Bill Gates published a very interesting and very informative piece about a path to a vaccine for COVID-19. The overview of the options and various timelines may provide you with some clarity about what lies ahead. x
Andreas Zwinkau has a great list of Software Folklore tales on his website, like figuring out why a car is allergic to vanilla ice-cream, and how moving the controller during a save crashed a Crash Bandicoot save on the Playstation.