SETI@home
20 Dec 2019 - News: "It's the Friday before a holiday week and the servers know it.The file system containing the beta project uploads directory is having problems, so beta is down until further notice.This problem may be affecting the rate at which the main project can handle results, so the validation and assimilation queues are getting large, which may affect the rate of work generation." https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84968&postid=2023883#2023883 ...27 Nov 2019 - SETI Perspectives: "Is ET in Our Solar System?" by Dr Richard Lawn https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84888#2020712 Discuss https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84889
26 Nov 2019 - SETI@home has started its annual year-end fundraising. If you didn't get an email you can read the same letter on-line at http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/donor_letter_nov19.php
PowerPoint Presentation - 06-werthimer_karastari_seti_future_june2017e.pdf https://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/conferences/2017/Labyrinth/presentations/06-werthimer_karastari_seti_future_june2017e.pdf
SETI
SETI Institute Activity Report: 3rd Quarter 2019 | SETI Institute https://www.seti.org/seti-institute-activity-report-3rd-quarter-2019 ...
Alien Hunters Need Radio Silence on the Moon. Future Lunar Missions Could Wreck It. | Space https://www.space.com/moon-farside-radio-astronomy-protection.html ...
Weird ‘Vanishing Stars’ Could Potentially Be Aliens, Study Claims https://gizmodo.com/weird-vanishing-stars-could-potentially-be-aliens-st-1840486666 The Vanishing and Appearing Sources during a Century of Observations Project. I. USNO Objects Missing in Modern Sky Surveys and Follow-up Observations of a "Missing Star" https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ab570f More Space-related news on Gizmodo https://gizmodo.com/c/space
[4 Dec 2019] Improved Analysis of Clarke Exobelt Detectability https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.10061 https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84918&postid=2021712 https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2018/06/15/enter-the-clarke-exobelt/
What Has the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Taught Us So Far? After a century of looking for signs of intelligent life, humanity is still searching. But have we come close to finding something? https://interestingengineering.com/what-has-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence-taught-us-so-far
Before We Find Aliens, Humans Need to Figure Ourselves Out | Space https://www.space.com/before-finding-extraterrestrial-life-humanity-questions.html ...
This Is Why 'Multi-Messenger Astronomy' (MMA) Is The Future Of Astrophysics https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/11/15/this-is-why-multi-messenger-astronomy-is-the-future-of-astrophysics/#6a50d2cc2cc6
Intelligent Ways to Search for Extraterrestrials - Is there a more rational way to scan the heavens for alien life? | Jason Wright,The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/intelligent-ways-to-search-for-extraterrestrials
- Related : Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 https://sites.nationalacademies.org/DEPS/astro2020/
“If the [Decadal Survey] tells NASA ‘This is something you should fund’, then NASA has to fund it. “If you don’t have federal money to support students, you don’t formalize the knowledge. You don’t have a curriculum. Right now, “everyone that works on [SETI] is a hobbyist.” - Jason Wright
WSS S4E7: Are we alone? Examining the recipe for intelligent life in the universe - Science at Western | Dr. Jan Cami joins the podcast to discuss the origins of life on Earth, the process of finding other Earth-like planets, and the likelihood that we will ever find company out in the Universe. https://soundcloud.com/science-at-western/wss-s4e7
Before We Find Aliens, Humans Need to Figure Ourselves Out | Space https://www.space.com/before-finding-extraterrestrial-life-humanity-questions.html ...
China's Huge, Alien-Hunting Radio Telescope Is Finishing Its Testing Phase | Space https://www.space.com/china-fast-radio-telescope-finishing-alien-search-tests.html ...
SETI Institute in the news October 31 - November 6, 2019 | Smart Gloves May Give Space Explorers a Helping Hand - Singing Across the Stars -Microbes on the Moon? -Is Meeting our Cosmic Neighbors a Bad Idea? https://seti.org/seti-institute-news-october-31-november-6-2019
What Alien Life Could Live in Europa’s Mega-Ocean? Some of our cosmic cousins may live just next door beneath a crust of ice… https://medium.com/predict/what-alien-life-could-live-in-europas-mega-ocean-1a115d7cd52d ...
ASTROBIOLOGY
Water common -- yet scarce -- in exoplanets -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191211082656.htm ...
The Habitable Exoplanets Catalog - Planetary Habitability Laboratory @ UPR Arecibo http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog ...
Will 2020 Be the Year We Find Intelligent Alien Life? | Space https://www.space.com/will-alien-life-be-found-2020.html ...
