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More than 30,000 celestial images that were all but lost to science are about to find their way back into researchers' hands thanks to the efforts of thousands of citizen scientists. The photographs, radio maps, and other telescopic images were scanned...
PredictionX: Diviner’s Guide
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This course is an overview of divination systems, ranging from ancient Chinese bone burning to modern astrology. Humans have always sought to know their own future, be it the destiny of an empire or an individual's fate. Across cultures and history, we...
PredictionX: John Snow and the Cholera Epidemic of 1854
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An in-depth look at the 1854 London cholera epidemic in Soho and its importance for the field of epidemiology. In 1854, a cholera epidemic swept through the London neighborhood of Soho. In the course of about three weeks, over 600 people died. This...
PredictionX: Lost Without Longitude Explore the history of navigation, from stars to satellites
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Humans have been navigating for ages. As we developed the tools and techniques for determining location and planning a route, navigation grew into a practice, an art, and a science. Navigational skill has long been tied to commercial, economic, and...
FRSEMR 27J: Prediction: From Ancient Omens to Modern Computer Simulations
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We will discuss the variety of approaches humans have taken to predicting their own future. Early weeks will focus on Omens, Oracles, Religion and Prophecy. Next, we will move on to the so-called Scientific Revolution, exemplified by the work of Galileo...
Congreso del Futuro generó espacios para el debate en temáticas de importancia mundial
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Spanish: "Astroinformática, medicina social, tecnología educativa, migración y exoplanetas fueron los temas que se abordaron durante este importante congreso en su tercera versión a nivel regional." Translation: "Astroinformatics, social medicine...
What Shapes Are Things in Outer Space?
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There are basically three important shapes that objects take in space. One is round, like a ball. One is a disc, like a frisbee—a very flat, round thing. And then the other one is generally a mess—not a regular shape, like a pyramid or a cube or something...
Press Release: A new map for a birthplace of stars
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A Yale-led research group has created the most detailed maps yet of a vast seedbed of stars similar to Earth's Sun. The maps provide unprecedented detail of the structure of the Orion A molecular cloud, the closest star-forming region of high-mass stars...
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2018. “The Past and Present of the Future ”
2018. “The Past and Present of the Future ”
2018. “The Skeleton of the Milky Way”
2018. “The Skeleton of the Milky Way”