NASA releases budget request for Fiscal Year 2017. Credit: NASA
The Obama Administration has announced its new Federal budget and is proposing to cut NASA’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget to $19 billion by carving away significant funding for deep space exploration, whereas the overall US Federal budget actually increases to over $4.1 trillion.
This 2017 budget request amounts to almost $300 million…
I like this administration a lot.
But not this!
Scientists Claim That They Have Discovered How to “Delete” Unwanted Memories –
The brain is the most complex machine known to man. So just how much do we really understand about it? http://futurism.com/scientists-discovered-delete-unwanted-memories/
A really nice write up.
Is it just me, but it feels like we are living in a new age of discoveries. This is very exciting, and a little sad not to be a part of it..
Bernie talked about a revolution again tonight. In my view, unconvincingly.
This is a good plan. I would only believe him if he actually did anything from it.
But I’m too cynical to think that he will. And if by some miracle he gets elected, and fails to produce what everyone is expecting of him, I wonder what would happen.
Bernie Sanders’s Revolution Needs a Better Plan – The Atlantic
To the Moon?
I was looking forward to this break from winter.
And it was L.’s first time on the plane, and the first ever hike.
This kind of validation is rare to come across, so I will just keep it here.
This is precisely why an economics education is so valuable. Life requires the ability to balance different narratives, determine what assumptions matter, and how to build on existing knowledge. Often good problem solving in any field requires skill, expertise, discipline, being open to different points of view, and sometimes a little discomfort.
The single most important thing an economics course can teach you
Today is Safer Internet Day – let’s all do what we can to help make the internet a safer place!
Here’s some information about Safer Internet Day in the US:
Safer Internet Day gained official recognition in the U.S. in late 2012, with a joint agreement between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the European Commission to work together to build a better Internet for youth. The U.S. celebration got a big boost in 2013, when Insafe appointed ConnectSafely.org as the U.S.’s coordinator going forward.
Our plan is to make each Safer Internet Day U.S. (SID U.S.) a highly collaborative project that promotes the efforts of Internet users of all ages, interests and backgrounds to make the Internet a better place and the world a better place with the help of the Internet. This year we are featuring the good deeds and leadership of young people in “playing your part for a better Internet,” the EC’s theme for SID 2016.
Get involved with Safer Internet Day in the US.
If you’re outside the US and would like to find Safer Internet Day activities in your area, check out SaferInternetDay.org.
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