasingly clash with farmers and villagers over disappearing land, scientists study the way the animals' minds work

The outbreak, and the travel bans and fears that come with it, have endangered long-running research projects

A new method for reliably identifying the presence of beer or other malted foodstuffs in archaeological finds is described in a new study.

As interest in the application of plasma medicine -- the use of low-temperature plasma (LTP) created by an electrical discharge to address medical problems -- continues to grow, so does the need for research advancements proving its capabilities and potential impacts on the health care industry. Across the world, many research groups are investigating plasma medicine for applications including cancer treatment and the accelerated healing of chronic wounds, among others.

Inspired by the biomechanics of cheetahs, researchers have developed a new type of soft robot that is capable of moving more quickly on solid surfaces or in the water than previous generations of soft robots. The new soft robotics are also capable of grabbing objects delicately -- or with sufficient strength to lift heavy objects.

The plunge in jobs was 73,800 relative to February, but Saskatchewan saw a shallower decline than any other province as COVID-19 devastates labour markets across Canada.

Investors pulled $16.2 billion from stocks in the past week in the largest weekly redemption since the March stock market slump, according to the Bank of America's weekly flows data.

The following is a brief roundup of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

A llama called Winter could prove useful in the hunt for a treatment for COVID-19, according to U.S. and Belgian scientists who have identified a tiny particle that appears to block the new coronavirus.

Police are searching for a man they wish to speak to following the attempted rape of a woman in north-east London street.

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Pair in Leicestershire reprimanded for illicit weekend venture which prompted police helicopter search

Boris Johnson is having an audience with the Queen by video link – his first conversation with the Monarch since he fell ill with coronavirus three weeks ago.

Infection rates among NHS workers tested for Covid-19 were no higher for those treating patients face-to-face than for staff in non-clinical roles, a new study has found.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's baby son Archie joined in with a video call to his great-grandmother the Queen on her 94th birthday.

Earth's insect population has shrunk by 27 per cent in the past 30 years, researchers have found.

The death toll among coronavirus patients in UK hospitals has risen by the lowest one-day total since March 30.

Flamingos form long-lasting friendships and some "behave like married couples", according to new research.

The chief medical officer for England has said the country is not "consistently" past the peak of coronavirus deaths.

Nearly 18,000 more people could die from cancer over the next year in England due to the impact of coronavirus, experts have warned.