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Plato at the Googleplex

Posted on February 1, 2017 by PlatoHagel

Rebecca Goldstein: “Plato at the Googleplex” | Talks at Google Dialogos of Eide

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Quantum Technologies

Posted on February 1, 2017 by PlatoHagel

As We Enter a New Quantum Era: Michele Mosca Public Lecture    Published on Oct 6, 2016 In his public lecture at Perimeter Institute on Oct. 5, 2015, Michele Mosca (Institute for Quantum Computing, Perimeter Institute) explored quantum technologies – … Continue reading →

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A Planetarium Show by ESO

Posted on February 1, 2017 by PlatoHagel

The planetarium show “From Earth to the Universe” v2  European Southern Observatory (ESO) Dialogos of Eide

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SWARM

Posted on January 9, 2017 by PlatoHagel

Launched in November 2013, Swarm is providing unprecedented insights into the complex workings of Earth’s magnetic field, which safeguards us from the bombarding cosmic radiation and charged particles. June 2014 magnetic field Measurements made over the past six months confirm … Continue reading →

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Geodynamics

Posted on January 7, 2017 by PlatoHagel

Mean Gravity Field Image credit: Unless otherwise noted, images are provided by University of Texas Center for Space Research and NASA  On planet Earth, we tend to think of the gravitational effect as being the same no matter where we … Continue reading →

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AMS-02

Posted on January 4, 2017 by PlatoHagel

Information gathering. Unlock Secrets of the Cosmos AMS-02 is a multipurpose magnetic spectrometer designed to measure elementary particles and nuclei to the TeV region. In the five years since its installation on the International Space Station, it has collected more … Continue reading →

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The Foundation of Reality?

Posted on January 4, 2017 by PlatoHagel

I had been on this pathway a long time to ask the question of what lays at the very foundation of our reality.  I was intrigued by Plato’s solids to wonder if this was the first attempt to describe the … Continue reading →

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Stephen Hawking and Celebrities

Posted on December 31, 2016 by PlatoHagel

Stephen Hawking vs. Paul Rudd in Quantum Chess (feat. Keanu Reeves) Stephen Hawking + Zoe Saldana: Quantum is Calling ft. Keanu Reeves, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Paul Rudd Dialogos of Eide

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A New Home on Mars: NASA Langley’s Icy Concept for Living on the Red Planet

Posted on December 30, 2016 by PlatoHagel

An artist’s rendering of the Mars Ice Home concept. Credits: NASA/Clouds AO/SEArch A New Home on Mars: NASA Langley’s Icy Concept for Living on the Red Planet: For researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center, the best building material for a … Continue reading →

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Search for Dark Matter in Gamma Rays

Posted on December 21, 2016 by PlatoHagel

This view from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is the deepest and best-resolved portrait of the gamma-ray sky to date. The image shows how the sky appears at energies more than 150 million times greater than that of visible light. … Continue reading →

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