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Biden’s top economic advisor endorses stock-trading ban for members of Congress despite Pelosi’s opposition, says it would ‘restore faith in our institutions’
“There’s a lot of distrust and mistrust around how politics works, around the political process,” said National Economic Council Director Brian Deese.Read original article here.
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The Clintons reportedly easing back into politics as Biden struggles
After a period out of the spotlight, Bill and Hillary Clinton are trying to make a triumphant return to the front ranks of the Democratic party, according to a report.Read original article here.Written by: Callie Patteson
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U.S. Names Official to Counter Foreign Election Interference
The director of national intelligence appointed a C.I.A. veteran to the post amid delays in congressional approval of money for a new office to oversee threats to American politics from abroad.Read original article here.Written by: Julian E. Barnes
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Put In a Dollar, Get $100 Back: A True Bitcoin Story
Plus: Early digital cash, the Corbevax vaccine, and adventures in Cryptoland.Read original article here.Written by: Steven Levy
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Northwest Arkansas will pay you $10,000 in bitcoin to move there and help turn it into a crypto hub
It’s part of a broader push to spur migration to the region and bolster its efforts to become a hub for all things crypto.Read original article here.
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Ionosphere
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll find today’s topic absolutely sizzling: the ionosphere! In the upper reaches of the Earth’s atmosphere, the intense UV and X-ray radiation from the Sun bombards molecules and atoms, causing them to split apart. The resulting positively charged nuclei are called ions,…
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Interstellar Medium
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll have a lot of time to contemplate today’s topic: the interstellar medium! What fills the vast spaces between the stars? Mostly nothing – those expanses would register as a vacuum in a laboratory here on Earth. But it’s not completely, totally,…
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Astrophysicists Release the Biggest Map of the Universe Yet
A powerful astronomy instrument called DESI charts millions of galaxies in the night sky. Can it help scientists finally figure out what dark energy is?Read original article here.Written by: Ramin Skibba
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Newly-discovered planets will be ‘swallowed’ by their stars
Astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) are part of a team that recently discovered three planets orbiting dangerously close to stars nearing the ends of their lives.Read original article here.
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First Exomoon Found? An Alien Moon May Have Been Discovered—And It’s Bigger Than Our Planet
A new candidate for an exomoon—a moon that orbits planets beyond the realm of our Solar System—has been announced today in Nature Astronomy.Read original article here.Written by: Jamie Carter