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Mon. 05/11 - And Now For Some Good News

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Numbers are looking relatively promising in a lot of places, but one incident has jeopardized South Korea. The FDA has approved the first antigen test, and what’s the difference between that and an antibody test? Why might a vaccine take so long to develop? Plus, the internet shares their favorite memories of Little Richard, how to cook murder hornets, using nanospacecraft to locate black holes, and how The Simpsons predicted 2020. Links: New case results charts FDA Grants Emergency-Use Status for First Coronavirus Antigen Test (Wall Street Journal) The difference between antibody and antigen tests for the coronavirus: Who should get them and what do they do? (Business Insider) What if it takes a really long time to develop a coronavirus vaccine? (Wired) Little Richard, Flamboyant Wild Man of Rock ’n’ Roll, Dies at 87 (NY Times) Little Richard story one (Doug Benson, Twitter) Little Richard story two (Blaine Capatch, Twitter) Little Richard Put Wild Sex Into the Top 40 for Good (Vulture) The Simpsons predicted 2020 including the murder hornets (Boing Boing) How to Cook a 'Murder Hornet' (Gizmodo) 'Murder hornets' have arrived in the US—here's what you should know (National Geographic) Closest black hole to Earth found 'hiding in plain sight' (National Geographic) If Planet Nine Is a Tiny Black Hole, This Is How to Find It (Discover Magazine) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.5

Welcome to the good news ride home.

0:32.6

I'm Jackson Bird.

0:34.1

In case you're wondering about the podcast's name change,

0:37.4

please go check your podcast feed

0:38.9

for the special podcast announcement that Brian posted to explain all of this. But then, numbers are

0:45.6

looking relatively promising in a lot of places, but one incident has jeopardized South Korea.

0:52.1

The FDA has approved the first antigen test,

0:55.4

and what's the difference between that and an antibody test?

0:59.6

Why might a vaccine take so long to develop?

1:03.0

Plus, the Internet shares their favorite memories of Little Richard,

1:06.9

how to cook murder hornets,

1:09.2

using nanospacraft to locate black holes, and how the Simpsons

1:14.0

predicted 2020.

1:18.4

I thought we would start this week with another quick whip around about where we are at. First,

1:24.2

let's stay in the U.S. We're going to pass 1.4 million cases this week, possibly today or tomorrow.

1:31.4

That's out of a population of 328 million.

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