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Month September 2017
Cassini, one of humanity’s best spacecraft, is officially dead at Saturn
Cassini, one of humanity’s best spacecraft, is officially dead at Saturn Saturn from Cassini. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute By Miriam Kramer2017-09-15 11:59:09 UTC No one can ever say that Cassini went quietly into its good night. At about 7:55 a.m.…
Cassini says goodbye with its final photos from Saturn
Cassini says goodbye with its final photos from Saturn Saturn in one of Cassini’s last views of the planet. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute By Miriam Kramer2017-09-15 02:06:54 UTC As with all good things, they must come to an end, and…
Psychologists studied 5,000 genius kids for 45 years —here are their 6 key takeaways
Follow thousands of super-bright kids for four and a half decades and you learn a thing or two about how to raise a high-achiever. One of the biggest takeaways: Even kids with genius-level IQs need teachers to help them reach…
A writer who interviewed hundreds of Americans about happiness found life satisfaction comes down to 4 ‘pillars’
Around the time Emily Esfahani Smith went off to college, she began searching for deeper meaning in her life. She would eventually find it in researching the topic itself, ultimately reaching graduate school to study the psychology of happiness. More…
Could Market Complexity Trigger The Next Crash?
Complex systems are all around us. By one definition, a complex system is any system that features a large number of interacting components (agents, processes, etc.) whose aggregate activity is nonlinear (not derivable from the summations of the activity of…
NASA will stream video during Cassini’s death plunge — and you can watch it live on YouTube
If you could magically teleport across the solar system, Saturn would be a great place to swing by on Friday morning. Hovering above the ringed planet’s surface, you’d see something amazing. Just after 6:32 a.m. EDT, a bus-size object will…
This battery-free cellphone runs on light and radio waves
Who cares about an OLED and a notch when your phone can sip power from its surrounding, allowing you to make calls without ever having to charge your phone. This wild cellphone is part of a Google Faculty Research program…
NASA is about to crash a nuclear-powered robot into Saturn — here’s a guide to Cassini’s final moments
NASA has sent its $3.26-billion Cassini Saturn mission into a death spiral. Called the "Grand Finale," the months-maneuver is meant to protect possible alien life on Saturn’s ocean-hiding moons. Cassini will be destroyed in Saturn’s clouds around 6:32 a.m. EDT…
JPMorgan Goes In On Bitcoin: Kolanovic Asks “Are Cryptocurrencies A Pyramid Scheme?”
One day after Jamie Dimon slammed bitcoin, sending its price reeling after he called the cryptocurrency "fraud", warning it "won’t end well", and threatening to fire any JPMorgan trader caught trading bitcoin "for being stupid" (a move some dubbed diplomatic…