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Why India’s air pollution is so horrendous
Vox - Umair Irfan
Eleven out of the 12 most polluted cities on a World Health Organization list were in India. India is once again heading into the worst time of year for air pollution, a season where the country’s notoriously
Scientists Find Link Between Parkinson's Disease and the Appendix
Gizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum
Scientists have found further evidence that the gut, or more specifically the appendix, might play a role in the development of Parkinson’s …
An organ once deemed “useless” may play a role in Parkinson’s disease
Quartz
For years, medical scientists have suspected the appendix—a tiny organ tucked away near our large intestines—lacks a real purpose in our bodies. They believed it was a vestigial organ, that might have
Apple has a new plan for cutting down manufacturing costs
Cult of Mac - Luke Dormehl
Apple is known for exerting a lot of control over the manufacturing of its products, and it’s reportedly set to ramp up this control even further. Beginning with its new MacBook models, Apple will reportedly
Robin Williams Did This 1 Thing to Unlock His Creativity--and It's Exactly What Neuroscience Recommends
Inc Magazine - By Scott Mautz
Unlocking creativity ain't easy--but some brilliant scientific and comedic minds have figured it out. We all have self-defeating habits and do plenty to sabotage our own success. Unfortunately, it's no
NASA's planet-hunting satellite TESS launches
CNN - By Ashley Strickland, CNN
(CNN) — TESS, NASA's planet-hunting satellite, launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 6:51 p.m. ET Wednesday. It had a 30-second launch window. The launch was originally
Tesla battery production is the real bottleneck, not Model 3 production, analyst says
CNBC - Robert Ferris
Tesla's battery production for the Model 3 is the company's real obstacle to putting cars on the road, not Model 3 assembly itself, said Oppenheimer …
My 14-Year-Old Daughter Watched Porn And It Changed Our Lives In Ways I Never Imagined
HuffPost - Amelia M. Miller
One fateful night in November 2014 my then-14-year-old daughter woke up my husband and me at 2 a.m. Crying and visibly distraught, she whispered, “Mom, I have to tell you something.” Those dreaded words
Bill Gates Wants You to Watch These 9 TED Talks
Inc Magazine - By Geoffrey James
You can read what Gates called "one of the most important" books he's ever read, or you can watch these short but amazing TED Talks. In an interview published in Time magazine earlier today, Bill Gates
China joked about Trump’s tariffs: ‘It is only polite to reciprocate.’ Then it did.
The Washington Post
BEIJING — The Chinese Foreign Ministry is not known for its sense of humor. But when the Trump administration announced plans to impose $50 billion worth of tariffs, it issued an unusually tart response.
Trump pushes back on fears of a trade war with China
The Washington Post - By David J. Lynch and
President Trump showed no sign Wednesday of backing down from an escalating trade confrontation with China, even as financial markets wobbled and American farmers and manufacturers warned that he was a
Mini Brains Just Got Creepier—They’re Growing Their Own Veins
WIRED - Megan Molteni
The first human brain balls—aka cortical spheroids, aka neural organoids—agglomerated into existence just a few short years ago. In the beginning, …
Understanding White Balance in Photography
visualwilderness.com - Lace Andersen
White balance is an important concept to understand as it can make a large impact on your photographs. It affects the mood of an image and is …
Center Of The Milky Way Has Thousands Of Black Holes, Study Shows
NPR - Nell Greenfieldboyce
The supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy appears to have a lot of company, according to a new study that suggests the monster is surrounded by about 10,000 other black holes. For
USA TODAY
USA TODAY
Square Root is an urban farming incubator co-founded by Elon Musk's brother, Kimbal Musk. The company raises crops in shipping containers with LED lighting. Jennifer S. Altman, for USA TODAY Urban farmer
SpaceX launch: Californians could see awe-inspiring display Sunday
The Mercury News - Sandy Mazza
UPDATE: SpaceX has delayed its latest Falcon 9 rocket launch to Wednesday morning. The Hawthorne-based rocket-builder posted on Twitter that it was …
What the SpaceX launch was missing
sandiegouniontribune.com - ALISON COIL
If Elon Musk can put a Tesla in space, it begs the question: Why on Earth can he not hire more women and minorities? The SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch …
Elon Musk: Humans must merge with machines or become irrelevant in AI age
CNBC - Arjun Kharpal
Billionaire Elon Musk is known for his futuristic ideas and his latest suggestion might just save us from being irrelevant as artificial intelligence …
Elon Musk Is Arguing With Spaceflight CEOs on Twitter. Again.
Science Alert - BRAD JONES, FUTURISM
Elon Musk is feeling confident following last week's successful launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket. The SpaceX CEO took to Twitter to state that he …
Elon Musk's Boring Company receives go-ahead to start DC to NYC Hyperloop tunnel
dezeen.com - Dan Howarth
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Elon Musk's brother Kimbal is also aiming to change the world
theage.com.au
In Brooklyn, budding agricultural entrepreneurs set up year-round farms inside 10 retired metal ocean shipping containers and grow crops like …
Elon Musk on the Power of First Principles Thinking for Yourself
tellacts.com
First principles thinking, which is sometimes called reasoning from first principles, is one of the most effective strategies you can employ for …
Elon Musk shared the first images of SpaceX satellites that could change the internet
Business Insider - Dave Mosher
• SpaceX on Thursday launched two experimental satellites.• The satellites are designed to test Starlink, a concept to bathe all of Earth in high-speed broadband internet using a fleet of 12,000 satellites.•
SpaceX launching its first test satellites to bring Internet to billions around the world
CNBC - Michael Sheetz
SpaceX is on a collision course with the world's biggest telecom and satellite manufacturing companies, as it steps up development of its "Starlink" …
SpaceX Launching Internet Satellites Aboard Used Rocket Thursday: Watch Live
space.com - Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
Update for Feb. 22: SpaceX's Falcon 9 mission to launch the Paz satellite has successfully lifted off. See our full story here: SpaceX Launches 1st …
Elon Musk quietly plans to put 11,925 satellites into orbit
bigthink.com
If you blink, you could easily miss one of Elon Musk’s many SpaceX projects. The man has so many plates in the air, it’s a wonder they don’t all come …
Elon Musk’s dream ideas
The Guardian - Samuel Stolton
From superfast trains to colonising Mars – a selection of Elon Musk’s extraordinary ideas Musk’s SpaceX enterprise was founded with the intention of making space travel affordable. By extension, Musk stated
The Amazing Camera Work Involved in the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch
fstoppers.com - by Aneesh Kothari
Seemingly the whole world stopped and watched the successful SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch a couple of weeks ago. Here's an inside look at the camera …
Elon Musk Impresses China
The Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial Board
The Falcon Heavy rocket success stirs envy from the state capitalists. We missed commenting on the success of Elon Musk’s Falcon Heavy rocket launch this month amid the press of other news, but not for
Tesla's latest smart power grid experiment begins in Canada
Engadget - Jon Fingas
Nova Scotia is testing a hybrid of wind power and Tesla batteries. Tesla's experiments with smart power grids are headed further North. Canada's Nova Scotia Power recently finished setting up a pilot that

