Thanks to science, a paraplegic man stood up in an exoskeleton controlled by his mind and made the opening kick of the 2014 World Cup.
Alan Boyle has an excellent summary of the event, research, and debate about the resources invested in this event for NBC News.
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To those ends, we have, from the beginning published under Creative Commons licenses and have joined in advocacy to oppose government mass surveillance. Today, we are joining a multitude in the Reset the Net campaign to take steps to provide a secure Internet, because our governments will not act to respect our basic freedoms. As security expert Bruce Schneier has noted, organizations like the NSA have chosen to work to make the Internet less secure for all of us, in order to make it easier for them to attack those they perceive as threats.
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We would also encourage you to click the banner at the bottom of the page or the Reset the Net logo to get information about taking back your privacy and helping to make the Internet secure.
According to the analysis of Larry Granillo, the Cubs game watched by Ferris and friends was the 5 June 1985 day game loss to the Atlanta Braves (2-4).
Today, the 29th Anniversary of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, the Cubs (21-34, at the time of this writing) will be taking on the NY Mets (28-30, at the time of this writing) in a night game at Wrigley. So, no skipping school to watch this one. Also, no singing in parades or driving cars through glass garages.
UPDATE: Rachel Pendergrass has “Storified” #SciWars.
Today, on twitter, #SciWars* happened:
Because of this, which was a knock on effect of the Chobani anti-science yogurt lids:
To rave reviews, like these:
*First, contextualized use. Technically, we tag-jacked, but for the greater good, like Jedi.
A Jedi must put the needs of the community above the needs of individuals.
This week Science for The People learns about some of the many invisible particles that surround us. They speak to astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana about his book “Neutrino Hunters: The Thrilling Chase for a Ghostly Particle to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe.” And they talk to ecology professor Donald Canfield about his book “Oxygen: A Four Billion Year History.”
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