Aug 26 Lunch Break Science at Science Museum of Virginia

Best wishes to my friend of many years, Ted Bethune as he gives a talk today.
We met in grade school.
Science was one thing we both followed and talked of with each other often.
Aug 26 Lunch Break Science Noon-1 pm • FREE!
The Missions of John W. Young presented by Ted Bethune, Aerospace Program Specialist at Space Science.
http://www.smv.org/visit/events/lunchbreakscience

Roald Hoffmann

I am reading about Roald Hoffmann here (http://www.roaldhoffmann.com/home).

Public Lecture—The Dark Universe Through Einstein's Lens

I am watching this video Public Lecture—The Dark Universe Through Einstein's Lens here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgTyaHTanT4).

THE MYSTERY OF MATTER on PBS

I watched this series The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements on PBS last evening. I am looking at the website here (http://www.pbs.org/program/mystery-matter/).

Melanie Vandenbrouck And Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015

I am reading about Melanie Vandenbrouck here (http://www.rmg.co.uk/about/the-organization/staff-profiles/curatorial/melanie-vandenbrouck).

I am reading about this event Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015 here (http://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year).

I am watching this video Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year - shortlist selected here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLT6EQulbgyGdI0UbdRSbcNi6uh6DwoFp8&v=V7Py57n4RDY).

Age of the neutrino: Plans to decipher mysterious particle take shape

I am reading this article Age of the neutrino: Plans to decipher mysterious particle take shape here (http://www.nature.com/news/age-of-the-neutrino-plans-to-decipher-mysterious-particle-take-shape-1.18159?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews).

Dr. Rikkert Frederix receives highly-endowed award of the Humboldt Foundation Kovalevskaja prizewinner investigates the structure of the universe

I saw this on Twitter
Fraser Cain ‏@fcain 9h9 hours ago
"Kovalevskaja prizewinner investigates the structure of the universe" https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/short/article/32565/ … via @TU_Muenchen

I am reading this article Dr. Rikkert Frederix receives highly-endowed award of the Humboldt Foundation Kovalevskaja prizewinner investigates the structure of the universehere (https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/short/article/32565/).

Cassini to Make Last Close Flyby of Saturn Moon Dione

I am reading this article Cassini to Make Last Close Flyby of Saturn Moon Dione here (https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/cassini-to-make-last-close-flyby-of-saturn-moon-dione).

Ukranians Allegedly Hacked Wall Street Earnings

I am reading this article Ukranians Allegedly Hacked Wall Street Earnings here (http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/08/11/ukraine-hackers-allegedly-stole-100-million-through-insider-trading).

Joanna Bagniewska and Finał FameLab Poland 2014

I am reading about Joanna Bagniewska here (http://joannabagniewska.com/) and watching this video Finał FameLab Poland 2014: dr Joanna Bagniewska here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZc74KJ9X3E).
I am reading posts on Twitter here (https://twitter.com/JMBagniewska).

Wiedza i Życie

I am reading about Wiedza i Życie here (http://www.wiz.pl/21,5.html).

Copernicus Science Centre

I am reading about the Copernicus Science Centre management here (http://www.kopernik.org.pl/en/about-the-centre/people-of-the-centre/management/).
I am looking at a list of videos here (https://www.youtube.com/user/CentrumNaukiKopernik/videos).

Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

I am reading about the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa here (http://assa.saao.ac.za/).

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) 2015 General Assembly

I am reading about The International Astronomical Union (IAU) 2015 General Assembly here (http://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1507/).

IAU Frequently Asked Questions

I am reading the IAU Frequently Asked Questions here (http://www.iau.org/public/faq/).

Welcome to the Very Large Array!

I am reading about the Very Large Array here (http://www.vla.nrao.edu/).

U.S. Radio/Millimeter/Submillimeter Science Futures in the 2020s

I am reading about U.S. Radio/Millimeter/Submillimeter Science Futures in the 2020s here (https://science.nrao.edu/science/meetings/2015/2020futures).

Science at Low Frequencies II

I am reading about this Science at Low Frequencies II here (http://lwa.phys.unm.edu/abq2015/index.html).

The Fourth China-U.S. Workshop on Radio Astronomy Science and Technology:

I am reading about this The Fourth China-U.S. Workshop on Radio Astronomy Science and Technology: here (https://science.nrao.edu/science/meetings/2015/4th_us_china_workshop/home) and here (http://rast4.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/1).

Observational Evidence of Gas Accretion onto Galaxies? A North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC) Workshop

I am reading about this Observational Evidence of Gas Accretion onto Galaxies? A North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC) Workshop here (https://science.nrao.edu/science/meetings/2015/accretion2015/).

