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For now, too few people are immune for weather to halt the novel coronavirus.

Strengthening and stretching your back muscles can help prevent that pain.

And other strange facts from The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.

Scientists are using Google Trends data to detect coronavirus cases early.

Versatile, lightweight, and strong, parachute cord is amazingly useful.

We’re running out of names for 2020′s hurricanes.

Here’s everything you need to know this week.

Pharmaceutical companies need to be more transparent about excipients like fillers for the sake of patient safety.

To find the subterranean species, a biologist has to lay a clever trap.

Researchers spotted phosphines in the planet’s hazy atmosphere.

One of them promises “unlimited” time between charges—if you manage it the right way.

Start with the original army version and see how your body responds.

Distance learning requires reliable tech.

Sports injury data reveals some of the riskiest pastimes.

Together is better.

The pandemic has led to a surge in new personal protective equipment that claims to be more comfortable, sustainable, or accessible. But health standards are all over the place.

Conservative commentary could lead people to downplay the urgency of storm warnings.

The unique system could teach us about how planets are born.

Why minimizing a pandemic to avoid panic is the ‘opposite response any expert would suggest.’

This precise process produces toothsome, beautiful noodles.