Long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger shared this report from the Hugo award-winning science fiction fanzine File 770:
North Bellmore, New York fan Elyse Rosenstein, 69, died suddenly on February 20th. She had been undergoing rehabilitation after suffering a broken leg. At the time of her death, she was a retired secondary school science teacher. With Joyce Yasner, Joan Winston, Linda Deneroff and Devra…
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ViacomCBS Plan Would Unify All of Star Trek In One New Streaming Service
According to CNBC, ViacomCBS is planning the launch of a new streaming service that would expand upon the already successful CBS All Access with films from Paramount Studios and Miramax, plus TV program from networks like MTV and Comedy Central. As Ars Technica points out, both Star Trek films (Viacom) and TV series (CBS) would likely appear on this new service….
iPad Launch Blindsided Windows Team, Reveals Former Microsoft Executive
The launch of the iPad ten years ago was a big surprise to everyone in the industry — including to Microsoft executives. Steven Sinofsky, the former President of the Windows Division at Microsoft, shares Microsoft’s perspective as well as those of the other industry figures and press on the iPad: The announcement 10 years ago today of the “magical” iPad was…
Did America Steal Its Space Force Logo From ‘Star Trek’?
On Friday America’s commander-in-chief revealed the logo for the newest branch of its military, Space Force. CNBC immediately reported that the logo “has boldly gone where Star Trek has gone before.” The Pentagon and White House did not immediately respond to CNBC’s query as to why the Space Force and Star Trek logos — both with blue globes, white stars, and…
Space Force logo looks like it’s from Star Trek
President Donald Trump has revealed the official logo for the US Space Force – and it looks somewhat familiar… The new logo, which looks suspiciousl… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/334103/space-force-logo-looks-like-its-from-star-trek…
US Space Force logo draws comparisons to ‘Star Trek’
US President Donald Trump unveiled the logo of Space Force on Friday, attracting critics who said America’s newest military branch had boldly gone where Star Trek went before. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-01-space-logo-comparisons-star-trek.html…
Simulations reveal galaxy clusters details
Inspired by the science fiction of the spacefaring Romulans of Star Trek, astrophysicists have used XSEDE-allocated supercomputers to develop cosmological computer simulations called RomulusC, where the ‘C’ stands for galaxy cluster. With a focus on black hole physics, RomulusC has produced some of the highest resolution simulations ever of galaxy clusters, which can contain hundreds or even thousands of galaxies. Source:…
Star Trek: Picard explores what happens when robots go rogue
Patrick Stewart returns in triumphant new Star Trek spin-off Picard, but the Federation’s robots are missing, discontinued, and for a very good reason Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2231074-star-trek-picard-explores-what-happens-when-robots-go-rogue/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Astronomers award 2020 Education Prize to Deborah Byrd
Byrd received the prize from the American Astronomical Society, the largest organization of U.S. astronomers. The prizes are given for outstanding achievements in scientific research, education, scholarly writing, and service to the astronomical community. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/2020-aas-education-prize-deborah-byrd…
Moon in Taurus on January 6, 7 and 8
These next three nights – January 6, 7 and 8, 2020 – the bright waxing gibbous moon shines in front of the constellation Taurus the Bull. However, it will be difficult to envision the starlit figure of the Bull on these moonlit nights. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-in-taurus-on-january-6-7-and-8…