How NASA's Next Mars Rover Will Hunt for Alien Life | Space https://www.space.com/mars-2020-rover-alien-life-hunt.html ...
CHEOPS launch set for 17 Dec. 2019 — NCCR PlanetS http://nccr-planets.ch/blog/2019/12/05/cheops-launch-set-for-17-december-2019/ https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cheops https://cheops.unibe.ch/ ...
Meet Cheops, the Characterising Exoplanet Satellite - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-bJ2YcPDUg ...
Astronomers Detect Water Vapor Around Jupiter's Moon Europa | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/astronomers-detect-water-vapor-around-jupiters-moon-europa/ ...
Water common -- yet scarce -- in exoplanets -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191211082656.htm ...
With Mars methane mystery unsolved, Curiosity serves scientists a new one: Oxygen | EurekAlert! Science News https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/nsfc-wmm111219.php
NASA probes oxygen mystery on Mars - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50419917
US meteorite adds to origins mystery - Although tens of thousands of meteorites have been recovered by humans, scientists have only been able to trace the orbits of a small number. Most of these have been calculated in the last decade. "This is a great way to do what amounts to a low-cost asteroid sample return mission," says Dr Peter Brown, who studies asteroids at Canada's University of Western Ontario. "In this case, the sample comes to us. We don't have to go to the sample." https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50419924
- related: Asteroids@home http://asteroidsathome.net
SPACE
'A Lot of Things Went Right,' NASA Chief Says After Starliner Anomaly Which Prevented It From Continuing Its Mission To The International Space Station | https://www.space.com/nasa-chief-reacts-boeing-starliner-anomaly.html ...
These are the top 20 scientific discoveries of the decade https://relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribution/public/amp/science/2019/12/top-20-scientific-discoveries-of-decade-2010s ...
A Radio Telescope, the Netherlands-China Low Frequency Explorer (NCLE), is Now Scanning Deep Space From the Moon’s Far Side https://gizmodo.com/a-radio-telescope-is-now-scanning-deep-space-from-the-m-1840146460 ...
Why is NASA Going Back to the Moon? | Unveiled - video dailymotion https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7opoyy ...
June 15, 2019 — Should we have humans in space? Astronaut Chris Hadfield headlines our panel looking at the future of space exploration | A Quirks & Quarks public debate | CBC Radio https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/june-15-2019-should-we-have-humans-in-space-a-quirks-quarks-public-debate-1.5174690
Who Owns the Moon? Fifty years after the Apollo 11 mission, the field of outer-space law is growing. Watch Who Owns the Moon? | The New Yorker Video | CNE https://video.newyorker.com/watch/who-owns-the-moon ...
We May Finally Understand the Moments Before the Big Bang | Space https://www.space.com/physicists-model-reheating-universe.html ...
Researcher Finally Explains Why Saturn's Moon Enceladus Has 'Tiger Stripes' - Slashdot https://science.slashdot.org/story/19/11/16/192240/researcher-finally-explains-why-saturns-moon-enceladus-has-tiger-stripes ...
Something Very Strange Seems to Be Synchronizing Distant Galaxies https://futurism.com/the-byte/something-strange-synchronizing-distant-galaxies
The Distribution Of Space Debris Orbiting The Earth GIF by sirtsix | Gfycat https://gfycat.com/welldocumentedappropriatecrane-rsciences-space
The Next Two Astronauts on the Moon Could Both Be Women, NASA Administrator Says | Space https://www.space.com/artemis-next-astronauts-moon-both-women.html
'That roar is terrific... look at that rocket go!' It's been 52 years since first Saturn V left the pad • The Register https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/11/apollo_4/
Link post: "A Timelapse of The Sun's Rotation Complete with a Sunspot the Size of the Earth" posted in /r/space by Omega109. http://redd.it/dxhrux
Link post: "Mercury Transiting at Sunrise Over Wasatch Mountains" posted in /r/space by controlzee. http://redd.it/dxhddy
"NASA's 1st SLS Megarocket Core Stage for the Moon Has Its Engines (Photos)" posted in /r/space by -CoAlpha-. http://redd.it/dxf3nx
"Mercury Transits the Sun - John Chumack (11.11.2019)" posted in /r/space by inkexit. http://redd.it/dxgbq0
SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY
[NPR - Science] CDC Confirms A THC Contaminant, Vitamin E Acetate, The Culprit In Most Vaping Deaths https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/12/20/790154919/cdc-confirms-a-thc-contaminant-vitamin-e-acetate-the-culprit-in-most-vaping-deat ...New Evidence for the Strange Idea that the Universe Is a Hologram https://getpocket.com/explore/item/new-evidence-for-the-strange-idea-that-the-universe-is-a-hologram ...
