Join SETI@home, a scientific distributed computing project using the unused CPU cycles of web-connected computers and Android devices such as yours in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence : https://setiathome.berkeley.edu
#distributed If you contribute cycles to project World Community Grid, make sure your account's email adress is up to date before Aug. 28th : "We're Switching to Email-Based Login" https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=602
Ongoing: 8th SETI@home Wow! Event https://www.seti-germany.de/Wow/home/en (ends Aug. 25 2019, 16: UTC)
#setiathome #humor #video 8th SETI@home Wow! Event 2019 : This time we find ET ! https://youtu.be/nYrUstdhsCo (c) SETI.Germany https://www.seti-germany.de/Wow/home/en
#SETI@home: The Safer, Saner Alternative to "Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Area_51,_They_Can%27t_Stop_All_of_Us
#seti@home #tools Statistics for BOINC project for specified hosts http://stateson.net/HostProjectStats/ https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=82901&postid=2006879
#radioastronomy National Science Foundation Awards Arecibo Observatory $12.3 Million Grant | University of Central Florida News https://www.ucf.edu/news/national-science-foundation-awards-arecibo-observatory-12-3-million-grant/
#exoplanets James Webb Space Telescope could begin learning about TRAPPIST-1 atmospheres in a single year, study indicates https://phys.org/news/2019-08-james-webb-space-telescope-trappist-.html
#exoplanets How many Earth-like planets are around sun-like stars? https://phys.org/news/2019-08-earth-like-planets-sun-like-stars.html
#seti Nikolai Kardashev 1932 – 2019 | SETI Institute https://www.seti.org/nikolai-kardashev-1932-2019
#Seti : les civilisations extraterrestres de Nikolaï Kardashev sont orphelines, le radioastronome russe est mort https://www.futura-sciences.com/sciences/actualites/seti-institute-seti-civilisations-extraterrestres-nikolai-kardashev-sont-orphelines-radioastronome-russe-mort-77117/
#SETI Institute in the news August 8 - August 14, 2019 | SETI Institute - STEM Education for Girl Scouts: Reaching for the Stars - Disruption and Vision in Technology - Bishun Khare’s Crater on Pluto - Franck Marchis Bringing the Sky Down to Earth on 2SER https://www.seti.org/seti-institute-news-august-8-august-14-2019
#SETI Institute in the news August 1 - August 7, 2019 | SETI Institute - Fermi Problems - Taking a Peek at our Closest Neighboring Star System - UFO Government Secrets? SETI Institute CEO Weighs In - New Project, 'InVADER,' Will Test Technology for Ocean World Exploration https://www.seti.org/seti-institute-news-august-1-august-7-2019
#seti The Kardashev Scale and Beyond - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6RaWa7iM-I
#exoplanets "Alien Glow" --May Indicate Hidden Biospheres on Exoplanets | The Daily Galaxy https://dailygalaxy.com/2019/08/alien-glow-may-indicate-hidden-biospheres-on-exoplanets/
#exobiology Could Alien Life Evolve Similarly to Earth on Other Planets? The chances that we might discover analogs to Homo Sapiens are small, but it may be likely that we find recognizable interstellar cousins… https://medium.com/predict/could-alien-life-evolve-similarly-to-earth-on-other-planets-9b62b39f314a
#space Joining SpaceX and Orbital ATK, Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser spaceplane is to ride the Vulcan Centaur rocket in 2021 to ship cargo and experiments to the ISS - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49352720
#radioastronomy https://public.nrao.edu/news/jodie-foster-narrates-new-vla-visitor-film/ https://vimeo.com/70554007
#radioastronomy Into Deepest Space: The Story of ALMA https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/into-deepest-space/
#gaming #seti #video Signal Simulator Storm Area 51 weapon tests - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5SXprPNgqc https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxy_qdfdtfe0iyVMKdRB86g
#computing CPU/GPU UserBenchmarks - 1182 Processors Compared https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/
#radioastronomy Astronomers Have Detected a Whopping 8 New Repeating Signals From Deep Space https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-have-bagged-a-jaw-dropping-haul-of-eight-new-repeating-fast-radio-bursts
#exoplanets Europa Clipper's Mission to Jupiter’s Icy Moon Confirmed - Europa, an icy ocean world in our solar system, could tell us more about the potential for life on other worlds | NASA https://www.nasa.gov/feature/europa-clippers-mission-to-jupiter-s-icy-moon-confirmed
#exoplanets NASA Gets a Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet's Surface | NASA https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-gets-a-rare-look-at-a-rocky-exoplanets-surface
#space Recent Asteroid Flybys - Unusual, But Expected | SETI Institute https://www.seti.org/recent-asteroid-flybys-unusual-expected NEO Earth Close Approaches https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
#moon [BBC - Science & Environment] Chandrayaan-2: India spacecraft begins orbiting Moon https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-49404019 2019-08-20T10:41:18
#environment [BBC - Science & Environment] When an ethical vegan met a sheep farmer... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49399478 2019-08-19T23:01:33
#exobiology [BBC - Science & Environment] Nasa confirms ocean moon mission https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49408495 2019-08-20T11:50:55
#space [Ars Technica - Science] The ambitious Europa Clipper has cleared an important step toward flight https://arstechnica.com/?p=1554535 2019-08-20T13:29:24
#space The Power Source for a Mars Outpost Could Be Ready in 3 Years https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a28679934/mars-outpost-power-source/
