SSLOI 2020.02.16

SSLOI 2020.02.16

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"Seti searches are surely worthwhile, despite the heavy odds against success, because the stakes are so high." -- Professor Martin Rees

— SETI@HOME —

The server issues caused by a bloated database have apparently been fixed, but an update to a new 16 TB hd should insure a "definitive" cure.

—  SETI —

Astronomers to sweep entire sky for signs of extraterrestrial life | Science | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/15/astronomers-to-sweep-entire-sky-for-signs-of-extraterrestrial-life ..

Astronomers want public funds for intelligent life search - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51223704 "The head of one of the US's national observatories says the search for intelligent life elsewhere in the universe needs to be taken more seriously. Dr Anthony Beasley told the BBC that there should be greater government support for a field that has been shunned by government research funders for decades. His backing for the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (Seti) marks a sea change in attitudes to a field regarded until recently as fringe science. Dr Beasley made his comments at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting in Seattle."

Breakthrough Listen scans Milky Way Galaxy for beacons of civilization | Berkeley News https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/02/14/breakthrough-listen-scans-milky-way-galaxy-for-beacons-of-civilization/ ..

Asteroids@home... Because an asteroid will eventually come around here to check how our space programs are doing. http://asteroidsathome.net

— BOINC —

Rechenkraft.net is proud to be organizing the 2020 BOINC Workshop which is hosted by the Physics Department (AG Astronomie) of the Philipps-University in Marburg, Germany. This annual workshop is designed for researchers, scientists, academics, developers and volunteers with any level of interest in the BOINC open source volunteer computing platform. All are welcome! Dates: 7th-10th of September, 2020  https://www.rechenkraft.net/wiki/BOINC_Workshop_2020

NEW PROJECT:: BlackHoles@Home http://astro.phys.wvu.edu/bhathome/blackholesathome_homepage-en_US.html ..

BOINC Network Podcast on Discord https://discordapp.com/channels/605398931479724074/628659434142564352 https://boinc.network/  Invite link: https://discord.gg/wPRafUq ..  https://www.boinc.network/ https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork  ..


— CITIZEN SCIENCE —

AstroQuest is an online non-BOINC citizen science project where participants inspect and edit images that will help Australian astronomers understand how galaxies grow and evolve. https://astroquest.net.au/about/ ..  It is perfect for those times when your favorite BOINC projects are down :) See the article "Volunteers needed to help unlock the secrets of the Universe" | University of Western Australia http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/2019032211292/volunteers-wanted-help-unlock-secrets-universe ... [In a nutshell] The science behind AstroQuest on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/324133654 and a Tutorial https://vimeo.com/324135477 ..  NOTE: Also led by the ICRAR was the now completed SkyNet POGS project http://pogs.theskynet.org/index.html ..


— SPACE —

3 years later, what has been learned about 'Oumuamua, our first interstellar visitor ? https://astronomy.com/magazine/2020/02/our-first-interstellar-visitor ..

Mysterious radio signal from space is repeating every 16 days - CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/11/world/repeating-fast-radio-burst-pattern-scn-trnd/index.html ..

Riding the Booster with enhanced sound  (and take a look at the playlist) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aCOyOvOw5c&list=PLD46FA19058EA0F50&index=1 ..

NASA brings Voyager 2 fully back online, 11.5 billion miles from Earth https://www.inverse.com/science/nasa-brings-voyager-2-fully-back-online-11.5-billion-miles-from-earth ..

NASA reveals the 2 things you need to qualify for a trip to the Moon https://www.inverse.com/science/nasa-reveals-2-things-you-need-to-qualify-for-trip-to-moon ..This may be the most exciting job listing of all time. NASA is looking for the next Neil Armstrong.

In 2021, NASA's flying telescope SOFIA might lose its wings https://www.inverse.com/science/2021-nasa-flying-telescope-sofia-might-lose-its-wings ..


— SCIENCE —

The global fight against coronavirus - BBC Future https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200210-coronavirus-finding-a-cure-to-fight-the-symptoms ..

CERN highlights from 2019 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=fWvrqF8p5Hg&feature=emb_title ...

— HUMOR —

Corey S. Powell on Twitter: "I guess "Smallish asteroid with well-known orbit will pass not-particularly close to Earth this weekend, with zero chance of impact" is not an exciting headline. But it's the right one. https://t.co/zpBnSWcfnk https://t.co/37outjtLxI" / Twitter https://twitter.com/coreyspowell/status/1228444943150198789 ..


— MUSIC —


Uncharted Worlds by Mark Petrie Composer  https://soundcloud.com/mark-22/uncharted-worlds ..

Quantum by Mark Petrie Composer | https://soundcloud.com/mark-22/quantum-audiomachine ..

Resurgence by Mark Petrie Composer | https://soundcloud.com/mark-22/resurgence ..

Approaching the Summit by Mark Petrie Composer https://soundcloud.com/mark-22/approaching-the-summit . ..

Open Future by Mark Petrie Composer https://soundcloud.com/mark-22/open-future ..

Reaching Horizon by Mark Petrie Composer https://soundcloud.com/mark-22/reaching-horizon ..

Battersea by Mark Petrie Composer  https://soundcloud.com/mark-22/oro ..

Solaris Rising - as heard in Westworld Season 2 by Mark Petrie Composer https://soundcloud.com/mark-22/solaris-rising ..

Cahokia by Mark Petrie Composer  https://soundcloud.com/mark-22/cahokia ..

New Dawn by Mark Petrie Composer https://soundcloud.com/mark-22/new-dawn ..

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SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/08/11

SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/08/11 https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/2019/08/setihome-science-links-on-irc-20190811.html RSS Feeds https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default http://feeds.feedburner.com/SETIathomeScienceIRClinks

2019 SETI.Germany Wow! anniversary event: 15-29 August - Posted: 22 Jul 2019, 23:13:46 UTC - Every year SETI.Germany organizes an event in honor of the anniversary of the Wow! signal. This year's event (the 42nd anniversary) takes place from 15 to 29 August. Further information can be found here: https://www.seti-germany.de/Wow/home/en

https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84429&postid=2003886

8th SETI@home Wow! Event 2019 - Update 2019.08.11
https://www.seti-germany.de/Wow/home/en
372 Participants https://www.seti-germany.de/Wow/stats/users/2019
73 Teams https://www.seti-germany.de/Wow/stats/teams/2019
32 Countries https://www.seti-germany.de/Wow/stats/countries/2019
Register at https://www.seti-germany.de/Wow/register/en
Test / Fine tuning : July 15 - Aug.15 16:00 UTC
Event / Competition : August 15, 16:00 UTC - August 29, 16:00 UTC
Facebook event : https://www.facebook.com/events/440620326793598

Regarding *gasp* "Cheating'' at - and bonkering for - the SETI@home Wow! Event 2019 :
https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84374&postid=2003842 and
https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84374&postid=2003885

[NSF - Discoveries] What motivates people to join -- and stick with -- citizen science projects?
https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=298936&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1

#strange #setiathome THERE BE SCREAMERS (Area 51 Raid): "They can't stop all of us" https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84395

#seti SETI Institute in the news July 4 - July 10, 2019 https://www.seti.org/seti-institute-news-july-4-july-10-2019 Applying AI to Mysterious Deep Space
Signals - Our Moon: Commercial Interests and Scientific Safeguards - Funding Space Exploration, Without a Space Race


#BOINC volunteers, here's an invite to join the @discordapp of @team_csf link: https://discord.gg/XtYGz9v

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#seti Breakthrough Listen's new search for alien lasers - For the last few decades, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has focused on detecting radio signals. But a new collaboration between Breakthrough Listen and VERITAS will focus on looking for laser-like flashes of light. | Space | EarthSky https://earthsky.org/space/breakthrough-listen-seti-optical-beacons-technosignatures

#radioastron National Science Foundation sides with Green Bank Observatory - WV
MetroNews http://wvmetronews.com/2019/07/30/national-science-foundation-sides-with-green-bank-observatory/

#seti SETI Institute in the news July 11 - July 17, 2019 https://www.seti.org/seti-institute-news-july-11-july-17-2019 Girl Scouts Announces New Space Science Badges - Saturn s Rings Teach Us About How the Solar System Formed - Internet Memes and Area 51 and UFO s, Oh My! -

#seti Jul 30, 2019 - SETI Institute in the news July 18 - July 24, 2019 https://www.seti.org/seti-institute-news-july-18-july-24-2019 Forbes Asks: Can We Decode an Extraterrestrial Message? - How the Moon Landing Changed Our View of Extraterrestrials - Jill Tarter Fields Twitter s Most Pressing Alien Questions - VERITAS and Breakthrough Listen Announce New Search for Optical Signals - Jason Wright on the Drake Award and Viral Joke to See Them Aliens

#exoplanets [Scientific American] The Hunt Is on for Alpha Centauri's Planets http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/tWAiieBvTJA/
2019-08-05T10:45:00

