Quantum entanglement transmitted through space

Sail Boston 2017

Before The Dawn

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Talk of the Nation, Science Friday
'Before the Dawn' Author Nicholas Wade
April 26, 2006

Review - Monstersandcritics.com

Amazon.com - From Publishers Weekly

"Scientists are using DNA analysis to understand our prehistory: the evolution of humans; their relation to the Neanderthals, who populated Europe and the Near East; and Homo erectus, who roamed the steppes of Asia. Most importantly, geneticists can trace the movements of a little band of human ancestors, numbering perhaps no more than 150, who crossed the Red Sea from east Africa about 50,000 years ago. Within a few thousand years, their descendents, Homo sapiens, became masters of all they surveyed, the other humanoid species having become extinct.

Gyu Kaku Boston

Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ in Brookline and Harvard Square is the ideal spot for a great dining experience in Boston. The restaurant type is called Yakiniku in Japanese.This barbecue spot is a great place to meet friends. Not a place to dine alone.

Don't even think about that frozen microwave dinner!

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My Family's Slave - The Atlantic - Alex Tizon

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In 'Lola's Story,' A Journalist Reveals A Family Secret

NPR's Morning Edition

May 16, 2017

Going out in a Blaze of Glory: Cassini Science Highlights and Grand Finale

American Gods

Based on the novel by English author Neil Gaiman, a blend of Americana, fantasy, and various strands of mythology, all centering on the mysterious and taciturn Shadow. Several of the themes touched upon in the book were previously glimpsed in The Sandman comic book series.

The central premise of the novel is that gods and mythological creatures exist because people believe in them (a type of thoughtform). Immigrants to the United States brought with them spirits and gods. The power of these mythological beings has diminished as people's beliefs waned. New gods have arisen, reflecting America's obsessions with media, celebrity, technology, and drugs, among other things.

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Boston MBTA Proposed North South Rail Link

The North–South Rail Link is a proposed pair of rail tunnels, each about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, that would connect North and South Stations in downtown Boston, Massachusetts.

The tunnels would better link Amtrak's various trains into and out of the city, but would mainly benefit the MBTA Commuter Rail by connecting its northern and southern lines. Currently, the Amtrak Downeaster line from Maine has no direct connection to the Northeast Corridor routes south and west. Both Amtrak and the commuter rail lines currently terminate at North and South Stations.

American Experience: The Great War

6 Hours:

Part 1: American neutrality erodes as Wilson declares “the world must be made safe for democracy.”
Part 2: As patriotism sweeps the nation, the country assembles its first mass conscripted army.
Part 3: The climactic struggle and ensuing peace that forever changed a president and a nation.

American Playboy

The Amazon Original Series draws from unprecedented access to more than 17,000 hours of footage and over 2,600 scrapbooks from Hefner's personal archives, chronicling the life of an American icon and the history of the brand he created.

Legion

Legion, based on the Marvel Comics, follows the story of David Haller – a troubled young man who may be more than human. 

The People versus O.J. Simpson / O.J: Made in America

Two series on O.J. Simpson within the last year.

Both are good, award winners.

Underscores what an incredibly complicated and tragic figure.

Fareed Zakaria: Relationship between Trump and Putin

Fareed Zakaria searches to find the true nature of the relationship between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, and the implications of their relationship for the world. 

Logan 2017

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NASA: A New Era in Astronomy: Amber Straughn Public Lecture (JWST)

On March 1, 2017, join NASA's Amber Straughn for an inside look at the James Webb Space Telescope, which launches in 2018 and will be 100 times more powerful than Hubble. 

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James Webb Space Telescope

Boston Dynamics: Introducing Handle

Handle is a research robot that stands 6.5 ft tall, travels at 9 mph and jumps 4​ ​feet vertically! ​It uses electric power to operate both electric and hydraulic actuators, with a range of about 15 miles on one battery charge. ​​​Handle uses many of the same dynamics, balance and mobile manipulation principles​ found in the quadruped and biped robots we build, but with only about 10 actuated joints, it is significantly less complex. Wheels are efficient on flat surfaces while legs can go almost anywhere: by combining wheels and legs Handle can have the best of both worlds.

Imagine, this used to be only seen in a movie using special effects. But this thing is real, and not tethered! 

