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☆ Inside SETI’s E.T. transmission test
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Deblina Chakraborty | Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, shown here, played a key role in SETI's test by sending a message to Earth on May 24. The Allen Telescope Array in Northern California is one of three observatories that picked up the transmission. But the event also correctly simulates the fact that it wouldn’t be SETI’s role to decipher the message, just to point out its reception. However, neither SETI nor any other organization on Earth has yet picked up any intelligent signal from the stars. He composed an interstellar radio message that was sent in 1974.

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☆ Wallace: The debt ceiling talks are going to take a lot longer than the markets would like
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWallace: The debt ceiling talks are going to take a lot longer than the markets would likeKim Wallace, head of Washington policy at 22V Research, discusses the odds of a debt ceiling deal by the so-called "X date" and how this situation compares to the last time the government came close to a potential default in 2011.

We here at Opinion Video are not a bunch of temperance reformers coming to take away your six-packs and single malts. We just think there’s a lot more that American lawmakers could be doing to lessen the harm that alcohol causes. Yet alcohol taxes have remained stubbornly stagnant. Alcohol taxes are typically excise taxes imposed on producers and sellers, who generally pass along those costs to consumers. But excise tax rates are based on a fixed amount per volume of alcohol.

☆ We moved from Chicago to a laid-back remote island in the South you can only get to by boat. We love it so far.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In 2022 they moved their family to Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, near the Georgia border. Most Daufuskie Island residents leave their cars on Hilton Head and instead traverse the island by golf cart. Haig PointWe've come to Daufuskie Island five or six times before we decided to move. The ferry travels across the Calibogue Sound between Daufuskie Island and Hilton Head. Nicolle: The water taxi is free for children under 18, and for adults it's $6 each for the first two adults.

☆ Two strangers met walking the Camino de Santiago. Two weeks later they were engaged
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

CNN —When Loni Philbrick-Linzmeyer decided to walk the Camino de Santiago, she was adamant this was something she had to do alone. Courtesy Loni BergqvistIt was around two weeks into their respective trips that Kjartan and Loni first met. It was an amazing evening, but the next day Loni woke up feeling conflicted. Walking the CaminoKjartan and Loni grew close after walking the Camino de Santiago together. “Santiago didn’t really matter anymore,” says Kjartan.

☆ If you have just about any cash back or miles-earning Capital One credit card, you can now book and earn bonus rewards through Capital One Travel
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Jasmin Baron | Sarah Silbert | Read More | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

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☆ Marilyn Minter's 'Elder Sex' depicts radical images of intimacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“There’s so much contempt for elder sex. Marilyn Minter/Courtesy Marilyn Minter & LGDRA handful of the ensuing images were originally published in the New York Times Magazine, accompanying a candid editorial feature about seniors’ sex lives. Minter is now publishing the series in full in the forthcoming book “Elder Sex,” and exhibiting them at New York gallery LGDR. Marilyn Minter/Courtesy of JBE Books & LGDR“We wanted to (include) all races, all types of sex,” Minter explained. What?”Minter hopes "Elder Sex" will serve as a radical body of work and will help normalize sex at older ages.

☆ China could start building a moon base with lunar-soil bricks in 5 years, amid NASA fears of a moon territory dispute
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Marianne Guenot | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

China could be ready to start building its lunar base within five years, scientists said. China has made major strides in space exploration, recently launching its own crewed space station. "We will be using real moon soil to make the first brick right there on the moon," he added, per SCMP. These could be used to make habitats on the moon using traditional Chinese building techniques, he said. The agency wants to build its own station orbiting the moon, as well as an Artemis lunar base.

Now I actually prefer to file later for several reasons. There may be some downsides to filing taxes later or close to the deadline. My tax situation has gotten more complexMy tax situation has gotten way more complex over the years. I appreciate having the time to shift our focus to taxes later on. This option is readily available should I ever need it, and there's nothing to feel bad about if I fall behind when preparing to file taxes.

This comes just days after cooling inflation raised hopes that the Fed could soon end its aggressive monetary tightening. Shares of other energy firms such as Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) and Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY.N) were also up 4.9% and 6.0%, respectively, helping drive a 5.2% jump in the energy sector. The tech-heavy Nasdaq recorded its strongest first-quarter jump of 17% since mid-2020. Among other stocks, shares of American Airlines Group Inc (AAL.O) and Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N) edged 0.6% and 1.3% lower on rising crude prices. The S&P index recorded seven new 52-week highs and no new low, while the Nasdaq recorded 40 new highs and 28 new lows.