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Why India’s air pollution is so horrendous

Scientists Find Link Between Parkinson's Disease and the Appendix

An organ once deemed “useless” may play a role in Parkinson’s disease

Apple has a new plan for cutting down manufacturing costs

Robin Williams Did This 1 Thing to Unlock His Creativity--and It's Exactly What Neuroscience Recommends

NASA's planet-hunting satellite TESS launches

Tesla battery production is the real bottleneck, not Model 3 production, analyst says

My 14-Year-Old Daughter Watched Porn And It Changed Our Lives In Ways I Never Imagined

Bill Gates Wants You to Watch These 9 TED Talks

China joked about Trump’s tariffs: ‘It is only polite to reciprocate.’ Then it did.

Trump pushes back on fears of a trade war with China

Mini Brains Just Got Creepier—They’re Growing Their Own Veins

Understanding White Balance in Photography

Center Of The Milky Way Has Thousands Of Black Holes, Study Shows

USA TODAY

SpaceX launch: Californians could see awe-inspiring display Sunday

What the SpaceX launch was missing

Elon Musk: Humans must merge with machines or become irrelevant in AI age

Elon Musk Is Arguing With Spaceflight CEOs on Twitter. Again.

Elon Musk's Boring Company receives go-ahead to start DC to NYC Hyperloop tunnel

Elon Musk's brother Kimbal is also aiming to change the world

Elon Musk on the Power of First Principles Thinking for Yourself

Elon Musk shared the first images of SpaceX satellites that could change the internet

SpaceX launching its first test satellites to bring Internet to billions around the world

SpaceX Launching Internet Satellites Aboard Used Rocket Thursday: Watch Live

Elon Musk quietly plans to put 11,925 satellites into orbit

Elon Musk’s dream ideas

The Amazing Camera Work Involved in the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch

Elon Musk Impresses China

Tesla's latest smart power grid experiment begins in Canada