Mon. 10/19 - The Moon Is Getting a Nokia Cellular Network

The fourteen-year-old Texan who may have just made an important discovery for potential COVID-19 treatments. An update on the safety and new norms surrounding air travel. Nokia is building a mobile network on the moon. And the website that’s basically a more organized Chat Roulette but for trying to heal the US’s political divide. Sponsors: BetterHelp, Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/REPORT Fitbod, Get one month free at Fitbod.me/kottke Links: This 14-Year-Old's Discovery Could Lead to a Cure for COVID-19 (Vice) 3M Young Scientist Challenge winner is Anika Chebrolu, who won for a coronavirus discovery (CNN) How Air Travel Has Changed During COVID-19 According to The Points Guy (LifeHacker) What to Do If Your Airplane Seatmate Won't Wear a Mask (Traveler) The risk of COVID-19 infection on flights is 'very low,' and 1 infected passenger would take 54 hours to spread the virus to others onboard, a US government study found (Business Insider) Got any signal up here? Nokia to build mobile network on the moon (Reuters) PartyLine - 🇺🇸 Live voice-chat with other Americans ‎Conversations with People Who Hate Me (Dylan Marron, Apple Podcasts) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter 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