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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

“With engineering, I view this year’s failure as next year’s opportunity to try it again. Failures are not something to be avoided. You want to have them happen as quickly as you can so you can make progress rapidly.” –...

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On the left, an optical image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows Cygnus X-1, outlined in a red box.  Cygnus X-1 is located near large active regions of star formation in the Milky Way, as seen in this image that spans some 700 light years across. An artist's illustration on the right depicts what astronomers think is happening within the Cygnus X-1 system.  Cygnus X-1 is a so-called stellar-mass black hole, a class of black holes that comes from the collapse of a massive star.  New studies with data from Chandra and several other telescopes have determined the black hole's spin, mass, and distance with unprecedented accuracy.

Leadership Vacuums Suck: 5 Survival Tips

Leadership vacuums are black holes that crush hopes, dreams and effort within their inscrutable, deadly grasp. Attempting to work within them is unsustainable over the long term. But you may be forced to do just that until your parachute is...

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Who is the Elf on the Shelf?

Who is the Elf on the Shelf?

Three days before Christmas I found myself approaching a downtown crosswalk where the crossing light had just turned green. Ahead of me, a homeless man shuffled across the street while a work van waited for the light to turn. As...

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