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How long is that in moon years?

[ad_1] Yuri Milner’s Breakthrough Listen project has teamed with the researchers at VERITAS Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System in hopes of finding signs of intelligent life, and then communicating with it, via high tech Morse code. Specifically, the VERITAS’s 4-telescope array will beam nanosecond long bursts of laser energy into the cosmos, hopefully […]

After Math: Flipping the Switch

[ad_1] When Foxconn and the Wisconsin state government agreed to open a production facility in the home of the Cheeseheads, the addition of 13,000 jobs was supposed to come with the new buildings. Psych, Foxconn is actually only bringing 1,500 jobs to the state, despite receiving $222 million in subsidies. But don’t worry they’ve got […]

Gravity’s mystery may prove our multiverse exists

[ad_1] The Trouble with Gravity: Solving the Mystery Beneath Our Feetby Richard Panek Even today, right now, in the year 2019, humanity still doesn’t know what gravity is. Sure, we know what it does and how it influences everything from the characteristics of other fundamental forces to the movements of every bit of matter in […]

The surprising story behind the Apple Watch’s ECG ability

[ad_1] Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Againby Eric Topol The Apple Watch produced a seismic shift in the public’s acceptance of biometric monitoring. Sure, we’ve had step counters, heart rate and sleep monitors for years, but the Apple Watch made it hip and cool to do so. In Deep Medicine, author […]

We won’t colonize space without a Weyland-Yutani

[ad_1] Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Ageby Rod Pyle It’s been nearly six decades since Yuri Gagarin made humanity’s first foray into space. In that time, we’ve landed on the moon, set rovers loose on Mars and flung probes to the edge of the […]

After Math: We’re not playing around

[ad_1] Google’s upcoming game streaming service sure does look impressive, what with the ability to play console-quality games on virtually any screen in your house. But unless you’ve got a 4K TV, a speedy internet connection and $10 a month on top of the $130 base fee, you might want to stick with the system […]

The slow death of the strategy guide

[ad_1] The Walkthrough: Insider Tales From a Life in Strategy Guidesby Doug Walsh Players had it tough in the pre-internet days of gaming. If you got stuck on a particular portion of a game, there were no YouTube tutorials or IGN walkthroughs to help you. No, you had to head down to the Electronics Boutique […]

After Math: What's the holdup?

[ad_1] This week's theme is waiting. Sonic the Hedgehog fans will have to do three months of it after complaining about Sonic's oddly human teeth, while Julian Assange won't have to do any more to know what charges the Feds are leveling at him. Let's get st… [ad_2] Source link