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Alien Hunters Discover Mysterious Signal from Proxima Centauri – Scientific American

Posted on December 19, 2020 by dkohn96

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/alien-hunters-discover-mysterious-signal-from-proxima-centauri/

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Watch “This Speech Will Change Your Life | Carl Sagan” on YouTube

Posted on December 18, 2020 by dkohn96
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Using Computational Thinking

Posted on December 11, 2020 by dkohn96
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Jupiter and Saturn will come within 0.1 degrees of each other, forming the first visible “double planet” in 800 years – CBS News

Posted on December 6, 2020 by dkohn96

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jupiter-saturn-double-planet-great-conjunction-winter-solstice/

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Attention all Memphis High School Roboticists

Posted on November 30, 2020 by dkohn96

Memphis Public Libraries invites parents and students to attend one of our Virtual Recruitment Days for our Community Robotics Team, the Memphis MechWarriors! Parents and students are invited to two opportunities, December 7th or 8th from 3pm-5pm to hear more … Continue reading →

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Unexplained Metal Monolith Discovered in Utah Wilderness | Time

Posted on November 25, 2020 by dkohn96

https://time.com/5915344/utah-metal-monolith-desert/

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Watch “Ben Eater” on YouTube

Posted on November 21, 2020 by dkohn96

https://www.youtube.com/c/BenEater

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Windows turns 35: a visual history – The Verge

Posted on November 21, 2020 by dkohn96

https://www.theverge.com/2015/11/19/9759874/microsoft-windows-35-years-old-visual-history

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Join the Amazon Cyber Robotics Challenge

Posted on October 28, 2020 by dkohn96

Ready for another exciting FIRST @ Home activity? Learn programming basics with Amazon in this year’s Amazon Cyber Robotics Challenge. Recommended for grades 4 and above, see if you can code an Amazon Hercules robot to deliver your friend’s birthday … Continue reading →

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A bit of Computer History

Posted on October 3, 2020 by dkohn96

From: EDNSep 13, 2019by Suzanne Deffree Weighing in at more than a ton and storing 5MB of data, the IBM 305 RAMAC was the first supercomputer with a hard disk drive (HDD). Introduced by IBM on September 13, 1956, RAMAC … Continue reading →

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