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Almost 50 years ago, in June 1972, attendees at the First National Conference on Minority Participation in Earth Sciences and Mineral Engineering [Gillette and Gillette, 1972] held one of the first formal discussions on the lack of diversity in the geosciences. Continue reading Raising Our Voices for Diversity in the Geosciences
By Ashley Strickland of CNN
The mystique of Mars is one that humans can’t seem to resist. The red planet has easily captured our interest for centuries, heavily featured in science fiction books and films and the subject of robotic exploration since the 1960s. Continue reading Why Mars? The fascination with exploring the red planet
In these days of furloughs, layoffs, and shortened hours, when many people are struggling to pay their rent, figure out how to manage their bills, and looking askance at their college loans, it can help to have a solid financial app to assess your situation, create a budget, figure out exactly what you can (or can’t) afford, work with those pesky and confusing figures, find a better way to save, or just keep from panicking. Continue reading Six Apps that Help you Stick to a Budget
SpaceX’s newly launched capsule with four astronauts arrived Monday at the International Space Station, their new home until spring. Continue reading SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts reaches space station
SpaceX is about to launch four astronauts in the first human-rated commercial spacecraft. Continue reading NASA finally certified SpaceX to fly astronauts on its Crew Dragon spaceship, just days before its next launch
Transportation history was made today in the Nevada desert, where Virgin Hyperloop tested human travel in a hyperloop pod for the first time. Continue reading First Passengers Travel Safely on a Hyperloop
By Erin Schilling of the Business Journals (Atlanta)
Marcus Blackwell Jr. always struggled with math in school. Instead of algebra equations, he preferred practicing gospel and classical jazz music on the piano. But during his sophomore year at Morehouse College, he realized just how intertwined the two subjects are. Continue reading Atlanta-based edtech startup uses pop songs to tackle students’ fear of math
By Peter Dockrill of Science Alert
There’s never been a radio silence quite like this one. After long months with no way of making contact with Voyager 2, NASA has finally reestablished communications with the record-setting interstellar spacecraft. Continue reading NASA finally makes contact with Voyager 2 after longest radio silence in 30 years
By Michael Li
We’ve seen no shortage of scandals when it comes to AI. In 2016, Microsoft Tay, an AI bot built to learn in real time from social media content turned into a misogynist, racist troll within 24 hours of launch. Continue reading To Build Less-Biased AI, Hire a More-Diverse Team
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface, and not limited to cold, shadowed places. Continue reading NASA’s SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon
