Welcome to the age of satellite mechanization. Within the next few years, large networks, containing hundreds or even thousands of spacecraft, could reshape the future of the Earth’s environmental environment. Much of the attention on these satellite strings has been placed on the productive launches of SpaceX and OneWeb, but …
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Fires currently burning in the Amazon rainforest could be even more destructive than last year, but the Brazilian government denies that they even exist. On Tuesday, President Jair Bolsonaro called the fires a “lie” – because photos and videos from the region burned the forest. Fires in the Amazon for …
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Kelly Armstrong and Pramila Jayapal are not what you would call natural political allies. Armstrong, a first-term congressman representing North Dakota’s only congressional district, is a conservative Republican whose campaign priorities include restricting abortion and protecting the rights of gun owners. Jayapal, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, represents the …
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Smart assistants like Google Assistant, Amazon’s Alexa, and Apple’s Siri are getting better and … [+] better. But they still have important challenges. Photo by Morning Brew on Unsplash Google’s smartest, Alexa is the most impulsive, and Siri is a bit of an ugly stepchild. At least, according to one …
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Bulls in the stock market are giddy. What is there no to be happy: the stock market mostly goes up, and making money seems easy. While newly minted investors focus on accumulating small, speculative stocks, institutions hide in large-cap tech stocks. For prudent investors, now is the time to understand …
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