#society Neil deGrasse Tyson is facing backlash after tweeting about shooting deaths - CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/05/us/neil-degrasse-tyson-gun-death-tweets-trnd/index.html

Katie Mack @AstroKatie : "Here's to hoping we humans someday learn to share enough of our dreams that no one has to live out our nightmares"

#music Home - NASA's Third Rock Radio | Stream New Rock | Indie Rock | Alternative Rock https://thirdrockradio.net


#citizenscience Volunteers Needed @MDRS - The Mars Society https://www.marssociety.org/news/2019/08/07/volunteers-needed-mdrs/

#radioastronomy Astronomy and Space News - Astro Watch: Dead Planets Can Broadcast for Up to a Billion Years https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/08/dead-planets-can-broadcast-for-up-to.html

#radioastronomy NASA's new lightweight X-ray mirrors ready for try-outs in space
https://phys.org/news/2019-07-nasa-lightweight-x-ray-mirrors-ready.html

#psychology Why speaking to yourself in the third person makes you wiser | Aeon Ideas
https://aeon.co/ideas/why-speaking-to-yourself-in-the-third-person-makes-you-wiser

#asteroids A Meteor Just Exploded On Jupiter, And A Photographer Actually Caught It On Video
https://www.sciencealert.com/rare-and-breathtaking-video-of-a-meteor-exploding-on-jupiter

#technology These Guys Built a Flying Saucer That Actually Flies Pretty Well https://futurism.com/the-byte/flying-saucer-flies-pretty-well

#food Vegan food’s sustainability claims need to give the full picture - CSIROscope
https://blog.csiro.au/vegan-foods-sustainability-claims-need-to-give-the-full-picture/

#seti Are we alone in the Cosmos? Biological Time, the Drake Equation and the Fermi Paradox -
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhDUB28BtdA

#marsHow We Could Make Mars Habitable, One Patch of Ground at a Time |
Space https://www.space.com/make-mars-habitable-with-silica-aerogel.html

#exobiology Earth's Changing Colors Could Help Us Find Alien Life |
Space https://www.space.com/alien-life-search-expanded-photosynthesis-signatures.html

#spacehistory Never-Before-Seen NASA Video Shows Scientists Test Apollo 11 Moon Rocks for Life in 1969 | Space https://www.space.com/apollo-11-moon-rocks-life-signs-test-video.html

#exobiology Searching For The Red Edge. How The Earth's Forests Are Telling The Aliens Where We Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ovcD2uL5Cc

#exoplanets Four thousand exo-planets discovered (and counting). :
SFcrowsnest https://www.sfcrowsnest.info/four-thousand-exo-planets-discovered-and-counting/

#physics Physicists solve 2,000-year-old optical problem https://phys.org/news/2019-08-physicists-year-old-optical-problem.html

#exoplanets NASA's Planet-Hunting TESS Telescope Finds 21 New Worlds in 1st Year | Space
https://www.space.com/tess-first-year-hunting-alien-planets.html

#seti Apollo 11 Moon Landing Showed That Aliens Might Be More Than Science Fiction |
Space https://www.space.com/moon-brought-aliens-to-earth.html

#seti 10 SETI Messages That We May Not Want to Receive - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKVpHTMj3XM

#exobiology 10 Indicators that Mars Might Harbor Life - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqf9JloNrts

#space First Flight on Another Planet! The Mars Helicopter aims to make the first powered flight on another planet when it takes off on Mars as part of  the Mars 2020 mission. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhsZUZmJvaM&feature=youtu.be

#seti Will Aliens Want to Eat Us? Our ideas of evil aliens are probably wrong.- Predict - Medium
https://medium.com/predict/will-aliens-want-to-eat-us-de7226ab53d

#space #technology To Save the Internet, Silicon Valley is Sending it to Space - The Crux
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/07/30/to-save-the-internet-silicon-valley-is-sending-it-to-space/#.XVB_Xkd7kd4

#space #technology Building Interplanetary Internet with 'Disruption Tolerant Networking' - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=TeJSQ4ZWk78

#asteroids Something Just Smacked Jupiter and Here's the Photo to Prove It | Space
https://www.space.com/jupiter-impact-flash-photo-august-2019.html

#events Perseid Meteor Shower 2019: When, Where & How to See It | Space https://www.space.com/32868-perseid-meteor-shower-guide.html

#seti Mysterious, Ancient Radio Signals - FRBs - Keep Pelting Earth. Astronomers Designed an AI to Hunt Them Down. | Space
https://www.space.com/fast-radio-bursts-australia-artificial-intelligence.html
 
#seti New SETI Project InVADER Will Practice Looking for Alien Life Near Deep-Sea Vents on Earth - D-brief
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/08/09/new-seti-project-will-practice-looking-for-alien-life-near-deep-sea-vents-on-earth/#.XVB9E0d7kd4

#history Can the man who found the Titanic find Amelia Earhart? - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49231625

#biocontamination Tardigrades Were Already on the Moon - Scientific American Blog Network
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/tardigrades-were-already-on-the-moon/

#politics Congress on verge of creating Space Force after years of delays : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/11/743612373/with-congressional-blessing-space-force-is-closer-to-launch?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=space

#space #history #computing The Story of the Apollo Guidance Computer, Part 3 - Universe Today
https://www.universetoday.com/143113/the-story-of-the-apollo-guidance-computer-part-3/
https://www.universetoday.com/142897/the-story-of-the-apollo-guidance-computer-part-1/
https://www.universetoday.com/143102/the-story-of-the-apollo-guidance-computer-part-2/

#space Nasa Joins Forces with SpaceX To Conquer Mars And Moon | David Reneke | Space and Astronomy News
https://www.davidreneke.com/nasa-joins-forces-with-spacex-to-conquer-mars-and-moon/

#space Air Force cubesat successfully deployed from Atlas 5 upper stage - Astronaut
https://astronaut.com/air-force-cubesat-successfully-deployed-from-atlas-5-upper-stage/

#astrophysics Dark Matter May Have Existed Before the Big Bang, New Math Suggests | Space
https://www.space.com/dark-matter-before-big-bang.html

#astrophysics Dark Matter and Dark Energy: The Mystery Explained (Infographic) | Space
https://www.space.com/20502-dark-matter-universe-mystery-infographic.html

#books Book Review: Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft |National Space Society
https://space.nss.org/book-review-ambassadors-from-earth/

#politics #humor Bernie Sanders Pledges to Release Any Information About Aliens If He's Elected in 2020: Report | Space
https://www.space.com/bernie-sanders-would-reveal-ufo-information-2020-election.html

#exoplanets 4000 Exoplanets - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiFD_LBx2nM https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190710.html

#astrobiology Life may be common in the Milky Way, thanks to comet swapping - And Earth may be one of the primary donor worlds
https://www.spaceanswers.com/solar-system/life-may-be-common-in-the-milky-way-thanks-to-comet-swapping/

#radioastronomy [NPR - Science] Chile And Telescopes Are A Match Made In Heaven
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/02/747260660/chile-and-telescopes-are-a-match-made-in-heaven

#exoplanets NASA's TESS mission completes first year of survey, turns to northern
sky https://phys.org/news/2019-07-nasa-tess-mission-year-survey.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LLyFFsY7ZY

#carlsagan Carl Sagan : A Personal Voyage - Tribute by Brian Cox (2009) https://archive.org/details/CarlSaganAPersonalVoyage Topics : BBC Radio, Archive on Four, Carl Sagan, documentary, biography, science, astronomy - Physicist and broadcaster Brian Cox presents a tribute to his science hero,
the American astronomer Carl Sagan, the man who many people describe as the greatest populariser of science of all time. His landmark television series Cosmos was seen by more than 60 million people worldwide and inspired a generation of young scientists to regard the universe with wonder and
awe. Release date: 11 April 2009 - 1 hour audio, BBC RADIO 4

 #exoplanets NASA's TESS mission finds 'missing link' planets https://phys.org/news/2019-07-nasa-tess-mission-link-planets.html

#moon Study shows that the Moon is older than previously believed -A new study spearheaded by Earth scientists at the University of Cologne's
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy has constrained the age of the Moon to approximately 50 million years after the formation of the solar system.
https://phys.org/news/2019-07-moon-older-previously-believed.html

#space The Orion Spacecraft for NASA's 2020 Trip Around the Moon Is Ready to Go (Photo) | Space
https://www.space.com/orion-capsule-artemis-1-finished-photo.html

#asteroids An asteroid buzzed past Earth, and we barely noticed in time - Michael J. I. Brown, Associate professor in astronomy, Monash University -
July 25, 2019 2.41am EDT http://theconversation.com/an-asteroid-just-buzzed-past-earth-and-we-barely-noticed-in-time-120972 "A 100-metre-wide
asteroid passed just 70,000km from Earth on Thursday, Australian time. It was discovered by the Brazilian SONEAR survey just days ago, and its
presence was announced mere hours before it zoomed past our planet. The lack of warning shows how quickly potentially dangerous asteroids can
sneak up on us."

