Ever See Lightning At 7000 Frames Per Second? From Florida Institute Of Technology.

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.

Edward Teller (via fyp-science)

Consumer Awareness Grows Over the Internet

Earned media such as Google search, social media and online articles/content are the only growing influencers of consumer product awareness, according to Nielsen. 

No growth in consumer purchase awareness across paid and owned media like TV, newspaper, paid advertising and in-store or brand web content.

Michelle Corsano Pellettier

Some very old books at Museo Correr, Venice

Each person in the world (at least among the 1.59 billion people active on Facebook) is connected to every other person by an average of three and a half other people.

Sergey Edunov, Carlos Diuk, Ismail Onur Filiz, Smriti Bhagat, and Moira Burke. Research at Facebook. Feb 4, 2016.

What’s Up for April 2017

Jupiter, the king of the planets, is visible all night long, and the Lyrids meteor shower peaks on April 22.

On April 7, Jupiter–the king of planets–reaches opposition, when it shines brightest and appears largest. 

Jupiter will be almost directly overhead at midnight.

This is also a great time to observe the planet’s Galilean moons–Io, Ganymeade, Europa and Callisto. They can be easily seen through binoculars.

With binoculars, you can even see the Great Red Spot as the storm transits the planet every ten hours.

Looking east on April 22, look to the skies for the Summer Triangle, consisting of Deneb, in Cygnus, the Swan; Altair in Aquila, the Eagle; and Vega, in Lyre(the Harp).

Get ready for the Lyrids, the year’s second major meteor shower, as it pierces the Summer Triangle in the early morning hours of April 22. Since the shower begins close to the new moon, expect excellent almost moonless viewing conditions.  

You can catch up on solar system and all of our missions at www.nasa.gov

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MIT finds actual wisdom in the wisdom of crowds

You just need to find the people that know they are right and expect others to be wrong.

“Put simply, it's worth looking at those folks who answer against what they believe everyone else will say, since they may be smarter than everyone else.”

You Can Have Millions Of Subscribers On YouTube—And Still Be Flat Broke

The disconnect between internet fame and financial security is hard to comprehend for both creators and fans.

Internet Fame may not be all it’s cracked up to be...