When I hit 30, it was clear to me that I fully contracted the “Middle Age Syndrome” of poor aptitude to learn new things and inability to hold my concentration more than 3 minutes. I come from a family of teachers and Sanskrit scholars where learning, reasoning, and knowledge are highly valued. I felt I dropped the baton. Though I had…
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A Rocket Built By Students Reached Space For the First Time
In the early morning of April 21, 10 students from the University of Southern California’s Rocket Propulsion Lab successfully launched a rocket above the Karman Line, the imaginary boundary that separates earth’s atmosphere and space. As Wired reports, this is the first time a collegiate rocket has made it to space. The team may have successfully accomplished this feat last September…
FCC Chairman Backs T-Mobile, Sprint Merger With New Conditions
T-Mobile and Sprint submitted a new plan for their proposed $26 billion merger to the FCC — including enhanced 5G buildout commitments and an agreement to spin off Sprint’s Boost Mobile — which got the nod from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai. From a report: T-Mobile and Sprint first announced their plans to merge in April 2018, looking to combine…
Storm chaser films from inside a tornado
Meteorologist Reed Timmer recently got more than he bargained for when a tornado formed right on top of him. The self-described ‘extreme’ storm chaser… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/327864/storm-chaser-films-from-inside-a-tornado…
The kilogram just got a revamp. A unit of time might be next
After years of preparation, new definitions for the basic units of mass, temperature and more have now gone into effect. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/kilogram-just-got-revamp-unit-time-might-be-next4…
Only 2 full moons in a season possible?
We know it’s possible to squeeze 4 full moons into a single season. But can a season have just 2 full moons? Turns out it can. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/blue-moon-seasonal-definition-possible-two-full-moons-one-season…
May 18 Blue Moon near Antares, Jupiter, Ceres
In North America, the May full moon carries the name Flower Moon. 2019’s May full moon on the 18th is a Blue Moon, the 3rd of 4 moons in a season. This Blue Moon will be near bright Antares and brighter Jupiter. It’ll be poised to occult dwarf planet Ceres. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/seasonal-blue-moon-on-may-18-2019…
SAT To Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships
The SAT, the college entrance test taken by about two million students a year, is adding an “adversity score” to the test results (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source) that is intended to help admissions officers account for factors like educational or socioeconomic disadvantage that may depress students’ scores, the College Board, the company that administers the test, said Thursday….
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…
Bookstores band together for Independent Bookstore Day
Source: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/4/24/18512589/independent-bookstore-day-book-crawl…