Will Elon Musk’s plan to launch 12,000 Starlink satellites – aimed at bringing internet access to world – interfere with astronomy? Astronomer Guy Ottewell ponders this question. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/effect-on-astronomy-spacex-starlink-satellites…
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Astronomers find 18 more Earth-sized exoplanets in Kepler data
A new survey algorithm – called Transit Least-Squares – has just caused the number of known, rocky, Earth-sized worlds orbiting distant stars to grow again, as astronomers add another 18 exoplanets to the list. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/18-more-earth-sized-exoplanets-found-in-kepler-data…
Epic Plans More Exclusives For Its Games Store
DarkRookie2 shares a report from Ars Technica: If you thought Epic was done adding to the growing pile of PC games exclusively available on its own Games Store, well… I’d like to know where you got that impression. In any case, you should think again, because Epic has announced it will “reveal brand-new material for several games, including some exclusives, coming…
David Foster Wallace was wrong about video calling
Source: https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/5/18518355/infinite-jest-video-calling-david-foster-wallace…
Soar Through the Heart of a Supernova in This Gorgeous New Simulation
Take a 360-degree tour of a supernova, thanks to this epic new Smithsonian graphic. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65377-interactive-supernova-tour.html
A Bitter Turf War is Raging on the Brexit Wikipedia Page
Wikipedia editors are battling to tell the story of Brexit as it happens. And on such a hotly-debated page, every edit is controversial and suspicions run wild. From a report: Editors are parrying death threats, doxxing attempts and accusations of bias, as the crowdsourced epic has become the centre of a relentless tug-of-war over who gets to write the history of…
You saw the 1st photo of a black hole? Now see its home galaxy
The 1st-ever photo of a giant black hole made headlines earlier this month. Now see some beautiful images of M87, the great galaxy that it calls home, located some 55 million light-years from Earth. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/1st-black-hole-photo-see-m87-its-home-galaxy…
Bookstores band together for Independent Bookstore Day
Source: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/4/24/18512589/independent-bookstore-day-book-crawl…
Fortnite World Cup: More than 1,200 Accounts Banned For Cheating
“Epic Games gave bans to more than 1,200 Fortnite accounts and revoked cash prizes that more than 200 players had won following Epic’s investigations of cheating in the first week of Fortnite’s World Cup Online Open,” reports Polygon: That cheater (whom Epic did not name) used the cheat software during the tournament’s semifinals. The account involved had played “for less than…
How to Stay Mindful When Your Preschooler Isn’t
A mindfulness teacher and social worker offers step-by-step advice to the parent of a defiant child.
The post How to Stay Mindful When Your Preschooler Isn’t appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Source: https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/mindful-parenting/…