‘Spacetime foam’ might just be the wildest thing in the known universe, and we’re just starting to understand it. From a report: A persistent cosmological puzzle has been troubling physicists since 1917: what is the universe made of? Complicating this already-mind-boggling question is the fact that our best theories conflict with our observations of the universe. Albert Einstein, according to scientific…
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Apple Hid a Lightning Connector For Debugging In the Apple TV 4K’s Ethernet Port
Twitter user Kevin Bradley discovered a Lightning port hidden in the Apple TV 4K’s ethernet port. There’s a number of theories for why the port exists, but one of the more logical explanations is that it’s simply there for Apple to use for debugging. 9to5Mac reports: While earlier Apple TV models had Micro USB and USB-C, the Apple TV 4K dropped…
How the Universe Stopped Making Sense
What’s going on? Source: https://www.livescience.com/hubble-constant-universe-expansion-not-make-sense.html
‘If Disney World’s Star Wars Land Is a Flop, Why Is It So Crowded?’
An anonymous reader quotes an analyst for the Motley Fool: With so many industry worrywarts and Star Wars purists taking a dim view of Disney’s bicoastal Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge expansion, I figured I’d check out Florida’s version on Saturday afternoon. Would I get pelted by drifting tumbleweed while slurping down some blue milk? Would my voice echo in a barren…
Government Plans To Collect DNA From Detained Immigrants
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: The Trump administration is moving to begin collecting DNA samples from hundreds of thousands of people booked into federal immigration custody each year for entry into a national criminal database, an immense expansion of the use of technology to enforce the nation’s immigration laws. Senior officials at the Department of…
US Dept of Education Has Big Payday For K-12 CS, Including Tech-Backed Code.org
theodp writes: On Friday, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced $123 million in new Education Innovation and Research (EIR) grant awards to 41 school districts, nonprofits and state educational agencies. Over $78 million of that went to 29 grantees focused on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education, and more than 85% of the funded STEM projects include a specific…