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IAC Investiga – Galaxias / Galaxies
Astronomy Software (1986)
I admit that I have soft spot for these old videos. This one is from 1986. Now, the interfaces may seem primitive, yet the calculations are quite sophisticated – these types of programs are just as useful today.
Can a computer be creative? | Dr Anna Jordanous | Think Kent
Everything Is Crumbling, by slate
This isn’t the first time that an idea in psychology has been challenged—not by a long shot. A “reproducibility crisis” in psychology, and in many other fields, has now been well-established
Reproducibilidad, caso práctico
… señala que “sus resultados eran siempre irreproducibles”. La ciencia se basa, precisamente, en que los experimentos exitosos puedan ser repetidos por otros autores y lleguen a las mismas conclusiones
http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/04/ciencia/1457090679_248492.html
AIDA project, or how to shoot a star
ESA and NASA are working together in one of those breathtaking projects that will capture the attention by media during the years (or at least the last years) of the mission. In a nutshell the project aims to study the binary asteroid system Didymos, and specially its 170m moon, also known as Didymoon (quite a cute name if you ask me).
The European part of the mission will study the outer space object, deploying several satellites around it and even landing one on the surface of Didymoon. Once this set of satellites have studied Dydymoon, the US contribution to the project (Dart) will arrive to hit a the moon with another satellite, to check which are the effects of the impact on its trajectory.
So, summarizing, europeans will study the moon itself, while US efforts will focus on shooting it away. Quite cool and representative at the same time. If the project succeeds, we are going to have some of the most epic pictures ever! One thing is for sure, the AIDA project already has a really good candidate for OST.