#philosophy To imagine our own extinction is to be able to answer for it | Aeon Essays
https://aeon.co/essays/to-imagine-our-own-extinction-is-to-be-able-to-answer-for-it

#psychology What happened when I made my students turn off their phones | Aeon Ideas
https://aeon.co/ideas/what-happened-when-i-made-my-students-turn-off-their-phones

#cosmology Tracer galaxies probe the cosmic background - The universe, perhaps surprisingly, is not comprised of galaxies randomly distributed
throughout space; that is, it is not very homogeneous. Instead, its galaxies are clustered into distinct structures, typically gigantic filaments separated by
vast voids the "large-scale structure (LSS)," an architecture whose discovery and mappings were pioneered by CfA astronomers about thirty years ago.
https://phys.org/news/2019-07-tracer-galaxies-probe-cosmic-background.html

#space Space mining kits blast off for tests in orbit - The groundbreaking study could aid efforts to establish manned settlements on distant worlds by
helping develop ways to source minerals essential for survival in space. https://phys.org/news/2019-07-space-kits-blast-orbit.html

#moon Scientist Explains How Moon Mining Would Work | WIRED - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix6BxLf1bew

#space Space junk: A recycling station could be cleaning up in Earth orbit by
2050 https://phys.org/news/2019-07-space-junk-recycling-station-earth.html

#space First free flight of SpaceX's Starhopper aborted after engine fire https://phys.org/news/2019-07-free-flight-spacex-starhopper-aborted.html

#sciencehistory Voyager 1 and 2 - 2019 UPDATE Narrated Documentary - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZIB8vauWSI

#space Sail Deployment: Reflections on LightSail 2 https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2019/07/24/lightsail-2-sail-deployment/

#space Planetary Society Deploys LightSail 2 s Solar Sail. What Does The Future Hold For Solar Sails? -
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDYkxHQ7X78

#space Liftoff! India Launches Ambitious Mission to Land at the Moon's South Pole |
Space https://www.space.com/india-chandrayaan-2-moon-mission-launch-success.html

#anthropology Let's Stick Together - how social bonding evolved | SETI Institute https://www.seti.org/podcast/lets-stick-together

#maths Math's Paths | SETI Institute https://www.seti.org/podcast/maths-paths "If you bake, you can appreciate math s transformative properties.
Admiring the stackable potato chip is to admire a hyperbolic sheet. Find out why there s no need to fear math - you just need to think outside the
cuboid. Also, how nature s geometric shapes inspire the next generation of squishy robots and an argument for radically overhauling math class. The
end point of these common factors is acute show that s as fun as eating Pi."

#space World Joins NASA to Celebrate Apollo as the Agency Looks Forward |
NASA https://www.nasa.gov/feature/world-joins-nasa-in-celebrating-apollo-as-the-agency-looks-to-the-future

#moon #space Jul 10, 2019 28:48 When NASA s Apollo 11 mission sent the first astronauts to the moon 50 years ago, there were many things we didn t know. Like whether the moon s surface would turn out to be a field of quicksand, if space germs would infect the astronauts, or what exactly the moon was made of. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, we join forces with the National Air and Space Museum's podcast, AirSpace, to explore the mysteries of lunar science: what we didn't know then, and what we still don't know today. Listen to AirSpace, stories that defy gravity: https://airandspace.si.edu/learn/airspace-podcast

#moon NASA Releases Stunning Panoramas of Apollo Landing Sites |
NASA https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-releases-stunning-panoramas-of-apollo-landing-sites-for-50th-anniversary

#moon #space From the Moon to the Stars https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2019/07/22/from-the-moon-to-the-stars/

#astrophotography Astrophotography competition sees joint winners for prestigious David Malin Awards - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-20/david-malin-awards-astrophotography-competition-space/11322710 2019 CWAS "David Malin Awards" Shortlist https://www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/news_events/astrofest/DMA/2019_shortlist/ Previous years https://www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/news_events/astrofest/DMA/

#obituaries Chris Kraft: Key Apollo 11 director dies days after anniversary - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49082897

#society Hawaii telescope: The volcano that could help prove alien life exists - Desecrating sacred land or finding new frontiers? - BBC
News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49082156

#space Why is India sending humanoid robots into space? - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-48918280

#asteroids NASA tracked three large asteroids - 2019 OD, 2019 OE and 2015 HM10 - zipping by Wednesday,-- and one was closer than the Moon -
CNN 2019/07/24 https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/24/world/nasa-asteroid-flyby-moon-scn-trnd/index.html

#asteroids Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) https://fallingstar.com/home.php https://twitter.com/fallingstarIfA

#asteroids Pan-STARRS https://panstarrs.stsci.edu/ https://neo.ifa.hawaii.edu/statistics/ https://twitter.com/PanSTARRS2
https://twitter.com/PanSTARRS1

#moon New research shows that a planetoid impact could have made our Moon asymmetric.
https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/long-ago-collision-explain-two-faced-moon/

#space Dragonfly Drone Will Explore Saturn?s Biggest Moon. NASA has selected its next New Frontiers mission: Dragonfly, a rover-sized drone will
begin ?coptering around Titan in 2034.https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/were-going-to-titan-dragonfly/

#space Cool Quad Video of the Falcon Re-Entry. Two Sonic Booms!
https://www.universetoday.com/143026/check-out-this-super-cool-quad-video-of-the-falcon-re-entry-two-sonic-booms/

#moon Does the massive metallic core of a primordial impactor lie buried under the South Pole-Aitken basin on the lunar farside?
https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/huge-mass-found-under-largest-moon-impact/

#asteroids IAU Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/

#spacehistory 8 Days: To the Moon and Back | 8 Days: To the Moon and Back | PBS https://www.pbs.org/video/8-days-to-the-moon-and-back-bnqvna/

#cosmology Gaia starts mapping our Milky Way's bar | Space | EarthSky https://earthsky.org/space/gaia-starts-mapping-our-milky-ways-bar


#robotics #space Meet a family of NASA space robots | Human World |
EarthSky https://earthsky.org/space/nasa-space-robots-lemur-ice-worm-robosimian

#moon #history Moon landing anniversary: One small step for man...a giant leap for space
robots http://theconversation.com/moon-landing-anniversary-one-small-step-for-man-a-giant-leap-for-space-robots-120553

#space #history That time my grandad saved Neil Armstrong's life - RN - ABC News (Australian BroadcastingCorporation) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-15/that-time-my-grandad-saved-neil-armstrongs-life/8022728

#cosmology CSIRO on Twitter: "Radio bursts are an astronomical "whodunnit," so we've channelled our inner Sherlock Holmes. Our researchers have pinpointed the precise location of a burst using our ASKAP radio telescope, bringing us closer to solving their mystery. @Science_Academy https://twitter.com/CSIROnews/status/1147294086870851586

#moon #technology Four surprising technological innovations that came out of the Apollo moon landings http://theconversation.com/four-surprising-technological-innovations-that-came-out-of-the-apollo-moon-landings-119605

#moon #computing #history Would your mobile phone be powerful enough to get you to the moon? http://theconversation.com/would-your-mobile-phone-be-powerful-enough-to-get-you-to-the-moon-115933

#ethics #science BBC - Future - Is it right to use Nazi research if it can save lives? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190723-the-ethics-of-using-nazi-science

#obituaries Rutger Hauer, star of Blade Runner, dies aged 75 | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/24/rutger-hauer-star-of-blade-runner-dies-aged-75 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNbJ45yyVcY https://media.giphy.com/media/NfssuO1V5K0kE/giphy.gif "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe, attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannh user Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."

#society #science The volcano that could help prove alien life exists - Hawaii telescope: Desecrating sacred land or finding new frontiers? - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49082156

#history #science [BBC - Science & Environment] Moon landing: How Jodrell Bank tracked Apollo 11 and a Russian probe https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-49001181 2019-07-19T23:54:07

#strange Seth Shostak - 5 reasons not to storm Area 51 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBsnfFL1JM8 "The last day of summer and maybe the last day of you" "Shostak's playing devil's advocate, highlighting problems and concerns, thus enabling better planning, logistics, and first aid. Good job, sir."

