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Elon Musk

SpaceX wants to land Starship on the Moon before 2022, then do cargo runs for 2024 human landing

Speaking at a quick series of interviews with commercial space company’s at this year’s annual International Astronautical Congress, SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell shed a little more light on her company’s current thinking with regards to the missio…

bubmagOctober 25, 2019

Black Hole

How Ancient Black Holes May Have Grown So Quickly in the Early Universe

Researchers have discovered streams of gas rotating in opposite directions around a distant, supermassive black hole. This finding offers new clues about how black holes grew so rapidly in the early universe. This supermassive black hole lies at the heart…

bubmagOctober 25, 2019

Seleção

Hosts Brazil to kick off a busy opening day

Hosts play Canada in the opening match of the tournamentGroups A and B get under wayPlayers to watchThe FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019 begins on Saturday with the host nation topping the bill on matchday one in Groups A an…

bubmagOctober 25, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

Despite robot efficiency, human skills still matter at work

By Caroline Monahan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence is approaching critical mass at the office, but humans are still likely to be necessary, according to a new study by executive development firm, Future Workplace, in partnership with Oracle. F…

bubmagOctober 25, 2019

Fortnite

iPad could get hard-core gaming support, analyst predicts – CNET

If Apple expands mouse support for the iPad, it could open the device up for more hard-core games (pictured here: someone playing Shinsekai Into the Depths). James Martin/CNET Apple Arcade may be getting all of the attention for its range of 100-plus games…

bubmagOctober 25, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Artist Andy Goldsworthy’s New ‘Walking Wall’ Has Nothing And Everything To Do With The US-Mexico Border

A wall is walking through Kansas City. The limestone structure has been in motion since early this Spring. Starting on a field near the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, it has crossed the street blocking traffic for weeks and even ascended a staircase. Facilitati…

bubmagOctober 25, 2019

Blockchain

10 things you need to know before the opening bell

Here is what you need to know. 1. Amazon's earnings shocker is set to wipe over $50 billion from its market cap.The tech giant missed analyst estimates for its latest earnings. 2. BMW CEO says trade war could cost American jobs. Oliver Zipse said on Friday…

bubmagOctober 25, 2019

Palestine

Poor turnout for anti-Israel book event

A public reading and talk at a New Jersey library by the author of the children’s book “P is for Palestine” went forward amid protests outside after being postponed in May due to objections from the local Jewish community. Four adults and three children atte…

bubmagOctober 25, 2019

AR-15

Racism wears down Pittsburgh’s reporters of color

Homewood, a neighborhood in Pittsburgh | courtesy Golden Sky MediaOn October 26, 2018, Robert Bowers, a white supremacist who lived in the Pittsburgh suburbs, drove into the citys Squirrel Hill neighborhood, which has been home, since the 1920s, to a large Je…

bubmagOctober 25, 2019

Water Pollution

Capitalism Will Save the World

(Toby Melville/Reuters) In More from Less, Andrew McAfee argues that economic growth can combat climate change.Last month, Greta Thunberg, the Messiah of the environmental movement, told delegates at the United Nations Climate Summit that addressing climate …

bubmagOctober 25, 2019

SpaceX wants to land Starship on the Moon before 2022, then do cargo runs for 2024 human landing

How Ancient Black Holes May Have Grown So Quickly in the Early Universe

Hosts Brazil to kick off a busy opening day

Despite robot efficiency, human skills still matter at work

iPad could get hard-core gaming support, analyst predicts – CNET

Artist Andy Goldsworthy’s New ‘Walking Wall’ Has Nothing And Everything To Do With The US-Mexico Border

10 things you need to know before the opening bell

Poor turnout for anti-Israel book event

Racism wears down Pittsburgh’s reporters of color

Capitalism Will Save the World

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