Watch the stars and from them learn. To the Master's honor all must turn, Each in its track, without a sound, Forever tracing Newton's ground

— Albert Einstein

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People are less likely to believe an AI if it conveys uncertainty

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 06/04/2024 - 2:00pm
When a large language model expresses doubt about the information it supplies, people are less likely to accept it as fact and more likely to find accurate information elsewhere
Categories: Astronomy

Crews Unpack NASA’s Europa Clipper Spacecraft

NASA Image of the Day - Tue, 06/04/2024 - 1:24pm
Technicians inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida prepare to rotate the agency’s largest planetary mission spacecraft, Europa Clipper, to a vertical position on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, as part of prelaunch processing. Slated to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket later this year from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy, Europa Clipper will help determine if conditions exist below the surface Jupiter’s fourth largest moon, Europa, that could support life.
Categories: Astronomy, NASA

Why excessive positivity is bad for your health and mental well-being

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 06/04/2024 - 12:56pm
There are real benefits to a positive mindset, but the idea that we should always look on the bright side has gone too far. Research into toxic positivity can help restore balance
Categories: Astronomy

The Science Behind COVID's Six-Foot Rule

Scientific American.com - Tue, 06/04/2024 - 12:15pm

Attacks on Anthony Fauci over guidance on masking and social distancing issued during the COVID pandemic ignore the science on viral spread

Categories: Astronomy

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APOD - Tue, 06/04/2024 - 12:00pm

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Categories: Astronomy, NASA

NASA Announces Summer 2023 Hottest on Record

Earth News - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 4:05pm
The summer of 2023 was Earth’s hottest since global records began in 1880, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS) in New York.
Categories: NASA

NASA: El verano de 2023 es el más caluroso en el registro

Earth News - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 12:03pm
El verano boreal de 2023 fue el más caluroso para la Tierra desde que se establecieron registros mundiales de temperaturas en 1880, según un análisis realizado por científicos del Instituto Goddard de Estudios Espaciales (GISS, por sus siglas en inglés) de la NASA en Nueva York.
Categories: NASA