Want to live to 1,000? Be careful what you wish for - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-16/thompson-want-to-live-to-1000-be-careful-what-you-wish-for/6860396
[Scientific American] Brain Circuit Involved in Compulsive Drinking Identified in Mice http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/_sbdiUXdAwQ/ 2019-11-21T19:00:00
Core Concept: What are the chances of a hazardous solar superflare? | PNAS https://www.pnas.org/content/116/47/23368
Neanderthal footprints found in France offer snapshot of their lives | Science | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/sep/10/neanderthal-footprints-found-in-france-offer-snapshot-of-their-lives
What’s behind a phobia of holes? | Science | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/nov/19/whats-behind-a-phobia-of-holes
Were Aboriginal Australians the world's first astronomers? The Wurdi Touang site would make it the oldest astronomical observatory in the world. - BBC Reel https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p07vfplf/were-aboriginal-australians-the-world-s-first-astronomers- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wurdi_Youang
Prime editing: DNA tool could correct 89% of genetic defects - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50125843
SpaceX Starship prototype blows its top - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50500980 ...
Humans put into suspended animation for first time | Science | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/nov/20/humans-put-into-suspended-animation-for-first-time
Social, demographic, and economic correlates of food and chemical consumption measured by wastewater-based epidemiology | PNAS https://www.pnas.org/content/116/43/21864
Predicting evolution: Not just 'survival of the fittest': What survives, thrives and dominates over a thousand generations? The answer might be even more complex than previously thought https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191113153037.htm
Is China gaining an edge in artificial intelligence? - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50255191
How do you fight extreme wildfires? - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-50410481?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science_and_environment&link_location=live-reporting-story
Preparing for age of smart glasses and deepfakes - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-50388894/adobe-readies-for-the-age-of-smart-glasses-and-deepfakes
DEBUNKINGS
Mars 3 2019 - The truth is out there? Billy Meier's UFO images - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-50634120 ...
AND THE REST (BOOKS / MUSIC / HUMOR / QUIRKY / WOW / MUSIC)
Space invaders: the best books about interstellar arrivals | Books by Alastair Reynolds ( https://old.reddit.com/e7c5r0 ) [ www.theguardian.com - https://is.gd/88Qk4t ]
APOD: 2019 December 4 - Electric Night https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191204.html
Is It Time To Get Rid Of The Caps Lock Key? https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/19/07/13/0148233/is-it-time-to-get-rid-of-the-caps-lock-key?sdsrc=popbyskid
Q: Why are E.T's eyes so big?
A: He just got his phone bill....
[Scientific American] What Makes a Song? It's the Same Recipe in Every Culture http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/0VIDNG1KukU/ 2019-11-21T20:15:00
Two people just got the plague in China — yes, the Black Death plague
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/13/health/china-plague-intl-hnk-scn-scli/index.html (CNN)Two people in China are being treated for plague, authorities said Tuesday.It's the second time the disease, the same one that caused the Black Death, one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, has been detected in the region -- in May, a Mongolian couple died from bubonic plague after eating the raw kidney of a marmot, a local folk health remedy.
NASA Reverses Course After Giving Asteroid Nazi Name https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-reverses-giving-asteroid-nazi-name
-=o=- -=o=- -=o=- 'o// Navy Officers Say 'Unknown Individuals' Made Them Erase Evidence of 2004 UFO Encounter | Space https://www.space.com/navy-witnesses-nimitz-encounter.html
Chilean protesters take down a police drone with lasers! : nextfuckinglevel https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/dvlvwr/chilean_protesters_take_down_a_police_drone_with/?sort=confidence
Pointless work meetings 'really a form of therapy' - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/education-50418317
Bloodhound land speed racer blasts to 628mph - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50438614 Bloodhound diary: Racing at over 500mph - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50374942
Preparing for age of smart glasses and deepfakes - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-50388894/adobe-readies-for-the-age-of-smart-glasses-and-deepfakes
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds (Original Mix) (1990) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ecdn5SGT1E&list=PLZDIwCDGuTGKThOLdHrLKmqdJOQzXcFEJ&index=256 ...
Paint the Sky Red - Not All Who Wonder Are Lost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHC7P400C6w
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