Environment Woman given maximum fine for walking into Australian airport with a rose Mark Frauenfelder

security Watch: #FightCovid19 robot enforces Singapore social distance rules with 360º spy-cam Xeni Jardin

COVID-19 More deaths now in U.S. from coronavirus than 9/11 terror attacks Xeni Jardin

privacy Spying on everyone to combat COVID-19 will further erode civil liberties just like 9/11, privacy advocates warn Xeni Jardin

politics Trump met with Brazil official who has coronavirus Xeni Jardin

politics CDC may ground flights if airlines fail to collect data on coronavirus-prone flyers Xeni Jardin

politics Trump administration to begin taking DNA samples from migrants crossing border or in detention for federal criminal database Xeni Jardin

trump CDC: 'coronavirus is inevitable.' Trump: 'not inevitable.' Xeni Jardin

security Each Wuhan coronavirus patient infects 2 or 3 new people, scientific analyses show Xeni Jardin

china Son of Ghostnet: the mobile malware that targets Tibetans abroad Cory Doctorow

Food Court strikes down Iowa's unconstitutional ag-gag law Cory Doctorow

Science COVID almost certainly originated in a wet market, groundbreaking genetic study Allan Rose Hill

pandemics Four more cats die from H5N1 as new report calls evidence for efficient mammal-to-mammal transmission "unprecedented" Jennifer Sandlin

britain Britain's next problem: zombie pigeons Rob Beschizza

fast food Air traveler's Egg McMuffins become unhappy meal as he's fined by customs for not declaring them David Pescovitz

military Brain-frying energy weapons actually do exist, say scientists who would know David Pescovitz

stowaways Racing pigeon from Oregon shows up in Australia, and now faces a death sentence Clive Thompson

News Sydney airport detains software developer Nathan Hague, seize devices, crack passwords, grab his files: Reports Xeni Jardin

law Watch Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's creepy recorded apology to Australia Rob Beschizza