California s massive Dixie Fire came within 8 miles of the SETI Institute s Allen Telescope Array on Sept. 9, although the observatory hopes to make it through the experience unscathed.
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April 29, 2021, Mountain View, CA - The SETI Institute announced today the 2020 and 2021 recipients of the SETI Forward award, recognizing outstanding undergraduate interns studying astrobiology and SETI research: Karen Isabel Perez - Columbia University, Ellie White - Marshall University and Siddhant Sharma - University of Delhi. The SETI Forward award provides scholarship funds to support the next generation of scientists pursuing SETI and astrobiology career opportunities and connects promising students with researchers. All three recipients will receive their awards at the 2021 Drake Awards ceremony taking place on May 6, 2021. We are delighted to recognize Karen, Ellie and Siddhant for their achievements as summer interns in astrobiology and SETI research programs, said Bill Diamond, President and CEO of the SETI Institute. Providing undergraduates with the opportunity to not only do compelling science but also explore and discover career opportunit
Why global tech stocks are the way to go in 2021
There are good reasons why the NASDAQ stock index rose 40 per cent in 2020 - it s full of companies riding on a wave of disruption that will continue in 2021.
Dec 28, 2020 – 7.57pm
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To shoot the lights out in 2020, international equity fund managers really only needed to own a decent chunk of one stock – electric vehicle and battery maker Tesla.
Tesla s performance was so astonishing – up 670 per cent in the year to December 24 – it skewed the performance of those who owned it and those who didn t.
Proof of this can be found in the 2020 performance figures for Nikko AM ARK Global Disruptive Innovation Fund and Baillie Gifford Long Term Growth, two of the best performing international fundies in the year to the end of November.