Tag: problems

Net zero goals are galvanising action on climate change at long last

More countries are setting targets to reach net zero carbon emissions. Though it has its problems, this approach shows promising signs of sparking serious action, writes Graham Lawton Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532682-900-net-zero-goals-are-galvanising-action-on-climate-change-at-long-last/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

User-Error Problems With Iowa Caucus App Cause Online Confusion

Reports of Iowa precinct chairs struggling to use an app designed to help tally participation in the Democratic presidential caucuses on Monday fueled conspiracy theories on social media and raised questions about how smoothly the high-stakes nominating contest would unfold. From a report: Just hours before the beginning of the contest, the first of the 2020 elections, the headquarters of the…

F-35’s Gun That Can’t Shoot Straight Adds To Its Roster of Flaws

Add a gun that can’t shoot straight to the problems that dog Lockheed Martin’s $428 billion F-35 program, including more than 800 software flaws. From a report: The 25mm gun on Air Force models of the Joint Strike Fighter has “unacceptable” accuracy in hitting ground targets and is mounted in housing that’s cracking, the Pentagon’s test office said in its latest…

Your brain on Mars: How scientists will track astronauts’ mental performance on missions

A journey to Mars is not going to be easy and there are a number of problems that need to be solved before we go. One interesting problem is how do we monitor the astronauts themselves. Of course, it is easy to monitor their heart rate and blood pressure, but is it possible to monitor what is going on inside their…

Problems in social science are being used to discredit climate science

A US conference may be using the reproducibility crisis in the social sciences in an attempt to discredit climate science, and scientists question whether to attend and push back Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2231740-problems-in-social-science-are-being-used-to-discredit-climate-science/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

How veteran Stevenson landed his first IT job

My name is Stevenson and I’m from Florida. I took the Google IT Support Professional Certificate program on Coursera and it helped me get a job as an IT Support Specialist. I didn’t have professional IT support experience before taking the certificate. I’ve always had an affinity for troubleshooting computers. My interest in computers started […]
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A new course from MoMA: “What Is contemporary art?”

A view from the fourth-floor collection galleries looking out onto the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden. © 2019 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo: Noah Kalina What is contemporary art? There’s no single answer. The instructors behind The Museum of Modern Art’s newest course  What Is Contemporary Art? describe what contemporary art means […]
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357 Amazon Employees Launch Mass Defiance of the Company’s Communications Policy

357 Amazon employees have now “violated the e-commerce giant’s communications policy Sunday in an unprecedented public display of support for colleagues who were warned that they could be fired for speaking out to criticize the company’s climate practices,” reports the Washington Post: Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, a group of workers concerned about the company’s business with the oil and gas…

Free Software Foundation Suggests Microsoft ‘Upcycles’ Windows 7 As Open Source

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is urging Microsoft to open source Windows 7, which is no longer supported by the company. The Register reports: On the face of it, the logic seems pretty simple. On January 14, Windows 7 reached its end of life as Microsoft turned off the free security update taps with a final fix. “Its life doesn’t have…