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Friday, April 9, 2021

CONTINUITY: Cold Spot, Planet Nine, and the Axis of Evil: Uncovering the Secrets of the Cosmic Microwave Background

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TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS: Close Encounter above Siberia

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CONTINUITY: Comrades—Save the Mycelium!

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THE HAPPENING WORLD: Neuralink: Monkey Mind-Pong

Here is more about Neuralink's brain-machine interface, including Gertrude, the pig with the wired snout.

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THE HAPPENING WORLD: M Equals Two: Soyuz Docks with the ISS

On September 12th, 1966, Gemini 11 rendezvoused and docked with its Agena target vehicle just 94 minutes after liftoff, demonstrating the direct ascent first orbit rendezvous which would used in lunar orbit by Apollo. Commander Pete Conrad exclaimed “M=1!” after accomplishing the first revolution docking, Fifty-five years later, Soyuz has gotten it down to two revolutions, docking with the International Space Station two orbits after launch.

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