#space SpaceX s shiny new spaceship prototype Starhopper has flown for the first time | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2211363-spacexs-shiny-new-spaceship-prototype-has-flown-for-the-first-time/

#asteroids Asteroid 2019 OK just missed Earth, surprising scientists - The Washington Post - https://bit.ly/2LFX0sV https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/26/it-snuck-up-us-city-killer-asteroid-just-missed-earth-scientists-almost-didnt-detect-it-time/

#health [Ars Technica - Science] Brain-eating amoeba kills again here s how it kills and how to avoid it https://arstechnica.com/?p=1542335 2019-07-26T18:25:35

#environment [Scientific American] Alarming Sonar Results Show Glaciers May Be Melting Faster Than We Expected http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/c2Dp7JhCIog/ 2019-07-26T16:32:00

#anthopology From the penalty box to the ballot box, our brains are wired for tribalism http://theconversation.com/from-the-penalty-box-to-the-ballot-box-our-brains-are-wired-for-tribalism-117089

#environment [Ars Technica - Science] Second European heatwave this summer also linked to climate change https://arstechnica.com/?p=1545801 2019-08-03T19:56:34

#environment [BBC - Science & Environment] What's causing the heatwave? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-49093455 2019-07-24T12:21:56

#biodiversity [NPR - Science] Sharks Have Few Places To Hide From Fishing, Study Shows https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/07/24/744605834/sharks-have-few-places-to-hide-from-fishing-study-shows 2019-07-24T13:00:55

#history [Ars Technica - Science] Archeologists confirm near-legendary tale of crusaders siege of Jerusalem https://arstechnica.com/?p=1540725 2019-07-24T21:20:22

#strange #events #weird Area 51 raid event 'to see them aliens' removed by Facebook - The event creator is planning a real-life festival to replace the tongue-in-cheek Area 51 raid. https://www.cnet.com/news/area-51-raid-event-to-see-them-aliens-removed-by-facebook-creator-organizing-festival/ (Best way ever to convince conspiracy theorists they are wrong, riiight...)

#technology #hoverboard French inventor successfully crosses the English Channel on a hoverboard (Video) - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/4/20753648/jet-powered-hoverboard-english-channel-crossing-franky-zapata-success

#technology #hoverboard #video Les images du vol de Francky Zapata au-dessus de la Manche - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI-DL3hJFZE

#people 90-year-old graduate from Bairnsdale says it's never too late to study - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-29/90-year-old-graduates-message-to-australians-youre-never-too-old/11353796

#climate [Ars Technica - Science] The only global climate event of last 2,000 years was ours https://arstechnica.com/?p=1541643 2019-07-25T17:22:04

#climate [Ars Technica - Science] New IPCC report shows land use is part of solution to climate change https://arstechnica.com/?p=1548483 2019-08-08T23:06:14

#cosmology Astronomy and Space News - Astro Watch: Astronomers Discover Vast Ancient Galaxies, Which Could Shed Light on Dark Matter https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/08/astronomers-discover-vast-ancient.html

#cosmology Dark Matter May Have Existed Before the Big Bang, New Math Suggests | Space https://www.space.com/dark-matter-before-big-bang.html

#strange Thousands Of Tardigrades Are Stranded On The Moon After A Failed Lunar Mission : NPR https://www.npr.org/2019/08/08/749500826/thousands-of-tardigrades-are-stranded-on-the-moon-after-a-failed-lunar-mission

#strange Hordes of Earth's toughest creatures may now be living on Moon https://news.yahoo.com/hordes-earths-toughest-creatures-may-now-living-moon-005552957.html

#history Beyond the Apollo 50th Anniversary, with Poppy Northcutt - Out There http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/outthere/2019/08/08/beyond-the-apollo-50th-anniversary/

#astrophysics Very Large Telescope releases new view of ‘Cosmic Seagull’ | https://www.spaceanswers.com/deep-space/very-large-telescope-releases-new-view-of-cosmic-seagull/

#asteroids Asteroid’s Close Approach Demonstrates Need for More Eyes in the Sky – Parabolic Arc http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/08/08/asteroids-close-approach-demonstrates-need-for-more-eyes-in-the-sky/

#cosmology What came first, dark matter or the Big Bang? | https://www.spaceanswers.com/deep-space/what-came-first-dark-matter-or-the-big-bang/

#geology When Earth's magnetic field flips, it could take thousands of years | Astronomy.com http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/08/when-earths-magnetic-field-flips-it-could-take-thousands-of-years

#space A More Secure Space Weapons System Starts with Cyber - SpaceNews.com https://spacenews.com/a-more-secure-space-weapons-system-starts-with-cyber/

#women 8 New Sci-Fi Short Films About Intriguing Women and Space Travel https://io9.gizmodo.com/intriguing-female-characters-highlight-these-8-new-sci-1836894263

#astrophysics Maybe Dark Matter is Warm, Not Cold - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/143083/maybe-dark-matter-is-warm-not-cold/

#history What Was the Space Race? | Space https://www.space.com/space-race.html

#computing The Story of the Apollo Guidance Computer, Part 2 - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/143102/the-story-of-the-apollo-guidance-computer-part-2/ https://www.universetoday.com/142897/the-story-of-the-apollo-guidance-computer-part-1/

#astrophysics When Will the Sun Die? | Space https://www.space.com/14732-sun-burns-star-death.html

#radioastronomy ALMA finds previously unseen ancestors of elliptical galaxies – Astronomy Now https://astronomynow.com/2019/08/07/alma-finds-previously-unseen-ancestors-of-giant-elliptical-galaxies/

#radioastronomy Astronomers Search for Radio Signals From ‘Dead Planets’ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/08/07/astronomers-search-for-radio-signals-from-dead-planets/

#anthropology New study in Science: Why humans in Africa fled to the mountains during the last ice age https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-08/mh-nsi073019.php

#food CNN: Fake meat is the future. Here's why -> http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/fxi6t291bF8/plant-based-meat-explainer-orig.cnn-business

#climate #food CNN: Food will be scarce, expensive and less nutritious, climate report says -> http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/21Bjpg186u8/index.html

#food CNN: Photos: Real or fake: meat substitutes -> http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/GQwJi5hi76I/index.html

#pictures Atlas at Dawn - Astronomy Picture of the Day https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

#pictures #robotics #rovers #spaceexploration Curiosity at Teal Ridge https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190808.html

#pictures #cosmology APOD: 2019 August 6 - The Local Void in the Nearby Universe https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190806.html https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.08329 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.08329.pdf

#exoplanets New Method May Help Scientists Study Exoplanets at the Edge of Chaos | Space https://www.space.com/exoplanets-edge-of-chaos-alien-worlds.html

#psychology You have more in common with a psychopath than you realise: Psychopaths force us to confront a paradox at the heart of ethics: the fact that I care about what happens to you is based on the fact I care about what happens to me. | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/you-have-more-in-common-with-a-psychopath-than-you-realise

#strange Why speaking to yourself in the third person makes you wiser | Aeon Ideas https://aeon.co/ideas/why-speaking-to-yourself-in-the-third-person-makes-you-wiser

#cats Hail Félicette! French Space Cat Memorial Beginning to Take Shape | Space https://www.space.com/felicette-space-cat-memorial-design-photos.html

#woo Your horoscope isn't speaking directly to you. But here's why it may feel like it is - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-09/astrology-horoscopes-why-it-feels-like-theyre-talking-to-you/11374550

#space Martian Merlot? How a Red Wine Compound May Help Us Cope with Mars' Gravity | Space https://www.space.com/red-wine-compound-mars-astronauts.html

#astrophysics This Is Why Black Holes Must Spin At Almost The Speed Of Light https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/this-is-why-black-holes-must-spin-at-almost-the-speed-of-light-8aa0fd9794e

#space NASA's Parker Solar Probe Is Beaming Back Extra Data as it Buzzes the Sun | Space https://www.space.com/parker-solar-probe-extra-data-sun-flybys.html

#moon New Images from China's Chang'e 4 as Eighth Lunar Day Ends - Sky & Telescope https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/china-change-4-mission-images-eighth-lunar-day/

#physics [Scientific American] Watch Liquid-Based Magnet Droplets Twirl and Morph http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/9OSMSzkzJZw/ 2019-07-23T10:45:00

#science A Mexican Physicist Solved a 2,000-Year Old Problem That Will Lead to Cheaper, Sharper Lenses https://gizmodo.com/a-mexican-physicist-solved-a-2-000-year-old-problem-tha-1837031984

#climate [NPR - Science] Researchers Are Trying To Find A Solution To Cut Concrete's Carbon Emissions https://www.npr.org/2019/08/08/749500858/researchers-are-trying-to-find-a-solution-to-cut-concretes-carbon-emissions

#science [Scientific American] The Brain in Images: Top Entries in the Art of Neuroscience http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/siOP4AQHLSE/ 2019-07-29T13:00:00

#health [BBC - Science & Environment] Drug-resistant superbug spreading in Europe's hospitals https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49132425 2019-07-29T15:11:28

#anthropology #PAYWALL Is reality real? How evolution blinds us to the truth about the world | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332410-300-is-reality-real-how-evolution-blinds-us-to-the-truth-about-the-world/

#aliens #strange The truth is out there - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/the-truth-is-out-there-1/?utm_term=.fb453fd3c7d6

#moon #history The last person to set foot on the moon - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/the-last-person-to-set-foot-on-the-moon/?utm_term=.8c556e58d02f

#sociology #internet The researcher whose rats predicted the Internet - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/the-researcher-whose-rats-predicted-the-internet/?utm_term=.fbc2ac93dc78

#biography #people One of the greatest astronomers of her generation - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/one-of-the-greatest-astronomers-of-her-generation/?utm_term=.dc15df683411

#biography #history The astronomer who took gay rights to the Supreme Court - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/the-astronomer-who-took-gay-rights-to-the-supreme-court/

#physics #history How a solar eclipse made Albert Einstein famous - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/how-a-solar-eclipse-made-albert-einstein-famous/?utm_term=.1dcb4077aac6

[NPR - Science] I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For ... Lab-Grown Animal Proteins! https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/08/02/747026144/dairy-ice-cream-no-cow-needed-these-egg-and-milk-proteins-are-made-without-anima

#aliens #humor #ethics #foods Storming Area 51 - Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer - Aug 1, 2019 | SETI Institute https://www.seti.org/storming-area-51 "The idea for this effort was birthed on Facebook, and it was clearly intended as a joke. But so was Johnny Carson s 1973 claim that the U.S. was running out of toilet paper an offhand attempt at humor that triggered a real shortage. So joke or no, the hordes might really show up at the closely guarded federal facility. BookMaker, an Internet betting site, is already weighing the odds of a tsunami of citizens storming the chain-links and, if they do, the chances that they ll find any aliens mothballed inside. It s all good fun (unless, perhaps, you re a security guard for the Air Force.) But should you go? And, really, is there any reason to believe that extraterrestrials are stacked up at Area 51?" Latest news https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&client=firefox-b-d&biw=960&bih=445&tbm=nws&ei=II5GXe6vC46y5wKNtpeYAg&q=area+51+storm&oq=area+51+storm&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0.12678.14750.0.15529.5.1.0.4.4.0.130.130.0j1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.5.164....0.yfDHhYf-z-k

#aliens They Can't Stop Us All par Finderz Keeperz https://soundcloud.com/finderzkeeperz/theycantstopusall We partnered with ''Storm area 51,they cant stop us all'' to bring the official anthem for the raid event. We are beyond thrilled to have this opportunity and we hope it snaps your fucking neck. Event page(disactactivated by facebook): bit.ly/sa51tcsua

#weird Chihuahua Was Abducted by a Seagull. It Could Happen, Expert Says. https://www.livescience.com/66006-gull-abducts-chihuahua.html

#music #18+ Rammstein 'Radio' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_(Rammstein_song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK1_C0NdSOg https://genius.com/Genius-english-translations-rammstein-radio-english-translation-lyrics

#aliens How could aliens find us? - BBC Ideas https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/how-could-aliens-find-us/p073jvp0?playlist=universal-wonders

#moon Moon landing: Why the Moon is still such a mystery - BBC Ideas https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/why-the-moon-is-still-such-a-mystery/p07h0hzw?playlist=universal-wonders

#asteroids The weird world of comets - BBC Ideas https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/how-medieval-monks-are-revealing-our-universes-sec/p07jljv5?playlist=universal-wonders

#medieval How analysis of texts from the early medieval period can help us understand comets - and our universe. - BBC Ideas https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/how-medieval-monks-are-revealing-our-universes-sec/p07jljv5?playlist=universal-wonders

#people Three amazing astronomers you need to know about - Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and Vera Rubin changed the way we view the universe. So why don't we hear more about them? BBC Ideas https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/the-women-who-changed-the-way-we-see-the-universe/p072n3vj?playlist=universal-wonders

#history Can the man who found the Titanic find Amelia Earhart? - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49231625

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SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/05/24 https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/2019/05/setihome-science-links-on-irc-20190524.html RSS Feeds https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default http://feeds.feedburner.com/SETIathomeScienceIRClinks

"Men and Women wanted for a hazardous distributed computing Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Low wages, bitter false positives, long hours of data crunching, overheating CPU's and GPUs. Safe return doubtful without caffeinated beverages. Honour and recognition in event of technosignal detection." (adapted from the apocryphal newspaper ad made by famed explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton)

SETI@home is down? A check list https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/2019/04/is-setihome-down.html

Dr Eric Korpela, project scientist - 17 May 2019, 17:39:43 UTC "Happy Anniversary! On this date in 1999, SETI@home came online. Since then millions of our volunteers have helped us sift through petabytes of data from multiple radio telescopes. ET still hasn't shown up to the party. We're not discouraged. We're able to examine less than a tenth of a percent of the radio spectrum, over only 1/3 of the sky and a limited number of additional stars. But our capabilities are increasing every day. In 1999 it took up to a week to process a single workunit on a home PC. Now, on a machine with a GPU, it might only take a few minutes to do a far more detailed and more sensitive analysis. Who knows what the next 20 years will bring?"
https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84213&postid=1994043

" In the deepest sense the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is a search for ourselves." - Carl Sagan

SETI@home, the Alien-Hunting Project for the Nonscientist, Turns 20 - The Ringer https://www.theringer.com/tech/2019/5/24/18637942/seti-home-aliens-citizen-science-extraterrestrial-life-20th-anniversary

Updated agenda for the July 9-12 2019 BOINC Workshop in Chicago https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/lt/images/boinc/2019BOINCWorkshopAgenda.pdf https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/stat/workshop.action

Signal Simulator testing the BOINC Project. #gamedevelopment #gamedev #gamedesign #madewithunity #indiedev #indiegame #indiegames #makinggames #indiedevelopment #game #seti #nasa #ufo #aliens #scifi #gaming https://twitter.com/BlagoPenev/status/1128031073420623872 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB-fcEcIS2g

The BOINC NATION server on Discord has recently been disactivated, due to the lack of a meaningful participation from its 80+ members. Any further request for an invitation will not be honored. Sorry for any inconvenience this might have caused to the former members and contributors of BOINC NATION.

SETI@home server on Discord (beta test) https://discordapp.com/channels/580067621458673669/580067621924503555 Invite link https://discord.gg/W9whdq5

The SETI screensaver shows us what the internet could've been https://thenextweb.com/syndication/2019/04/28/the-seti-screensaver-shows-us-what-the-internet-couldve-been/

"To all explorers, we are just a dust particle in the universe; make it count." - Mendez & Gonzalez-Espada (2016)

SETI@home Sticker | TeePublic https://www.teepublic.com/sticker/181989-seti-at-home?product_id=1918&store_id=39290

BOINC Sticker by Loid | Redbubble https://www.redbubble.com/people/loid/works/8827076-boinc?p=sticker
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Hacking SETI | SETI Institute https://www.seti.org/hacking-seti https://www.gnuradio.org/grcon/grcon19/

SETI Institute in the news April 25 EMay 1, 2019 | SETI Institute https://www.seti.org/seti-institute-news-april-25-may-1-2019 - Saturn ?SkimmerESpacecraft to Study Rings Up Close - US Navy to Issue New Guidelines on Reporting Unexplained Aerial Phenomena - Greetings from Earth Ea Bad Idea? -

Alien Contact: What Happens Next? - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTqLPvBz8xc

May 18th, 2019 - /r/GreatFilter: The Great Filter is the most urgent question Mankind has ever faced. It's the solution to the Fermi Paradox. The Great Filter is Robin Hanson's hypothesis there are no other technological civilizations (not even on Earth) because they die before they colonize a galaxy. The mission of r/GreatFilter is to raise awareness of the value and fragility of life, and thus the importance of peaceful colonization of space beyond Earth, one rock at a time. Is our destiny literally in our stars? subredditoftheday https://www.reddit.com/r/subredditoftheday/comments/bq38ya/may_18th_2019_rgreatfilter_the_most_urgent/

How Different Might an Alien Intelligence Be From Us? https://medium.com/predict/how-different-might-an-alien-intelligence-be-from-us-5aca920d1379

Robotic Space Explorer To Pursue Earth-Like Planets https://www.forbes.com/sites/billretherford/2019/05/09/robotic-space-explorer-to-pursue-elusive-earth-like-planets/

PANOSETI?- A Panoramic All-sky All-time Near InfraRed and Optical Technosignature Finder https://oirlab.ucsd.edu/PANOSETI.html

BBC - Future - If we made contact with aliens, how would religions react? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161215-if-we-made-contact-with-aliens-how-would-religions-react

UC Berkeley SETI sur Twitter : "Congratulations to @Astro_Wright - recipient of the @SETIInstitute 2019 Drake Award, 2016 @brkthroughprize Listen Visiting Professor and Listen Advisory Board member. We talked to Jason about confirming weird signals and searching for alien megastructures: https://twitter.com/BerkeleySETI/status/1126921905871581187 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lqXc2ungX0

I am Jason Wright, the winner of the SETI Institute's 2019 Drake Award. AMA! : IAmA https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/bm753f/i_am_jason_wright_the_winner_of_the_seti/

