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Archives for January 2020

Lense–Thirring frame dragging induced by a fast-rotating white dwarf in a binary pulsar system – Science Magazine

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V. Venkatraman Krishnan Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria 3122, Australia.Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, D-53121 Bonn, Germany. M. Bailes Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria 3122, Australia.Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav), Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria 3122, Australia. W. […]

Preprints can fill a void in times of rapidly changing science – STAT – STAT

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The rapid emergence in China of 2019-nCoV, a novel coronavirus, and its spread beyond its borders highlights the need for rapid scientific communication to better characterize transmissibility patterns, contagiousness, and illnesses and deaths caused by the pathogen. Journals, of course, play a key role in disseminating peer-reviewed science, but their pace of publication takes time, […]

‘People need to see big patterns.’ U.S. ecological observatory’s new science chief looks ahead – Science Magazine

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Many National Ecological Observatory Network sites include towers bristling with instruments that collect a wide range of environmental data. Courtesy of the NEON Program and Battelle By Elizabeth PennisiJan. 31, 2020 , 12:25 PM One year ago, an ambitious 20-year effort to establish a network of long-term ecological monitoring sites across the United States was floundering—again. […]

Maryland’s Internet Advertising Tax Is Taking Aim At The Wrong People – Gizmodo

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Photo: Scott Barbour (Getty Images) Folks, we don’t need to tell you the internet is bad. But what if we told you that the internet’s inherent badness could… be used to pay for children’s education. Here’s the rundown: two Maryland lawmakers—Senate Presidents Bill Ferguson and former Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller—pitched the idea of […]

Net Neutral Internet Provider Gets $2.45 Million Grant – GovTech

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(TNS) — Some mobile home parks in Capitola, Calif., will have access to better broadband, thanks to a $2.45 million grant internet service provider Cruzio recently received. Cruzio, based in downtown Santa Cruz, Calif., announced this month that it was awarded a $2.45 million broadband grant on Dec. 5 from the California Advanced Series Fund, a grant program started […]

UK College of Education Symposium Examines Toll of Mass Incarceration – UKNow

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 31, 2020) — A two-day symposium at the University of Kentucky will connect academic and community voices on issues surrounding mass incarceration. Organized by the UK College of Education, Punishing Trauma will examine the impact and consequences of punishment and surveillance on children, families and communities. “Punishing Trauma looks at the systemic effects of […]