Meta-Surface Corrects For Chromatic Aberrations Across All Kinds Of Lenses

(Research supported by the National Science Foundation)

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https://bioengineer.org/meta-surface-corrects-for-chromatic-aberrations-across-all-kinds-of-lenses/

NOAA GOES-17 Shares First Images of Alaska, Hawaii and the Pacific

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https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/content/noaa-goes-17-shares-first-images-alaska-hawaii-and-pacific

Discovery of Hotspots Circling Milky Way Black Hole Has Astronomers Excited

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https://www.space.com/42456-black-hole-hotspots-discovery-excitement.html

Doomed star in Milky Way threatens rare gamma-ray burst

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http://www.spacedaily.com/m/reports/Doomed_star_in_Milky_Way_threatens_rare_gamma_ray_burst_999.html

Quake split a tectonic plate in two, and geologists are shaken

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/10/news-tectonic-plate-split-earthquakes-tsunamis-geology/

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Astronomers Just Discovered Three Planets in an Entirely New Way

(Research funded by the National Science Foundation)

https://futurism.com/alma-discovers-three-planets/

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US-CERT: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of May 14, 2018

https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/bulletins/SB18-141

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My job for the National Science Foundation revolves around "spectrum management". This involves working with other federal agencies, the private sector, and international partners to bring order to how radio frequencies are used and where, and keep spectrum available for science.

We just completed a UN agency meeting focusing on radio astronomy in Geneva. And our new head of delegation, Dr. Ashley Zauderer, did an absolutely fantastic job.

This stuff is in good hands.

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This is a place where a fractured, imperfect species comes to try to work as one.

This is hallowed ground.

#UN

This is a place where a fractured, imperfect species comes to try to work as one.

This is hallowed ground.

#UN

DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to Mbandaka city

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44150762

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Old story, but interesting.

A star turned into a black hole before Hubble’s very eyes

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/05/black-hole-sun

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@Spartan I'm already holding off buying a new computer until CPUs are released that address the vulnerabilities with corrected hardware.

Looks like I might be waiting longer.

U.S. CERT: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of April 30, 2018

https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2018/05/07/FTC-Releases-Alert-Exposed-Twitter-Passwords

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@White_Rabbit Many people have an image of hackers as working magic to get into accounts.

The reality is far more mundane.

@White_Rabbit Absolutely. You can't control the Internet. But at least control the machine you use to connect.

Unfortunately, there is a similar danger if one uses public USB charging ports to charge your phone -- you're potentially connecting your mobile device to a hostile computer.

Bring your own charger.

Ample warning of supervolcano eruptions likely, experts say

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180430131831.htm

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Interestingly, some of the best and brightest astrophysicists I know are women. It seems as though we're leaving a lot of human capital on the table.

Closing the gender gap in astrophysics could take a century

http://www.astronomy.com/magazine/press-releases/2018/04/closing-the-gender-gap-in-astrophysics-could-take-a-century

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