Tag: Billions

New Knowledge Does Not Usually Fall into Our Lap

During his SpaceX Starship Update for 2024, Elon Musk argued that we might be alone in the universe because he had not yet noticed signs of aliens. This immediately raised a question from the history of physics: In 2010, would Elon be justified in arguing that he did not notice signs of the ...

Where Are All the Aliens?Aliens

The sheer enormity of the universe, with its billions of galaxies and even more countless stars, suggests that the conditions for life, similar to those on Earth, could be replicated elsewhere. The discovery of exoplanets in the habitable zone, where conditions might be suitable for liquid water, fu...

Republicans Are Holding Billions In Border Funding Hostage

As the White House and Democrat Senators negotiate migrant rights away in exchange for war funding, it’s worth noting that Republicans are also withholding billions in funding for border security — all part of President Joe Biden’s supplemental Critical National Security ...

Binance???s Billions are Backed, but You???re Probably Asking the Wrong Question

Inthe wake of FTX’s spectacular collapse, amidst a hailstorm of fraud and mismanagement allegations, focus was naturally switched to the world’s largest surviving cryptocurrency exchange that was still standing— Binance.com. Over the course of several days, a whopping US$6.4 bil...