A few years ago, I signed up to receive newsletters from Spaceweather.com, a news and information website about the Sun-Earth environment. They have many fascination articles, including information on when and where you can watch the aurora borealis, more commonly known as the northern lights (in my part of the world).
The Zooniverse project I started the other day, was a smaller one which ran out of current data, so this morning I began my third one, Solar Jet Hunters. It's something right up my alley, since I've always been strongly attracted to solar research. In fact, if I could start a new career in astrophysics, this would wind up being my course of study. And what timing, since we just had a North American solar eclipse on Monday...
Tonight, we watched an intriguing episode of NOVA, regarding artificial intelligence, otherwise known as A.I. If you're curious about this equally fascinating, as well as potentially scary subject, this program will give you food for thought.
Last month while perusing the internet I saw something of interest to me – getting involved in research. Zooniverse Collections is the world’s largest and most popular platform for volunteer-based research. This research is made possible by more than a million people worldwide who come together to assist professional researchers. The projects are varied and numerous, featuring the arts, biology, climate, history, language, literature, medicine, nature, physics, social science, and space. Currently, I’m involved in Star Notes, a collection of digitized notebooks of the Harvard Computers and early Harvard astronomers. As one who’s always been fascinated by the heavens, I decided to…
I’ve always been fascinated with the study of biology, when the “bug” hit me in 6th grade. I still remember the large, green biology book with microbes gracing the cover. Today, I learned an interesting fact regarding measles; a surprising tidbit that was astonishing – the measles virus totally disrupts your immune system’s memory. As many of you know, every time your body is infected with a disease, your immune system registers it. In other words, your body builds an immunity to the strain, so the next time you’re exposed, you can fight off the attack. However, when…