CNN 10 5/4/2020 ~ 5/8/2020

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Monday, May 4, 2020

Many US states have reopened this past weekend, and people are flocking to parks and public spaces. In states maintaining tight stay-at-home orders, people came out to protest. The US still has the majority of cases in the world for COVID-19, and the debate over reopening continues. Many people also left their homes to watch the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds fly in formation in a salute to front-line healthcare workers. Many of them failed to maintain social distancing and other rules, despite enforcements by police. Next up, the Asian Giant Murder Hornet. They have been spotted in the US for the first time, and could endanger bees. Just a few of them can easily take out a full hive, and with enough stings, they can kill a person. Hence the name, "Murder". If you see one, call your state's Department of Agriculture. DO NOT try to kill it yourself. On a slightly happier note, a woman makes world-class ocean rowing boats and is one of the world's few ocean rowers. This is a sport which purely involves rowing in the ocean. It must be able to carry enough food and be light at the same time.

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Many parents and teachers are having concerns over what's been dubbed "the COVID slide". It's similar to the summer slide, where students forget some of what they have learned during summer vacation. With schools out in most states, and some not due to return till the next school year, parents are wondering if their children will be ready in the fall. In fact, one teacher even reported that one of her students asked herself. There was a hailstorm yesterday in Argentina, and the hailstones were dubbed "Gargantuan". Scientists don't exactly know what the conditions in hailstorms are to create these phenomena, but the stones may have set a record! Finally, we head back north to Vancouver Island, where a couple lives on a floating house that they built themselves. They make everything by hand and subsist on the land.

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Robo-calls are down. That is one of the few positive side-effects of this pandemic. With many cell towers down and businesses closed, scammers are finding fewer people to take advantage of. However, they are expected to pick back up later this year as businesses reopen. In Italy, a famous local pizza parlor recently reopened as Italy reopened after lockdown. They are very much relieved to have workers back and on payroll, although there are concerns of a new wave of cases. But, the residents of Italy can't live without their pizza, so there isn't much choice. Space exploration is our next topic as we head to Santa Fe, New Mexico, the site of Spaceport America. Lately, many entrepreneurs have been investing in companies like Virgin Galactic, SpaceX, and Blue Origins to make spaceflight more commercially accessible. Not only that, but point to point travel could drastically shorten travel time. And when the flights take off, they'll be leaving from Spaceports like this one. In Mumbai, it's flamingo season! Tens of thousands of them flock to the area around this time of year and make the waters pink.

Thursday, May 7, 2020

For the first time since the final space shuttle mission in 2001, a spacecraft is taking off from American soil. It's a collaboration between NASA and SpaceX. Two veteran NASA astronauts will be piloting the SpaceX Crew Dragon in its first manned flight. Until now, the US has been reliant on Russian Soyuz rockets, which cost $86 million per astronaut, to send its astronauts to the ISS. Now it's just $55 million, and the new spacecraft is extremely high-tech. Among other things, it has touchscreens and can be largely controlled by the autopilot, which makes the astronauts' jobs easier. Now to the Caribbean, on the Island of Nevis. It's an ecologically and historically well-preserved town, which was once a British colony. It is also the birthplace of Alexander Hamilton, whose home is now a historical site.

Friday, May 8, 2020

The US jobs report is due out today, and it won't be good. The past few months have seen record-breaking initial jobless reports as the coronavirus crisis puts people out of work. However, the rate of these has been decreasing since March, and economists are hopeful that this means it isn't getting worse. Nobody knows how bad this pandemic will be, but labs around the world are working to create vaccines and treatment. The FDA has approved remdesivir for emergency use after it was found to help patients recover faster. A vaccine, which usually takes years to make, is probably at least a year away, even with the world racing to make one. The MLB is still shut down, but some fans can catch games in the wee hours of the night on ESPN 2. The KBO, the Korean baseball league, has reopened, and although there are no fans, you can watch games on TV.

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