Recipient of the @SETIInstitute 2019 Drake Award, 2016 @brkthroughprize Listen Award, Visiting Professor and Listen Advisory Board member Jason Wright talks about confirming weird signals and searching for alien megastructures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lqXc2ungX0

SETI Institute in the news May 8 (April 25 EMay 1, 2019) https://seti.org/seti-institute-news-april-25-may-1-2019

SETI Institute - May 15, 2019 - Where is the Origin of Life on Earth? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFSIT1KctRU

Who?s Out There-Microbes? - Astronaut https://astronaut.com/whos-out-there-microbes/

Advanced Civilizations Could be Communicating with Neutrino Beams. Transmitted by Clouds of Satellites Around Neutron Stars or Black Holes - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/142234/advanced-civilizations-could-be-communicating-with-neutrino-beams-transmitted-by-clouds-of-satellites-around-neutron-stars-or-black-holes/

Advanced Civilizations Could be Communicating with Neutrino Beams. Transmitted by Clouds of Satellites Around Neutron Stars or Black Holes - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/142234/advanced-civilizations-could-be-communicating-with-neutrino-beams-transmitted-by-clouds-of-satellites-around-neutron-stars-or-black-holes/

Starting Life on Another Planet EMany Worlds https://manyworlds.space/2019/05/17/starting-life-on-another-planet/

On Mars, Organics Are Hard to Find And now we know the reason why. | Daily Planet | Air & Space Magazine https://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/mars-organics-are-hard-find-180972213/

Contemplating the stars | Columnists | grandrapidsmn.com https://www.grandrapidsmn.com/opinion/columnists/contemplating-the-stars/article_07ed7726-78be-11e9-b068-bf3b8398cf50.html

Figuring Out Whether Aliens Exist: Possible Resolutions to the Fermi Paradox https://interestingengineering.com/figuring-out-whether-aliens-exist-possible-resolutions-to-the-fermi-paradox

An Advanced Civilization Could Resist the Accelerating Expansion of the Universe https://medium.com/mit-technology-review/an-advanced-civilization-could-resist-the-accelerating-expansion-of-the-universe-2145eee93751

Is Life Inevitable? | Big Picture Science http://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/is-life-inevitable

New Water Worlds | Big Picture Science http://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/new-water-worlds

Enhanced Habitability on High Obliquity Bodies near the Outer Edge of the Habitable Zone of Sun-like Stars - Astrobiology http://astrobiology.com/2019/05/enhanced-habitability-on-high-obliquity-bodies-near-the-outer-edge-of-the-habitable-zone-of-sun-like.html

A Family Of Comets Reopens The Debate About the Origin Of Earth's Water - Astrobiology http://astrobiology.com/2019/05/a-family-of-comets-reopens-the-debate-about-the-origin-of-earths-water.html

Could There Be Life Without Carbon? (video) - Astrobiology http://astrobiology.com/2019/05/could-there-be-life-without-carbon-video.html

[1901.07756] Science Opportunities and Challenges Associated with SKA Big Data https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.07756

[1901.10551] A Critical Review on the Assumptions of SETI https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.10551

[1902.02426] Machine Vision and Deep Learning for Classification of Radio SETI Signals https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.02426

[1902.08035] Introduction: Detectability of Future Earth https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.08035

[1902.09985] Searching for Extraterrestrial Civilizations Using gamma Ray Telescopes https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.09985

Astronomy and Space News - Astro Watch: 18 Earth-Sized Exoplanets Discovered https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/05/18-earth-sized-exoplanets-discovered.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+AstroWatch+(Astro+Watch)

CITIZEN SCIENCE

World Community Grid : "Here's a #CitizenScience project for anyone interested in learning more about their (possibly unknown) roommates! Never Home Alone aims to document the species that live indoors with humans. https://twitter.com/WCGrid/status/1128734004524539905 https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/never-home-alone-the-wild-life-of-homes

SCIENCE

Astronomy and Space News - Astro Watch: Massive Martian Ice Discovery Opens a Window into Red Planet’s History https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/05/massive-martian-ice-discovery-opens.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+AstroWatch+(Astro+Watch)

Swarm of comet debris may raise chances of impacts on Earth https://www.skymania.com/wp/swarm-of-comet-debris-may-raise-chances-of-impacts-on-earth/

Phil Plait: How Can Mistakes Lead To Scientific Advancement? : NPR https://www.npr.org/2019/05/24/725516852/phil-plait-how-can-mistakes-lead-to-scientific-advancement?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=space

What Prevents Pluto's Ocean from Freezing? - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-prevents-plutos-ocean-from-freezing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciam%2Fspace+%28Topic%3A+Space%29

Why You Can?t See Extrasolar Planets With Your Telescope | David Reneke | Space and Astronomy News https://www.davidreneke.com/why-you-cant-see-extrasolar-planets-with-your-telescope/

Scientists gear up to look for fossils on Mars | Astronomy.com http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/05/scientists-gear-up-to-look-for-fossils-on-mars?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+astronomy%2ForOJ+%28Astronomy.com+News+-+Presented+by+Astronomy+Magazine%29


SPACE

How an Inflating Universe Could Create a Multiverse | Space https://www.space.com/inflating-universe-could-create-multiverse.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+spaceheadlines+%28SPACE.com+Headline+Feed%29

A Century of Gravity | Astronomy News https://nineplanets.org/news/a-century-of-gravity/


Was 'Oumuamua a Fragment from a Disintegrated Comet? - Sky & Telescope https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/oumuamua-comet-fragment/

How Dead Aliens Could Help Save Humanity | Space https://www.space.com/dead-intelligent-aliens-save-humanity.html

What Chang'e 4 learned from the moon's far side | Space | EarthSky https://earthsky.org/space/what-change-4-learned-from-the-moons-far-side

Astronomers prepare two space-borne tools that will investigate behemoth black holes | https://www.spaceanswers.com/deep-space/astronomers-prepare-two-space-borne-tools-that-will-investigate-behemoth-black-holes/

Want to send you name to Mars? Now's your chance - SpaceFlight Insider https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/nasa/want-to-send-you-name-to-mars-nows-your-chance/ https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/mars2020/

Astronomy photo of the day: the reddest outer solar system object, Ultima Thule : https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190522.html

Don't Forget, Curiosity's Sister Rover is Flying to Mars in 2020 - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/142272/dont-forget-curiositys-sister-rover-is-flying-to-mars-in-2020/

[Scientific American] From the Lunar Far Side, China's Rover Reveals Moon's Hidden Depths http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/MxdRVGdh9L0/ 2019-05-15T17:00:00

How some planets can survive their stars' deaths | Space | EarthSky https://earthsky.org/space/small-rocky-planets-most-likely-to-survive-star-death

Astronomy and Space News - Astro Watch: CosmoGAN: Training a Neural Network to Study Dark Matter https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/05/cosmogan-training-neural-network-to.html

Caught Speeding: Illinois Patrol Cop Spies Blazing Fireball (Video) | Space https://www.space.com/bright-meteor-fireball-illinois-police-video-may-2019.html https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1172246082947768

Video: Fly over Curiosity's route on Mars | Space | EarthSky https://earthsky.org/space/video-fly-over-curiosity-mars-rover-route

Here's Three Free Posters to Celebrate NASA's Apollo Anniversaries (and Space.com's, Too!) | Space https://www.space.com/free-space-posters-celebrate-apollo-spacedotcom-anniversaries.html

Vulcan clears final review, could fly as early as 2021 - SpaceFlight Insider https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/ula/vulcan-clears-final-review-could-fly-as-early-as-2021/

Video: Fly over Curiosity's route on Mars | Space | EarthSky https://earthsky.org/space/video-fly-over-curiosity-mars-rover-route

More Details Emerge About Artemis ESpacePolicyOnline.com https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/more-details-emerge-about-artemis/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Spacepolicyonline+%28SpacePolicyOnline+News%29

SpaceX postpones Starlink launch to update satellite software ESpaceflight Now https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/05/17/spacex-postpones-starlink-launch-to-update-satellite-software/

SpaceX releases new details on Starlink satellite design ESpaceflight Now https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/05/15/spacex-releases-new-details-on-starlink-satellite-design/

NASA taps Blue Origin and 10 other companies for moon lander projects EGeekWire https://www.geekwire.com/2019/nasa-taps-blue-origin-10-companies-work-moon-lander-studies-prototypes/

Apollo Moon landing: The 13 minutes that defined a century - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48232627

There's a Hole in Mars' Atmosphere that Spits Hydrogen into Space https://www.livescience.com/65470-strange-martian-water-cycle.html

Space Mining Could Ruin Our Solar System If We Don't Establish Protected Places Now, Researchers Warn https://www.livescience.com/65472-scientists-propose-solar-system-national-park.html

