Forest fires may foreshadow larger blazes, Cornell study finds
Cornell geologists used a computer simulation to show forest fires follow self-organized critical behavior similar to earthquakes and landslides. The team suggests such patterns could help predict where big fires occur and how to prevent them, with Professor Donald Turcotte noting humanity plays a small role.
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Sky watch and Antz film review mingle in October features
A sky map notes Saturn visible at 10 pm on Sunday October 18 with a guide to its rings and satellites. The piece includes a movie review of Antz by Natalie Angier, detailing Woody Allen and Sharon Stone voices, and explains ant biology including haplodiploidy, male vulnerability, and the dominance of female workers.
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Hayden Planetarium
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Sharon Stone
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Edward O. Wilson
Harvard University
Kenneth Ross
University of Georgia
Athens
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Deep Space 1 aims to test ion propulsion in space
US aims to launch Deep Space 1 a 1000 pound probe to test autonomous ion propulsion and self navigation in space. The mission will test 12 technologies including AI aided software and onboard imaging spectrometry while relying on solar-electric propulsion as the primary drive.
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Pasadena Laboratory
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Passionate search for intelligent life at Arecibo
The Arecibo radiotelescope near Ithaca hosts SETI efforts led by Jill Vanier and Taner, seeking extraterrestrial signals around Barnard's Star. After late nights and many false leads, scientists remain hopeful despite no detections, while debates consider expanding targets to up to 100,000 stars and continuing the 21,000 year ETA for the M13 message.
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Cornell University
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Sett Institute
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Message from 1974 Arecibo beam to distant star cluster
Thai scientists used the Arecibo telescope to beam a digital message to a distant star cluster in 1974. It highlights life elements hydrogen carbon nitrogen oxygen and phosphorus, DNA basics, human height, population, and a sketch of the Solar System with Earth emphasized. Temes
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