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Safety & Security18/11/201916 views0 likes This week, space weather experts are coming together in Liège, Belgium, for the main annual event in their calendar, European Space Weather Week. Life next to a raging star is full of uncertainty and poses a th…

Below is a paper about to be submitted. The focus is oninterventions that could improve the long-term outcome given catastrophes that disrupt electricity/industry, such as solar storm, high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP), narrow AI computer virus, an…

Below is a paper about to be submitted. The focus is oninterventions that could improve the long-term outcome given catastrophes that disrupt electricity/industry, such as solar storm, high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP), narrow AI computer virus, an…

By Ryan Connolly on Nov 14, 2019 in Arctic, Attractions, Europe, Going Out, Iceland, Photography, Polar Regions, Regions, Travel Equipment, Western Europe Years of hunting the Northern Lights in Iceland with a strong background in science has given me the sk…

Pay close attention to any superheroes who live in or come from space (hello, Superman), and youll notice that what theyre wearing is usually sleek, formfitting, and definitely involves spandex. So how are they not getting constantly radiation-bombed? Killer…

Image copyrightGetty Images What would happen if GPS - the Global Positioning System - stopped working? For a start, we would all have to engage our brains and pay attention to the world around us when getting from A to B. Perhaps this would be no bad thin…

Image copyrightGetty Images What would happen if GPS - the Global Positioning System - stopped working? For a start, we would all have to engage our brains and pay attention to the world around us when getting from A to B. Perhaps this would be no bad thin…

Inventing Tomorrow Sarah Cole Columbia University Press (2019) H. G. Wells was, asserts scholar Sarah Cole, a pioneer adept at rescaling the cosmos and humanitys place in it. He straddled the border between science and literature, but not all his complexiti…

Inventing Tomorrow Sarah Cole Columbia University Press (2019) H. G. Wells was, asserts scholar Sarah Cole, a pioneer adept at rescaling the cosmos and humanitys place in it. He straddled the border between science and literature, but not all his complexiti…

Shopify (SHOP) is a blisteringly expensive stock, and currently trades at 20.2x consensus EV/Sales. The serious questions about the companys valuation have been well covered on Seeking Alpha in recent months, and this article is primarily concerned with evide…