#mars Can Martian soil support plant life? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_jXEZFuw38
#climate There’s No Free Lunch With Climate Change https://onezero.medium.com/theres-no-free-lunch-with-climate-change-4b9c1e095eaa
#astronomy This Is How We Know There Are Two Trillion Galaxies In The Universe - Hubble, even at its best, only reveals perhaps 10% of what’s out there. Here’s how we get the rest. https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/this-is-how-we-know-there-are-two-trillion-galaxies-in-the-universe-15fc0fea950b
#interviews #science Joe Rogan Experience #1233 - Brian Cox - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wieRZoJSVtw
#computing AI used to test evolution's oldest mathematical model https://phys.org/news/2019-08-ai-evolution-oldest-mathematical.html
#physics World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone: The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, the world’s first commercial-scale fusion reactor project, is on track to officially launch operations at the end of 2025. After First Plasma, it will take another 10 years until it reaches full deuterium-tritium operations. - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worlds-largest-nuclear-fusion-experiment-clears-milestone/
#space #history #video Failure Is Not An Option A Flight Control History of NASA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f51Jzm7M4w
Beyond the Moon: Failure is Not an Option Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSiOwBx6gLQ
#radioastronomy Milky Way's black hole just flared, growing 75 times as bright for a few hours https://phys.org/news/2019-08-milky-black-hole-flared-bright.html
#physics NASA selects proposals to further study the fundamental nature of space https://phys.org/news/2019-08-nasa-fundamental-nature-space.html
#physics Physicists design an experiment to pin down the origin of the elements https://phys.org/news/2019-08-physicists-pin-elements.html
#moon NASA Moon landing: Space agency's incredible SLS rocket is ’90 percent complete’ | Science | News | Express.co.uk https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1166672/nasa-moon-landing-space-launch-system-sls-rocket-90-percent-complete-space-news
#cosmology The Epic Scale of Spacetime - Predict - Medium https://medium.com/predict/the-epic-scale-of-spacetime-b769e7e17e28
#evolution Did Exploding Stars Force Humans to Walk Upright? - Robert Roy Britt - Medium https://medium.com/@robertroybritt/did-exploding-stars-force-humans-to-walk-upright-4677050332d9
#asteroids We Were Not Almost Killed by an Asteroid This Week - Popular Science - Medium https://medium.com/popular-science/we-were-not-almost-killed-by-an-asteroid-this-week-1705cd2f074
#moon Why Doesn’t Anyone Live on the Moon Yet? - Popular Science - Medium https://medium.com/popular-science/why-doesnt-anyone-live-on-the-moon-yet-1628168a0329
#internet #security Facebook Is Eroding Trust in Two-Factor Authentication https://onezero.medium.com/facebook-is-eroding-trust-in-two-factor-authentication-306163dacd6a
#security The Night My Doorbell Camera Captured a Shooting - OneZero https://onezero.medium.com/the-night-my-doorbell-camera-captured-a-shooting-d8255f5c4e5
#climate Scientists Have Been Underestimating the Pace of Climate Change - Scientific American Blog Network https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/scientists-have-been-underestimating-the-pace-of-climate-change/
#astrobiology Scientists Mull the Astrobiological Implications of an Airless Alien Planet - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-mull-the-astrobiological-implications-of-an-airless-alien-planet/
#radioastronomy Astronomers Spy a Black Hole Devouring a Neutron Star - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/astronomers-spy-a-black-hole-devouring-a-neutron-star/
#climate When Will All the Ice in the Arctic Be Gone? - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-will-all-the-ice-in-the-arctic-be-gone/
#security Your Employer May Be Spying on You--and Wasting Its Time - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/your-employer-may-be-spying-on-you-and-wasting-its-time/
#radioastronomy Earth Could Be a Lens for a Revolutionary Space Telescope - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earth-could-be-a-lens-for-a-revolutionary-space-telescope/
#programming Use Cython to get more than 30X speedup on your Python code https://towardsdatascience.com/use-cython-to-get-more-than-30x-speedup-on-your-python-code-f6cb337919b6
#environment Plastic particles falling out of sky with snow in Arctic - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49295051
#climate #video David Attenborough: 'Climate Change - Britain Under Threat' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq1oFhTINXE Jefferdaughter's comment "What you can do" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq1oFhTINXE&lc=UggJ53HhiFU2O3gCoAEC (text AT https://pastebin.com/W3vbV9Rq)
#climate NOAA Just Confirmed July 2019 Was The Hottest Month On Record https://www.iflscience.com/environment/noaa-just-confirmed-july-2019-was-the-hottest-month-on-record/
#geology 'Jurassic world' discovered under Australia https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/jurassic-world-discovered-under-australia/ar-AAFNoZp
#distributed If you're a contributor to World Community Grid make sure your account's email adress is up to date before the 28th : "We're Switching to Email-Based Login" https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=602
#bigdata The most powerful idea in data science - A quick fix for separating red herrings from useful patterns https://towardsdatascience.com/the-most-powerful-idea-in-data-science-78b9cd451e72