☆ There's a simple reason why it's very likely that the stock market bottomed in October
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The stock market's October low likely represented the bottom of the bear market, according to Fundstrat. @mattcerminaroThe second most popular month for the stock market to bottom during a bear market is March, which happened twice since 1950. March includes perhaps the most famous bear market bottom of March 9, 2009, in the throes of the Great Financial Crisis. "Over past 50 years, two consecutive quarters never seen in a 'bear market," Fundstrat's Tom Lee said in a Friday note. But just because the stock market may have hit its cycle low, that doesn't mean new highs are right around the corner.

☆ Giant 'holes' dozens of times the size of our planet are appearing on the sun. Here's how they could affect Earth.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Two huge coronal holes, dozen of times the size of the Earth, have appeared on the sun. These coronal holes can spew solar winds at 1.8 million mph toward our planet, which can cause stunning auroras and disrupt satellites. Coronal holes aren't actually holes in the sunA coronal hole rotates across the face of the sun, streaming solar wind towards Earth, February 1, 2017. Coronal holes happen in the "corona," the atmosphere of the sun, and can only be seen in UV or X-ray light. We could see this month's coronal holes again next monthThe coronal hole came into view as the sun rotated.

☆ Electric cars don't need as much maintenance as gas-powered ones. Here are key differences between them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Alexa St. John | Matthew Debord | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Gas-powered vehicles require maintenance like oil changes and more. Still, there are key nuances to EV maintenance that drivers should know. Tesla has advertised its vehicles with that, touting them as "eliminating the need for service." But because EVs are so tech-heavy, they do come with some maintenance and service nuances. Here's a rundown of all the ways that keeping an EV on the road is different from a gas-powered vehicle:

☆ The US housing market is short 6.5 million homes
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Anna Bahney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The gap between single-family home constructions and household formations grew to 6.5 million homes between 2012 and 2022. However, this figure overstates the housing shortage, since new multi-family homes offer options both to buyers and renters. During the same time period, 13.3 million housing units were started, and 11.9 million were completed. This includes 9.03 million single-family homes and 4.2 million multi-family homes. Of those, only 8.5 million single-family homes and 3.4 million multi-family homes are completed.

☆ Oil and gas industry could slash methane emissions by 75% with barely a hit to income, says IEA
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Biden administration pledged to cut methane emissions from oil and gas production today. In California, 35,000 oil and gas wells sit idle, many of which are unplugged and could leak methane gas. For the oil and gas industry, fixing methane emissions mostly comes down to finding and repairing leaks. More than 150 countries have signed on to the Global Methane Pledge launched at the COP 26 conference in 2021 to address methane emissions. Those signatories represent 55% of anthropogenic methane emissions and 45% of methane emissions from the fossil fuel industry.

☆ Death, Finances and How Many of Us Get Our Money Needs Wrong
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Josh Zumbrun | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Here are two numbers that people ought to know but often don’t: how many more years they are likely to live and the probability of living much, much longer. The good news is that many Americans live a lot longer than they expect. The bad news is that this often leads to financial regret as they realize, sometimes too late, they might have claimed Social Security too early, passed up the opportunity to buy annuities or long-term-care insurance, or simply undersaved for all those added years of retirement.

☆ You Might Live Longer Than You Think. Your Finances Might Not.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Josh Zumbrun | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ From a road-trip disaster to a face-melting rip in the world's quickest supercar, these are my biggest lessons from driving 20 electric cars
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I've tested 20 electric cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks from Tesla, Ford, Porsche, Polestar, and more. But electric cars are quick, convenient, fun to drive, and quiet. Hours behind the wheel taught me some important lessons about range, charging, and our electric future. Charging can be more convenient than getting gasRecharging an electric car takes a whole lot longer than filling up on gas. The best ones offer spacious interiors and clever storageToday's electric cars typically use what's known as a skateboard platform, which is basically what it sounds like.

