Ticketmaster is finalizing a plan to begin offering refunds to concertgoers who purchased tickets to an event canceled or indefinitely postponed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Vulture reports: Starting May 1, per Billboard, ticket-holders will be alerted to their concert or show’s new date, then given 30 days to request a refund. If they don’t seek a refund, their ticket will…
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Resources to Support your Learners: Stay Informed & Productive During the Coronavirus Crisis
By Alison Lands, Skills Transformation Consultant As companies scramble to secure the health and safety of employees, virtualize their operations, and check-in with their customers (not to mention find a quiet + comfortable + decent-looking nook from which to work virtually in their homes!), a new level of leadership is being demanded from every individual […]
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Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden Passes Away
“Former astronaut Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot on the Apollo 15 lunar landing, passed away March 18, 2020, in Texas,” reports NASA.gov. His son-in-law told the New York Times Worden apparently died of a stroke. “Al was an American hero whose achievements in space and on Earth will never be forgotten,” tweeted NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. Slashdot reader Iwastheone shares…
Happy birthday, Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin was a Russian pilot who became the first human to travel to space, in 1961. His story … plus links to a Yuri’s Night celebration near you. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/this-date-in-science-yuri-gagarins-birthday…
Katherine Johnson, NASA’s Pioneering Mathematician and Physicist, Dead at 101
Katherine Johnson, one of the NASA mathematicians and physicists depicted in “Hidden Figures,” died Monday, the administrator of NASA said. She was 101. From a report: Johnson “was an American hero and her pioneering legacy will never be forgotten,” NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine wrote on Twitter. Johnson was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in the Oscar nominated 2016 film “Hidden Figures”…
John Glenn was the 1st American to orbit Earth
On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the 1st American to orbit Earth and the first American space hero. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/this-date-in-science-john-glenn-is-first-american-to-orbit-earth…
Locate Cassiopeia the Queen
An earlier name for Cassiopeia was Cassiopeia’s Chair. A legend from ancient Greek mythology explains why. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/cassiopeia-is-shaped-like-an-m-or-w…
Uber and Lyft Are Creating Traffic, Not Reducing It
The Wall Street Journal remembers how five years ago, Uber’s co-founder “was so confident that Uber’s rides would prompt people to leave their cars at home that he told a tech conference: ‘If every car in San Francisco was Ubered there would be no traffic.'” He was wrong.
Rather than the apps becoming a model of algorithm-driven efficiency, drivers in major cities…
Today, 30th anniversary of the Pale Blue Dot
On February 14, 1990, the Voyager 1 spacecraft acquired one of the most iconic images ever taken from space, an image of our planet Earth seen from Saturn. The image is now known as the Pale Blue Dot. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/february-14-1990-pale-blue-dot-image-voyager…
People who grow up outside of cities have a better sense of direction
A mobile video game called Sea Hero Quest has been used to test navigation abilities, showing that people who grew up in cities are worse navigators than others Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2232627-people-who-grow-up-outside-of-cities-have-a-better-sense-of-direction/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…