From Big Bang to Present: Snapshots of Our Universe Through Time https://www.livescience.com/65471-photo-timeline-big-bang.html

A Star in the Big Dipper Is an Alien Invader https://www.livescience.com/65452-weirdo-star-from-another-galaxy.html

Inside Giant Atom Smasher, Physicists See the Impossible: Light Interacting with Light https://www.livescience.com/65320-photons-interact.html

Space Mining Could Ruin Our Solar System If We Don't Establish Protected Places Now, Researchers Warn https://www.livescience.com/65472-scientists-propose-solar-system-national-park.html

Something Appears to Have Ripped a Huge Hole in the Milky Way and Scientists Don?t Know What https://www.newsweek.com/huge-hole-ripped-milky-way-1426920

[Ars Technica - Science] Wandering Earth: Rocket scientist explains how we could move our planet https://arstechnica.com/?p=1507409 2019-05-18T15:30:43

NASA?s full Artemis plan revealed: 37 launches and a lunar outpost | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/nasas-full-artemis-plan-revealed-37-launches-and-a-lunar-outpost/

Pluto has an underground ocean kept warm by a layer of gassy ice | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2203696-pluto-has-an-underground-ocean-kept-warm-by-a-layer-of-gassy-ice/

Bad Astronomy | What astronomers mean by 'rubble pile asteroids' | SYFY WIRE https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/what-astronomers-mean-by-rubble-pile-asteroids

Q&A: Why Rockets Use Stages ESKY LIGHTS http://sky-lights.org/2019/05/20/qa-why-rockets-use-stages/

Moon Blobs, Collapsars and Long Planets : A roundup of recent research with astrobiological implications - Scientific American Blog Network https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/moon-blobs-collapsars-and-long-planets/

Astronomy and Space News - Astro Watch: ALMA Discovers Aluminum around Young Star https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/05/alma-discovers-aluminum-around-young.html

NASA Publishes First Kuiper Belt Flyby Science Results https://scitechdaily.com/nasa-publishes-first-kuiper-belt-flyby-science-results/

[Scientific American] How Wild Should We Let the Solar System Be? http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/BlraYpZlNnU/ 2019-05-21T12:00:00

Apollo Astronauts, in Their Own Words | DiscoverMagazine.com http://discovermagazine.com/2019/jun/apollo-in-their-own-words

How SpaceX's Starlink Internet Satellites Could Help Humanity Colonize Mars | Space https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-internet-satellites-mars-colonization.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+spaceheadlines+%28SPACE.com+Headline+Feed%29

LRO identifies crash site of Beresheet lander - SpaceFlight Insider https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/commercial/lro-identifies-crash-site-of-beresheet-lander/

Want to send you name to Mars? Now's your chance - SpaceFlight Insider https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/nasa/want-to-send-you-name-to-mars-nows-your-chance/ https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/mars2020/

A suspected meteor lights up the night sky over Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay (Supplied: Martha Cove Owners Corporation) - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-22/a-suspected-meteor-ignites-the-night-sky-over/11137696

U.S. launch companies not worried about Chinese competition - SpaceNews.com https://spacenews.com/u-s-launch-companies-not-worried-about-chinese-competition/

Comparing Space and Cyber Governance in Multilateral Forums and U.S. Policy Initiatives | Secure World https://swfound.org/news/all-news/2019/05/comparing-space-and-cyber-governance-in-multilateral-forums-and-us-policy-initiatives/

TED 2019: The start-ups launching in space - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47885259

LightSail Launch Event | The Planetary Society http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2019/lightsail-2-launch-event-preliminary-plans.html

Chang'e-4 Lander and its Rover Have Turned up new Mysteries on the Moon's far side. The Moon's Mantle Blasted Onto the Surface? - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/142247/change-4-lander-and-its-rover-have-turned-up-new-mysteries-on-the-moons-far-side-the-moons-mantle-blasted-onto-the-surface/

NASA Puts Mars 2020 Rover's Space Ride to the Test (Photo) | Space https://www.space.com/mars-2020-rover-spacecraft-test-photo.html

NASA's Mars Rover 2020 Mission in Pictures (Gallery) | Space https://www.space.com/21900-nasa-mars-rover-2020-images.html

NASA's Grand Plan for a Lunar Gateway Is to Start Small | Space https://www.space.com/nasa-lunar-gateway-start-small.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+spaceheadlines+%28SPACE.com+Headline+Feed%29

SpaceX's 60-Satellite Launch Is Just the Beginning for Ambitious Starlink Project | Space https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites-launch-just-beginning.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+spaceheadlines+%28SPACE.com+Headline+Feed%29

The LPI?s Lunar South Pole Atlas EA New Online Reference for Mission Planners EParabolic Arc http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/05/20/lpis-lunar-south-pole-atlas-online-reference-mission-planners/

The GMT, Next-Gen Megascope for Astronomy, Takes Shape on Chilean Mountaintop | Space https://www.space.com/giant-magellan-telescope-construction-chile.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+spaceheadlines+%28SPACE.com+Headline+Feed%29

Radio Pulsars: How Slow Do They Go? | astrobites https://astrobites.org/2019/05/20/radio-pulsars-how-slow-do-they-go/

New Horizons: Results and Interpretations https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2019/05/21/new-horizons-results-and-interpretations/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+centauri-dreams%2Feepu+%28Centauri+Dreams%29

SCIENCE

There's a Brand-New Kilogram, And It's Based on Quantum Physics | Space https://www.space.com/new-kilogram.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+spaceheadlines+%28SPACE.com+Headline+Feed%29

ST40 has been rebuilt and successfully operated in our new facility ? Tokamak Energy https://www.tokamakenergy.co.uk/st40-has-been-rebuilt-and-successfully-operated-in-our-new-facility/

Improving Molecular Imaging Using a Deep Learning Approach - Tech Briefs https://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/1198-tb/stories/news/34492-improving-molecular-imaging-using-a-deep-learning-approach?Itemid=690

Humans causing shrinking of nature as larger animals die off | Environment | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/23/humans-causing-shrinking-of-nature-as-larger-animals-die-off

New Studies Increase Confidence in NASA's Measure of Earth's Temperature - SpaceRef http://spaceref.com/earth/new-studies-increase-confidence-in-nasas-measure-of-earths-temperature.html

[NPR - Science] The 2019 Hurricane Season Will Be 'Near Normal.' But Normal Can Be Devastating https://www.npr.org/2019/05/23/726207697/the-2019-hurricane-season-will-be-near-normal-but-normal-can-be-devastating?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=science 2019-05-23T17:13:33

[Ars Technica - Science] NASA officially orders its first segment of a lunar space station https://arstechnica.com/?p=1510185 2019-05-23T21:26:11

[BBC - Science & Environment] SpaceX puts up 60 internet satellites https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48289204 2019-05-24T02:40:44

[Reuters] Procrastinating genius: did da Vinci have attention disorder? http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/yHA0SfCPWpc/procrastinating-genius-did-da-vinci-have-attention-disorder-idUSKCN1ST2U8 2019-05-23T19:12:06

Could Fundamental Constants Be Neither Fundamental nor Constant? | Inside Science https://www.insidescience.org/news/could-fundamental-constants-be-neither-fundamental-nor-constant

Canadian scientists figure out how to preserve vaccines without refrigeration Ea potential public-health game changer | National Post https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-scientists-figure-out-how-to-preserve-vaccines-without-refrigeration-a-potential-public-health-game-changer

Sam Harris: "Can we build AI without losing control over it?" (transcript) https://www.ted.com/talks/sam_harris_can_we_build_ai_without_losing_control_over_it/transcript

" Can we build AI without losing control over it? Unfortunately, I don't have a solution to this problem apart from recommending that more of us think about it. I think we need something like a Manhattan Project on the topic of artificial intelligence, not to build it because I think we'll inevitably do that, but to to understand how to avoid an arms race and to build it in a way that is aligned with our interests. When you're talking about a super intelligent AI that can make changes to itself, it seems that we only have one chance to get the initial conditions right. And even then, we will need to absorb the economic and political consequences of getting them right. But the moment we admit that information processing is the source of intelligence, that some appropriate computational system is what the basis of intelligence is and we admit that we will improve these systems continuously, then we have to admit that we're in the process of building some sort of God. Now would be a good time to make sure it's a God we can live with." - Sam Harris

PhysOrg: Researchers replace the genes of E. coli bacteria with synthesized genome -> https://phys.org/news/2019-05-genes-coli-bacteria-genome.html

'This Is Very Hard': SpaceX Is Trying to Launch 60 Starlink Internet Satellites Into Space?Here's How to Watch Live https://www.newsweek.com/very-hard-spacex-launch-60-starlink-internet-satellites-space-1426942

Astronomy and Space News - Astro Watch: Russian Scientists Propose Building Astrophysical Observatories on the Moon in Early 2030s https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/05/russian-scientists-propose-building.html