☆ A couple that retired early abroad share 4 strategies that allow them to live and travel on a $2,500-a-month budget
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Edd and Cynthia Staton manage to travel the world on their Social Security income. When the Great Recession of 2008 wiped Edd and Cynthia Staton out financially, their retirement plan "disappeared," the couple told Insider. At the time, Edd was 61 and months away from being able to take early Social Security, while Cynthia was 58. "It costs us more every year to go to the States than it does anywhere else in the world," noted Cynthia. Here are four strategies they use to live and travel internationally on a budget.

☆ I'm a CEO who tried 'monk mode' after seeing it on TikTok. My productivity shot up, and so did the quality of my work.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Josh Wood, the CEO of Bloc, tried the 'monk-mode' productivity hack popular on TikTok. Monk mode is where you commit yourself to completing a goal without any distractionsIn monk mode, you take it upon yourself to adopt the isolation and self-discipline practices of monks. For me, monk mode is better because I can go into this "mode" for a lot longer and not be distracted. Monk mode is useful for achieving a state of heightened productivityI would say my productivity in monk mode is five times better than when I'm working normally. But the most important aspect of monk mode for me is that I don't have to work insane 80-hour weeks anymore.

☆ Corporate profit reports in the week ahead could show whether there's an 'earnings recession'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Patti Domm | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Investors in the week ahead will focus on how much inflation and the slowing economy have chiseled away at corporate profits, as companies including Goldman Sachs , Netflix and Procter & Gamble report earnings. "This is going to be the start of the clock ticking on an earnings recession," said Amanda Agati, chief investment officer of PNC Asset Management Group. Economic recession talk heats up "There's never been a recession without an earnings recession since World War II," Agati said. Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B. Riley Financial, said this coming earnings week could be an important step towards assessing the health of corporate balance sheets. Week ahead calendar Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day Markets closed Tuesday Earnings: Goldman Sachs , Morgan Stanley , Citizens Financial, United Airlines, Interactive Brokers 8:30 a.m.

☆ 9 things about sharks you saw in movies that are actually wrong, according to an expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Marianne Guenot | Margaret Guzman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Here are facts that "Jaws," "Finding Nemo," and "The Meg" got wrong — and one that's right. NOAA fisheriesIt's those scales that make the shark nose the wrong target for a sucker punch. When Dory hits her nose, her blood goes straight into the shark's nose. So "Finding Nemo" hit the nail on the head when they showed blood actually going into the shark's nose, she said. Gerard Soury/Getty ImagesSharks in "Finding Nemo" might want to fight their urges to eat fish, but it's not in their nature.

☆ Using Up America’s Oil Reserve Was Easy. Refilling It Won’t Be.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Jinjoo Lee | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

It took less than a year to draw 180 million barrels of oil out of the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. After President Biden authorized a historic emergency release last year, there were roughly 372.4 million barrels left in the SPR as of Dec. 30, the lowest level in 39 years. It is taking baby steps, starting with a 3-million-barrel pilot program under which it would offer market participants a fixed price for future delivery. This is a new approach for the DOE, which has typically purchased for more immediate delivery. The idea is to use the fixed-price contracts as a carrot for U.S. oil producers to invest in production.

☆ Did the market already show its hand in the first week of 2023? What we've learned so far
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Michael Santoli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Recall that at the start of last year, the popular bet was for a smooth and painless rotation from expensive growth stocks to financials and cyclicals. It didn't last: The S & P financial sector trounced utilities by seven percentage points in just the first week of 2022. Yet the Nasdaq 100 's premium to the overall S & P 500 remains at 25% — higher than at any point in the decade before the Covid pandemic hit. And the broader tape, as measured by the equal-weighted S & P 500, continues to act better than the top-heavy headline index. This egalitarian basket, buyable via the Invesco S & P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP) , is up 16% from the autumn low, is down less than 12% from its record high and has broken to a new cycle high against the traditional S & P 500.

☆ 300,000-year-old markings hint at a rare example of Stone Age clothing: huge cave-bear skins
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

300,000-year-old cave markings in Germany suggest Stone Age humans were wearing clothes. Humans skinned huge cave bears to keep warm, per markings on bones analyzed by experts. This phalange, a bone from the paw of a cave bear, suggests that humans skinned cave bears and wore their pelts 300,000 years ago. The findings, published December 23 in the peer-reviewed Journal of Human Evolution, provided some of the earliest evidence of humans wearing clothing. Another sign is that all the cave bear bones and teeth found in the archeological site were from adults, which is "usually considered an indication of hunting," said Verheijen.

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