Must Order This Book... Varieties Of Scientific Experience:  Carl Sagan On Science And God Via Brain

Aliens and Encryption

HOW SCIENTISTS SEARCH THE COSMOS FOR ENCRYPTED ALIEN SIGNALS (AND OTHER ONES TOO) via The Intercept

artificial intelligence infographic ftd19

Claim on “Attacks Thwarted” by NSA Spreads Despite Lack of Evidence

The agency, President Obama, and members of Congress have all said NSA spying programs have thwarted more than 50 terrorist plots. But there’s no evidence the claim is true.

 The NSA has publicly identified four of the 54 cases.

Wikipedia for Educators Infographic

This Sleek Spiderman Spacesuit Could Take Astronauts To Mars

When humans go to live on Mars those 300-pound space suits are going to get old fast. The Biosuit with its tight-fitting Spiderman look could make...

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Have Humans Already Conquered The Threat Of Extinction?

The Great Filter theory suggests that all advanced civilizations eventually destroy themselves before acquiring the capacity to colonize space — a notion that could explain why we've never been visited by aliens. But there may be another reason for the celestial silence. Yes, the Great Filter exists, but we've already passed it. Here's what this would mean.

I am now a published author!!!

I can’t believe it!  I have been working for so long on this and it’s done!  Well, there are some things I’d like to update (as well as working on the formatting so I can upload it to the Amazon and Google stores), but for the most part the first edition is done!!!!!!!!!!!!  

TheEdTechBible.com Direct link to the ETB on the iBookstore

So grateful I have a lot of wonderful people that have supported me in this endeavor, but none more than my very dear friend Kim, who is also the editor of the book.  I could not have done it without her.  (btw, when you check out her website, click on her YouTube channel and subscribe!)   

Exercising the Franchise of Digital Citizenship

Fermi

I’ve been meaning to post these links together for a while now, fascinating stuff!  

Where are all the aliens via Quartz

Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” II: Questioning the Hart-Tipler Conjecture via Universe Today (Paul Patton)

Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” I: A Lunchtime Conversation- Enrico Fermi and Extraterrestrial Intelligence via Universe Today (Paul Patton)

11 of the Weirdest Solutions to the Fermi Paradox via io9 (George Dvorsky) The 7 Least Plausible Solutions To The Fermi Paradox via io9 (George Dvorsky)

This Animated Explanation Of The Fermi Paradox Is Fantastic via io9 (George Dvorsky)

Where Are All The Aliens? This Short Video Offers Some Solutions via io9 (George Dvorsky) this is part two to the previous link

Side note...  George’s posts on io9 are awesome, if you like science, I definitely recommend you check them out!

update: The Surprisingly Obvious Way We Could Hunt for Alien Life

another update:

The Fermi Paradox