[Ars Technica - Science] X-rays reveal the colors of a 3 million-year-old fossil mouse https://arstechnica.com/?p=1508431 2019-05-21T17:45:46

[Ars Technica - Science] For the fifth year in a row, a named storm has formed early in the Atlantic https://arstechnica.com/?p=1508539 2019-05-21T13:25:12

[NPR - Science] To Safely Study Volcanoes, Scientists Bring The Blast To Them https://www.npr.org/2019/05/21/724994967/to-safely-study-volcanoes-scientists-bring-the-blast-to-them

Sci-Am: 11 Cool Things You Never Knew about Fireflies -> https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/11-cool-things-you-never-knew-about-fireflies/

Sci-Am: Rescue Drones Need to Learn How Lost Humans Think -> https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rescue-drones-need-to-learn-how-lost-humans-think/

Plastic leachates impair growth and oxygen production in Prochlorococcus , the ocean?s most abundant photosynthetic bacteria | Communications Biology https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-019-0410-x

Navy Plans to Document UFO Sightings, But Keep Them Confidential https://www.livescience.com/65387-navy-ufo-sightings.html

UFO believers got one thing right. Here's what they get wrong | SETI Institute https://seti.org/ufo-believers-got-one-thing-right-heres-what-they-get-wrong

WhatsApp discovers 'targeted' surveillance attack - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48262681

NASA Honors William Shatner with Distinguished Public Service Medal https://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-honors-william-shatner-with-distinguished-public-service-medal

Maggot sausage and insect ice cream can help feed world, scientist says - CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/02/health/insect-ice-cream-maggot-sausage-trnd/index.html

2016 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Is the Universe a Simulation? - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgSZA3NPpBs

[Reuters] Trump seeks extra $1.6 billion in NASA spending to return to moon by 2024 http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/uzQdwZyguS4/trump-seeks-extra-1-6-billion-in-nasa-spending-to-return-to-moon-by-2024-idUSKCN1SJ2FG 2019-05-14T00:35:07

SF / JG Ballard - BBC - Culture - How the near-near-future became our greatest horror http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190513-how-the-near-near-future-became-our-greatest-horror

BBC - Future - The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world

When misinformation leads to death threats - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-48261087/when-misinformation-online-leads-to-death-threats

BBC - Future - What would it mean for AI to have a soul??To ask whether it?s even possible, we first must understand and define what a soul actually is, argues Brandon Ambrosino http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180615-can-artificial-intelligence-have-a-soul-and-religion

BBC - Future - How and why did religion evolve? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190418-how-and-why-did-religion-evolve

BBC - Future - Why we need to reinvent democracy for the long-term http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190318-can-we-reinvent-democracy-for-the-long-term

BBC - Future - The lifespans of ancient civilisations http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190218-the-lifespans-of-ancient-civilisations-compared

BBC - Future - Are we on the road to civilisation collapse? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190218-are-we-on-the-road-to-civilisation-collapse

BBC - Future - The perils of short-termism: Civilisation?s greatest threat http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190109-the-perils-of-short-termism-civilisations-greatest-threat

CNN: Breaking down the robocall epidemic -> http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/xgAHFdDb-cY/how-robocalls-work-explainer-orig.cnn-business

[BBC - Science & Environment] Bedbugs survived the dinosaur extinction event https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48274090 2019-05-16T15:04:47

The universe may be a billion years younger than we thought. Scientists are scrambling to figure out why. https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/universe-may-be-billion-years-younger-we-thought-scientists-are-ncna1005541

From physics to data science | symmetry magazine https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/from-physics-to-data-science?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

OTHERS

This Weird Meteorite Crashed Through a Doghouse in Costa Rica. (The Dog's Fine) | Space https://www.space.com/clay-meteorite-that-fell-through-doghouse-recovered.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+spaceheadlines+%28SPACE.com+Headline+Feed%29

To Stay Sane at Work, Try Taking Microvacations https://curiosity.com/topics/to-stay-sane-at-work-try-taking-microvacations-curiosity?utm_campaign=daily-digest&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email

[NYT - Space] Stanton T. Friedman, Scientist Who Tracked U.F.O.s, Dies at 84 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/obituaries/stanton-friedman-dead.html

FoxNews: Mars colonists ?will become super-mutants with cancer-immune skinEEbut could die ?if they mate with EarthlingsE scientist warns https://www.foxnews.com/science/mars-colonists-will-become-super-mutants-with-cancer-immune-skin-but-could-die-if-they-mate-with-earthlings-scientist-warns

Lunacy: how science fiction is powering the new moon rush | Books | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/18/a-new-chapter-in-space-travel-why-science-fiction-is-powering-a-moon-rush

"Imagine..." - our attitudes can change solely by the power of imagination https://www.cbs.mpg.de/1169283/20190506-1

Former FBI Director Wrote Scathing ?X-FilesEReview in Newly Released Letter https://www.newsweek.com/x-files-review-season-5-fbi-director-deloach-hoover-mccarthyism-1429276

Fake news travels six times faster than the truth on Twitter | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2163226-fake-news-travels-six-times-faster-than-the-truth-on-twitter/

Could Blockchain Tech Launch Spacefaring Nations Into a Data-Sharing Frontier | Space https://www.space.com/blockchain-for-space-cooperation.html

BBC - Culture - The 1968 sci-fi that spookily predicted today http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190509-the-1968-sci-fi-that-spookily-predicted-today

AI/Machine Learning in the Enterprise Just Became Much More Challenging https://towardsdatascience.com/ai-machine-learning-in-the-enterprise-just-became-much-more-challenging-9e62feef768c

Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened? EThe Startup EMedium https://medium.com/swlh/chatbots-were-the-next-big-thing-what-happened-5fc49dd6fa61

Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened? EThe Startup EMedium https://medium.com/swlh/chatbots-were-the-next-big-thing-what-happened-5fc49dd6fa61

Is AI a threat to Democracy?? ETowards Data Science https://towardsdatascience.com/is-ai-a-threat-to-democracy-4bef3e5fcfdd

Scientists Want to Make a Movie Out of Your Dreams EElemental https://elemental.medium.com/scientists-want-to-make-a-movie-out-of-your-dreams-8a3e62227e63

?TamagotchiEDigital Pets Make A Nostalgic Return on May 13 EVariety https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/tamagotchi-on-bandai-1203193932/

Navy Plans to Document UFO Sightings, But Keep Them Confidential https://www.livescience.com/65387-navy-ufo-sightings.html

Why Is the Indian Army Tweeting About Yetis? https://www.livescience.com/65362-indian-army-yeti-tweet.html

Giant Bird That Killed Its Owner Heads to Auction https://www.livescience.com/65335-cassowary-auction.html

Professor Brian Cox explains the universe as we know it in one hour - with some help from Eric Idle : "The Entire Universe" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozUST2136R0

The-Convo: Cyber attacks are rewriting the 'rules' of modern warfare Eand we aren't prepared for the consequences -> http://theconversation.com/cyber-attacks-are-rewriting-the-rules-of-modern-warfare-and-we-arent-prepared-for-the-consequences-117043

CNN: Crazy history of the 'Back to the Future' car -> http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/MeZiMK8gfQI/index.html

[NPR - Science] How To Help A Kid Survive Early Puberty https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/16/715291510/how-to-help-a-kid-survive-early-puberty?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=science 2019-05-16T09:41:27

TechXplore: New machine learning algorithm can predict age and gender from just your Twitter profile -> https://techxplore.com/news/2019-05-machine-algorithm-age-gender-twitter.html

FoxNews: Kurt Vonnegut museum raises $1.5M for new Indianapolis home -> https://www.foxnews.com/us/kurt-vonnegut-museum-raises-1-5m-for-new-indianapolis-home

[SANS ISC News] Adobe Patches Over 80 Vulnerabilities in Acrobat Products (SecurityWeek) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Securityweek/~3/LNSxu8zLmJk/adobe-patches-over-80-vulnerabilities-acrobat-products

[Scientific American] Can You Prevent Pregnancy with the Pullout Method? http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/5nNkXY2QbYY/ 2019-05-16T17:30:00

LULZ : Thomas Castello, A Dulce Base whistleblower - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gSKPz52cVw
"Dulce Base is an alleged secret alien underground facility under Archuleta Mesa on the Colorado-New Mexico border near the town of Dulce, New Mexico in the United States. According to Thomas Castello, a former Dulce base security officer -- this particular under-world city is a highly secret base operated by humans as well as reptilian aliens and their worker cast, the commonly encountered Grey aliens."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/german-crossbow-victims-were-part-of-medieval-sex-cult

Echonomist - Grace (Original Mix) [microCastle] - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riAEFCx0Pfg

Higgs boson walks into a church, and the priest says, 'I'm sorry we don't allow Higgs bosons to come to churches.' And [the Higgs] says, 'But without me, you can't have mass...

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