RAS Meeting for August

I was not able to attend this meeting however I am watching a recording of this meeting at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/richastro .
Michael Lewis
Assistant Regional Division Chief
Region One Sciences
http://webpages.charter.net/alaricrh73/r1sci/R1Science.htm#rdc
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Jim Browder
August 11 at 1:12am
A quick reminder that the Richmond Astronomical Society will meet Tuesday evening 7:30 PM at the Science Museum of Virginia. Chris McCann will review the latest results from the New Horizons Pluto mission and Ken Wilson will share his recent trip to the Very Large Array radio telescope facility with us.
Please join us for the meeting and, if you can, for dinner before the meeting at Arby's across the street from the Museum about 6:00 PM.
Hope to see everyone there. If you cannot be there in person, we will stream video of the meeting (internet bandwidth permitting) at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/richastro
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Calling All Linux Nerds!

I am reading this post Calling All Linux Nerds! By Shawn Powers here (http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/calling-all-linux-nerds).

WINDOWS 10 SHAMELESSLY WANTS YOUR DATA. HERE’S HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF

I am reading this article WINDOWS 10 SHAMELESSLY WANTS YOUR DATA. HERE’S HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF here (http://www.epictimes.com/2015/08/windows-10-shamelessly-wants-your-data-heres-how-to-protect-yourself/1/?utm_content=buffer94e5f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer).

Mathieu Isidro

I am reading about Mathieu Isidro here (https://about.me/mathieu.isidro).

I am reading some posts Mathieu Isidro by here (https://twitter.com/matisidro).

The IAU General Assembly

I am reading about this The IAU General Assembly here (http://astronomy2015.org/).

Square Kilometre Array

I am looking at images of the Square Kilometre Array here (https://www.skatelescope.org/multimedia/image/).

I am looking this article Shared Sky – The SKA’s Indigenous Art/Astronomy Exhibition here (https://www.skatelescope.org/shared-sky/).

I am reading this SKA E-News Landing Page – July 2015 here (https://www.skatelescope.org/skaenews-landing-page-july2015/).

I am reading this article Australian SKA Pathfinder Telescope Reveals A Galaxy 5 Billion Light Years Away here (https://www.skatelescope.org/news/australian-ska-pathfinder-telescope-reveals-a-galaxy-5-billion-light-years-away/).

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

I looked at this video The James Webb Space Telescope: Mission Trailer here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMRamEFAQU4).

I am looking at this article Watch the Webb In Progress on our "Webb-cam"! here (http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/webcam.html).

Pluto Opens New Frontiers for Young Scientists

I am reading this article Pluto Opens New Frontiers for Young Scientists here (http://www.nasa.gov/feature/pluto-opens-new-frontiers-for-young-scientists).

NEOCC Newsletter: August 2015

NEOCC Newsletter: August 2015 07 August 2015 The ESA SSA-NEO Coordination Centre has released the August newsletter summarising the most relevant data and events on asteroids and comets approaching the orbit of the Earth. Please, feel free to forward it to potentially interested people.

I downloaded this newsletter from this website (http://neo.ssa.esa.int/).

Aloha from the IAU

I am reading this article Aloha from the IAU here (http://cs.astronomy.com/asy/b/astronomy/archive/2015/08/07/aloha-from-the-iau.aspx).

Superstars of Astronomy Podcast/Alan Stern: New Horizons and Pluto

I listened to this audio file Home/Magazine/Superstars of Astronomy Podcast/Alan Stern: New Horizons and Pluto here ().

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

I am reading about Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) here (http://www.csiro.au/en/About).

Ada Initiative Supporting women in open technology and culture

I am reading about this Ada Initiative Supporting women in open technology and culture here (https://adainitiative.org/what-we-do/workshops-and-training/).

Chasing Pluto

Chasing Pluto
Watch as the New Horizons spacecraft captures our first clear view of Pluto’s icy surface.
Aired July 15, 2015 on PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/chasing-pluto.html

Michael Persinger

I am reading about Michael Persinger here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Persinger).

Emergency Response Training Focuses on Technology, Innovation

I am reading this article Emergency Response Training Focuses on Technology, Innovation By Bob Granath here (http://www.nasa.gov/feature/emergency-response-training-focuses-on-technology-innovation).

'Star Trek's' Uhura will join a NASA mission (but not to space)

I am reading this article 'Star Trek's' Uhura will join a NASA mission (but not to space) by Devindra Hardawar here (http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/03/uhura-nasa-sofia/).

Welcome to the Department of Physics and Dr. Ronald Lawrence Mallett

I am looking at this webpage Welcome to the Department of Physics here (http://www.phys.uconn.edu/).
I heard an interview with Ronald Lawrence Mallett on Coast To Coast AM in July.
I am looking for his book, Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality