californiaCalifornia is Monitoring Many People Who Traveled to China Just in Case

February 27, 2020 | Brian Wang |
 
There are 33 confirmed coronavirus cases in California and 8400 people are being monitored as possible cases of Coronavirus. Most of the confirmed cases were people who caught it on the Diamond Princess cruise ship. Newsom said his top priority …
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darpaAstra Rocket Vertical for Launch Rehersal

February 27, 2020 | Brian Wang |
 
Astra rocket “1 of 3” has been vertical position at the Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska. Today the team is going through “wet dress rehearsal” in which the liquid propellant will be added to the rocket, but not fired. See …
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medicineUS Obesity is now over 40% and Black Americans are Nearly 50% Obese

February 27, 2020 | Brian Wang |
 
A report issued Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the obesity rate in the US in 2017-2018 spiked to 42.4%. Black Americans claimed the highest rate, at 49.6%, while Hispanics come in at 44.8% and …
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internetNextbigfuture Comment System Disabled

February 27, 2020 | Brian Wang |
 
Readers of Nextbigfuture. The Spot.im comment system had to be disabled. It was preventing people from reading the site on mobile. It was at least a problem with Safari. I had been trying to work with Spot.im to turn off …
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coronavirusCoronavirus Statistics from Clearly Identified People on the Cruise Ship

February 27, 2020 | Brian Wang |
 
There are currently at least 705 confirmed cases of coronavirus that stemmed from the Diamond Princess cruise ship. Four Diamond Princess passengers have died. There were 3700 passengers on the ship. We know everyone who was on the ship and …
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coronavirusIran Has More Coronavirus Deaths Other Than Hubei Province

February 27, 2020 | Brian Wang |
 
Iran has officially reported 26 deaths from Coronavirus while the Chinese province with the second most coronavirus deaths is Henan with 20. There were unofficial reports yesterday that Iran had 50 coronavirus deaths. Iran has 245 cases and 26 official …
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amazon goAmazon Go Grocery Opens in Seattle

February 27, 2020 | Brian Wang |
 
Amazon has opened a cashierless grocery store in Seattle and will open a Los Angeles store soon. Amazon has published various pricing and they have competitive regular pricing and aggressively priced specials. The Seattle store is 7700 square feet which …
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futureVirgin Galactic Sees Demand for Million Dollar Premium Sub-orbital Tourism

February 26, 2020 | Brian Wang |
 
Virgin Galactic sees demand for premium million-dollar packages for sub-orbital space tourism. They will first expand to spaceports on every continent. They want to expand their system and integrate with regular air ports. They want to get to high-speed point …
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darpaAstra Launching Rockets Moved in a Shipping Container Needing Only Days to Prepare

February 26, 2020 | Brian Wang |
 
Astra Space is developing pump-fed, liquid bipropellant propulsion engines for DARPA and NASA. The current vehicle, Rocket 3.0, is designed to have a payload capacity of approximately 100 kg to low earth orbit. The first Rocket 3.0 vehicle has completed …
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coronavirusModerna Coronavirus Vaccine Samples Shipped

February 26, 2020 | Brian Wang |
 
Moderna shipped the first samples of messenger RNA based coronavirus vaccine to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease in Bethesda Maryland. Human clinical trials should start in 6 weeks and the results could be available in July. The …
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