The video gave me a sense of awe, and a bit of 'yikes'. Welcome to the future. A matter of time until one of these gets armed with a weapon.

Africa's Great Civilizations

In his new six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civilizations, but also the wider world.

89th Academy Awards: Best Picture La La Land / Moonlight (Classic!)

The Last Man on the Moon

When Apollo astronaut Gene Cernan stepped on the moon in December 1972 he left his footprints and his daughter’s initials in the lunar dust. Only now, over forty years later, is he ready to share his epic but deeply personal story of fulfillment, love and loss. Cernan’s burning ambition carried him from a quiet Chicago suburb to the spectacular and hazardous environment of space, and ultimately, to the moon. Five years in the making, The Last Man on the Moon unveils a wealth of rare archive, and takes Cernan back to the launch pads of Cape Kennedy, to Arlington National Cemetery and to his Texas ranch, where he finds respite from a past that refuses to let him go.

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Eugene Cernan 1934-2017

NASA: TRAPPIST-1

NASA announces that TRAPPIST-1 System has 7 Earth-sized planets - 6 within the star's habitable zone.

NOVA: The Origami Revolution

NOVA: The Origami Revolution

Engineers are using origami to design drugs, micro-robots, and future space missions.

The centuries-old tradition of folding two-dimensional paper into three-dimensional shapes is inspiring a scientific revolution. The rules of folding are at the heart of many natural phenomena, from how leaves blossom to how beetles fly. But now, engineers and designers are applying its principles to reshape the world around us—and even within us, designing new drugs, micro-robots, and future space missions. With this burgeoning field of origami-inspired-design, the question is: can the mathematics of origami be boiled down to one elegant algorithm—a fail-proof guidebook to make any object out of a flat surface, just by folding? And if so, what would that mean for the future of design? Explore the high-tech future of this age-old art as NOVA unfolds “The Origami Revolution.”

Felix Baumgartner Space Jump World Record 2012

Independent Lens: Birth of a Movement

Birth of a Movement Full Film | Video | Independent Lens | PBS:

The story of William Monroe Trotter, the nearly forgotten editor of a Boston black newspaper who helped launch a nationwide movement in 1915 to ban Hollywood’s first blockbuster movie, the later controversial The Birth of a Nation.

American Experience: Oklahoma City

PBS.org

"OKLAHOMA CITY traces the events — including the deadly encounters between American citizens and law enforcement at Ruby Ridge and Waco — that led McVeigh to commit the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history. With a virulent strain of anti-government anger still with us, the film is both a cautionary tale and an extremely timely warning."

Superbowl LI: New England Patriots 34 - Atlanta Falcons 28

The Race Underground

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First Look: The Race Underground from American Experience

Oct. 1, 2016, 7pm-9pm

WGBH Yawkey Theater, One Guest Street, Brighton, MA 02135

Free, but RSVP is required

The Race Underground, By Doug Most

The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway

Frontline: Divided States of America

FRONTLINE investigates the partisanship that gridlocked Washington in the Obama era, and the polarized America that Donald Trump inherits as president.

Broadcast Jan 17/18, 2017

4 hours

Watch Online

Alex Gibney: Zero Days

Zero Days is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Alex Gibney. Zero Days covers the phenomenon surrounding the Stuxnet computer virus and the development of the malware software known as "Olympic Games."

My President Was Black
A history of the first African American White House—and of what came next
By Ta-Nehisi Coates

I. “Love Will Make You Do Wrong”
II. He Walked on Ice but Never Fell
III. “I Decided to Become Part of That World”
IV. “You Still Gotta Go Back to the Hood”
V. "They Rode the Tiger”
VI. “When You Left, You Took All of Me With You”

In his new four-hour series, BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK: AND STILL I RISE, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. embarks on a deeply personal journey through the last fifty years of African American history. Joined by leading scholars, celebrities, and a dynamic cast of people who shaped these years, Gates travels from the victories of the civil rights movement up to today, asking profound questions about the state of black America—and our nation as a whole.

Japanese road reopens one week after vast sinkhole appeared

Oct 28, 2016, during a press event at Universal Studios in L.A., Elon Musk announces that Tesla will build and sell its own line of solar panels with integrated batteries. Coupled with the also unveiled PowerWall 2, it will allow residential homeowners to replace their entire roof with solar panels, making it much simpler for homes to be entirely powered by solar power.