Enlarge / Possible Long March 5B reentry locations lie anywhere along the blue and yellow ground track. Areas not under the line are not exposed to the debris. (credit: The Aerospace Corporation) The Chinese rocket that will fall back to Earth in a few days is equivalent in size to two semi-truck trailers, and as…
Do your students ever imagine themselves as a pilot, video game designer, environmentalist, or surgeon? STEM professionals work in nearly all industries and for a variety of organizations. In their everyday lives, people with STEM backgrounds engage in investigative and diagnostic experiences to seek solutions to real-world problems and enhance technological innovations—sharing their exciting findings…
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Meryl Rowin THE DEVIL found his first advocate in the church. In 1587, Pope Sixtus V established the role of Advocatus Diaboli, a Vatican official whose job was to combat any biases the pontiff might hold when advancing a candidate for sainthood. The Advocatus Diaboli would present counterarguments and dissect the validity of miracles thought to have been performed…
Quinio, an e-commerce aggregator that acquires, operates and builds consumer packaged e-commerce brands across Latin America, secured a $40 million boost in both equity and debt. It’s an interesting time for e-commerce aggregators. Over the past year, the market went from hot, hot, hot to cool, though some aggregators still held on and were even…
Matt McKinney was a data science manager at Uber, helping launch Uber Freight, along with software engineer Shaosu Liu. One of the main problems the pair saw there was that while they were able to grow the top line, they found it difficult to grow the bottom line because they were “losing a bunch of…
Ajit Mohan, the head of Meta in India, has left the firm and joined rival Snap, according to sources familiar with the matter. At Snap, Mohan will serve as the President of the APAC business, two sources said. Mohan joined Meta, called Facebook then, in January 2019 as a VP and MD of the India…
Snapchat and Strava have launched a new lens that makes it easier, and more stylish, to share all the sweaty details of your workout. The popular workout tracker and Snapchat released an AR feature that lets you post a Snap or story that displays the details of your workout. For instance, it’ll show a moving…
Add another entry to the list of things Gmail can do: Package tracking. Google’s online email client can now track incoming packages based on emails with shipping confirmations that arrive in your inbox. For such emails that also contain tracking numbers, Gmail will display delivery status in the inbox list view, as well as in…
Gen Z has turned to labor organizing as a way to stand up to toxic work norms, earning them the title: “America’s most pro-union generation.” Marianne Ayala/Insider I saiah Thomas was only 7 years old in 2008, but he was old enough to understand that his family was struggling. He noticed his parents were around…