Seismologist Wenyuan Fan explains the accidental discovery — buried deep in seismic and meteorological data — that certain storms over ocean water can cause measurable seismic activity, or 'stormquakes.' He says this phenomenon could help scientists better understand the earth below the sea.
The original paper Wenyuan co-authored on stormquakes is here.
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The NewsWorthy - State of the Union Surprises, Victory Parade & Disney+ Doubles – Wednesday, February 5th, 2020
The news to know for Wednesday, February 5th, 2020!
What to know today about the highlights and surprises from last night's State of the Union address, the impeachment trial's FINAL vote, and the highly-anticipated results in Iowa...
Plus: the Super Bowl victory parade leads to cancelled classes, Google's mistake, and is Disney+ about to dominate streaming?
Those stories and more -- in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...
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Sources:
State of the Union: NBC News, Politico, Fox News, The Washington Post
Impeachment’s Last Day: CBS News, AP
Iowa Caucus Results: AP, ABC News, CNN, NBC News, FOX News
KC Chiefs Super Bowl Parade: Kansas City Star, USA Today
Girls & Women in Sports Day: WSF
More Macy’s Stores Closing: CNBC, USA Today, The Washington Post
Google Sent Wrong Videos: NBC News, The Verge
Messenger Kids Update: Engadget, Digital Trends
Air Purifying Headphones: Bloomberg, Engadget
Disney+ Doubles Subscribers: Cnet, Variety
Work Wednesday - Politics At Work: USA Today
The Daily Signal - State of the Union, and a Goodbye
President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union speech Tuesday night. We report on the top guests, the Democrats who boycotted, and then we have the audio of the full speech in case you missed it. Plus: We say good-bye to long-time host Daniel Davis, who's moving on to a new gig.
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The Gist - The Unsurprising Acquittal of Donald Trump
On the Gist, Donald Trump slurred his way through the State of the Union.
In the interview, Mike talks with public education advocate Diane Ravitch about her most recent book, Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America’s Public Schools. They discuss why she left the “dark side” of advocating for charter schools, and why schools should stop testing the children to death.
In the spiel, the acquittal of Donald Trump.
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The Gist - The Lesson of Iowa’s Chaos
On the Gist, the Iowa caucuses was created to disenfranchise babysitters.
In the interview, Mike talks with NPR’s Steve Inskeep about his new book, Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Frémont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War. They discuss the ways in which the Frémonts navigated their world, and the modern currents found in their story.
In the spiel, the Iowa caucuses were a mess.
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Opening Arguments - OA357: Ok, WTF Iowa?
We're on for a bonus pod talking about the bungled Iowa Caucus.
Pod Save America - “Iowa, you had one job.”
As they wait for Iowa caucus results, Jon, Jon, Tommy and Dan talk about what went wrong in the first contest in the nomination process, what it means for the caucus moving forward and how the candidates move on from here, even as they learn more about the delegate counts.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Second City Celebrates Black History Month
Second City shines a light on black performers past and present for Black History Month. And Cécile Shea talks about what Brexit might mean for Chicago and the Midwest.
CoinDesk Podcast Network - Handshake’s Uncensorable Web Domains Go Live on Mainnet
As claims of election tampering, fraud, and other dubious activities fly around the botched Democratic Caucus in Iowa, trust in our public institutions continues to crater.
The question of trust and censorship are at the heart of our episode today. Handshake is a new protocol for uncensorable web domains. The goal is to create a new blockchain-based Top Level Domain system that governments can’t censor or block.
To explain why Handshake (HNS) matters, @nlw is joined by Tieshun Roquerre, the CEO of Namebase, a next-generation domain registrar for HNS.
In this interview, they discuss:
- What Handshake is
- How a HNS domain is different from a standard web domain
- Why uncensorable web domains are the next great blockchain killer app
- How Roquerre became interested in the space
- How Namebase works
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