Guardian Liberty Voice NASA Needs Help Hunting AsteroidsGuardian Liberty VoiceNASA is looking to citizen scientists for help hunting and tracking millions of asteroids. This initiative, one of many recent efforts to recruit public help to tackle scientific challenges, is part…
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US To Turn Over Control Of The Internet With ICANN – Hot Hardware
Hot Hardware US To Turn Over Control Of The Internet With ICANNHot HardwareOwnership of the Internet is about to undergo a massive change, as the U.S. is planning to cede sole control of Internet governance to the global private sector.…
Asteroid to dim a bright star for some in Northeast – USA TODAY
Asteroid to dim a bright star for some in NortheastUSA TODAYWeather permitting, millions of people in the northeastern USA could witness a rare and eerie sight next week: a space rock blotting out one of the brightest stars in the…
No, An Asteroid Is NOT Going to Hit Earth on March 21 – Slate Magazine (blog)
No, An Asteroid Is NOT Going to Hit Earth on March 21Slate Magazine (blog)For example, the Mail article says the asteroid is “newly discovered”, but in fact was first detected in 2003, 11 years ago! Hence its name, 2003 QQ47.…
U.S. Will Give Up Internet Controls To Independent Body – International Business Times
International Business Times U.S. Will Give Up Internet Controls To Independent BodyInternational Business TimesICANN is made up of international stakeholders and government representatives. It’s supposed to be a democratic body and it calls its model of operation a “bottom-up, consensus-driven,…
Intro Astronomy Class 6: Mars (continued) and Asteroids – The Planetary Society (blog)
Intro Astronomy Class 6: Mars (continued) and AsteroidsThe Planetary Society (blog)In my sixth class of my Introduction to Planetary Science and Astronomy class at CSUDH, I continue our exploration of Mars and then discuss asteroids. The video is below. For…
NASA Needs Coders to Help Prevent Asteroid Armageddon – IEEE Spectrum
IEEE Spectrum NASA Needs Coders to Help Prevent Asteroid ArmageddonIEEE SpectrumSavvy coders can soon help NASA defend Earth against asteroid threats and win some cash prizes in the bargain. The U.S. space agency has joined forces with an asteroid-mining company…
Asteroids Plus Titanfall Equals Retro Absurdity – Wired
Wired Asteroids Plus Titanfall Equals Retro AbsurdityWiredTiny shards of space rock heading your way in Asteroids ? They’d blow up your tiny triangle of a spaceship, but they shatter harmlessly when they hit your Titan. It completely breaks the games,…
ICANN should reject .sucks domain – MyBroadband
MyBroadband ICANN should reject .sucks domainMyBroadbandIn November 2012, ICANN’s government advisory committee issued a warning that the domain has “overtly negative or critical connotation” and a troubling potential for “defensive registrations.” New online neighborhoods began opening in January with the ….sucks…
CTO, ICANN, Others to Host First Commonwealth DNS Forum – THISDAY Live
CTO, ICANN, Others to Host First Commonwealth DNS ForumTHISDAY LiveThe Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the UK domain name registry Nominet, and Public Interest Registry, operators of the .ORG domain, will jointly…