#climate #science Climate deniers get more media play than scientists: study https://phys.org/news/2019-08-climate-deniers-media-scientists.html
#geology Making sense of a '7.1' earthquake https://phys.org/news/2019-08-earthquake.html
#ai Artificial intelligence to predict protein structure https://techxplore.com/news/2019-08-artificial-intelligence-protein.html
#ai More chat, less duh, on the way thanks to Nvidia AI leaps with BERT https://techxplore.com/news/2019-08-chat-duh-nvidia-ai-bert.html
#robotics Playing god: Japan temple puts faith in robot priest https://techxplore.com/news/2019-08-god-japan-temple-faith-robot.html
#privacy Researchers find a new way to snoop with smartphones. But should you be worried? https://techxplore.com/news/2019-08-snoop-smartphones.html
#anthropology Neanderthals also got 'surfer's ear,' suggesting they liked to fish https://phys.org/news/2019-08-neanderthals-commonly-swimmer-ear.html
#robotics [Scientific American] An Innovative Robotic Exosuit Boosts Both Walking and Running http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/T5f0yjAh0pI/ 2019-08-16T17:00:00
#science #pictures [Scientific American] A Flash on Jupiter, the Death of Mitochondria and the World under Your Skin: The Week's Best Science GIFs http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/86skgUEzx0k/ 2019-08-16T14:00:00
#climate How to save a sinking nation http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190813-how-to-save-a-sinking-island-nation
#ethology The real reason sharks attack humans http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190808-why-do-sharks-attack-humans
#mind The brain that moves objects http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190814-will-we-ever-control-the-world-with-our-minds
#climate The animals that will survive climate change http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190730-the-animals-that-will-survive-climate-change
#ai Sci-Fi From the Future (repeat) Are you ready to defer all your personal decision-making to machines? Polls show that most Americans are uneasy about the unchecked growth of artificial intelligence. The possible misuse of genetic engineering also makes us anxious. We all have a stake in the responsible development of science and technology, but fortunately, science fiction films can help. http://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/sci-fi-future
#health Candida auris: The new superbug on the block - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49170866
#cats Scientists Have Created A Vaccine For Cats To Stop You Being Allergic To Your Cat https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/scientists-have-created-a-vaccine-to-stop-you-being-allergic-to-your-cat-/
#sociology #media How online extremists are shaping the minds of white teens https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49363958
#environment Puerto Rico's Hurricane Maria provides ethnic studies lesson https://phys.org/news/2019-08-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-ethnic.html https://www.npr.org/2018/09/12/646997771/fact-check-puerto-rico-was-an-incredible-unsung-success https://blogs.uoregon.edu/theuopuertoricoproject/
#space #music Italian Astronaut Becomes First DJ To Play A Set in Space https://www.iflscience.com/space/italian-astronaut-becomes-first-dj-play-set-space/
#aliens Prepare to storm Area 51 and see them aliens - Facebook briefly removes Area 51 event 'by accident' https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49263255 Half a million people signed up to storm Area 51. What happens if they actually show? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/07/13/half-million-people-signed-up-storm-area-what-happens-if-they-actually-show-up/ He got 2 million people to say they’d storm Area 51. Now he’s planning an alien festival https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/08/12/he-got-million-people-say-theyd-storm-area-now-hes-planning-an-alien-festival/
#aliens The Only Band Booked to Play the “Storm Area 51” Festival Explains Why It Might Believe in Aliens https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/storm-area-51-alienstock-festival-interview-wily-savage.html
https://www.stormarea51.us/ https://alienstockfestival.com/
#aliens “Let’s See Them Aliens”: The Comic Futility of #StormArea51 - The Ringer https://www.theringer.com/pop-culture/2019/7/17/20697053/storm-area-51-explained
#technology Devices and Appliances You Could Theoretically Tweet From, Ranked https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/twitter-electronics-ranked-list-which-is-best.html
#politics #media Twitter bans advertising from state-controlled news outlets and suspends 936 accounts - The change comes after 'Xinhua' sponsored ads attacking Hong Kong protestors. https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/19/twitter-advertising-policy-ban-state-sponsored-media/
#security Massive biometric security flaw exposed more than one million fingerprints - The system is used by banks, police and defence companies. https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/14/biometric-security-flaw-fingerprints/
#education Students are still using tech to cheat on exams, but things are getting more advanced https://phys.org/news/2019-08-students-tech-exams-advanced.html
#The curious history of the rise and fall of twin beds https://phys.org/news/2019-08-curious-history-fall-twin-beds.html
#internet #culture How the Internet Changed Language—for the Better - The Ringer https://www.theringer.com/tech/2019/8/1/20749580/because-internet-gretchen-mcculloch
#media ‘Matrix 4’: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss & Lana Wachowski to Return – Variety https://variety.com/2019/film/news/matrix-4-keanu-reeves-carrie-anne-moss-lana-wachowski-1203307955/
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