Kenneth Chang

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Science Reporter at The New York Times

Science reporter at the New York Times. Pluto, dinosaurs, NASA, viral math & more...

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Cranes, turtles and one schoolboy: Masaki Kashiwara, this year’s Abel Prize awardee and his body of work

1 week ago | telegraphindia.com | Kenneth Chang

Growing up in Japan in the postwar years, Kashiwara was drawn to maths, he recalls a common Japanese maths problem known as tsurukamezan, which translates as the crane and turtle calculation Kenneth Chang Published 14.04.25, 10:34 AM Peter Bagde recieved this year's The Abel Prize, which aspires to be the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in math Masaki Kashiwara, a Japanese mathematician, received this year’s Abel Prize, which aspires to be the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in maths. Kashiwara’s...
Launch of first Amazon project Kuiper internet satellites is scrubbed

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Kenneth Chang |Karen Weise

The battle of billionaires in space between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk is ready to enter a new arena: satellite internet. But the contest will have to wait another day as weather along Florida’s Space Coast on Wednesday night interfered with a launch attempt.
Amazon to Launch First Project Kuiper Internet Satellites: What to Know

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kenneth Chang |Karen Weise

They will fly on an Atlas V, a rocket made by United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. U.L.A. plans to provide live coverage beginning at 6:35 p.m.Forecasts project only a 20 percent chance of favorable weather, with wind and showers from coastal storms posing potential problems. But the loading of propellants on the rocket started, and there is a two-hour window in which the launch could occur.
Mars Is the Priority, Trump’s Pick to Lead NASA Will Say

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Kenneth Chang

If you've been wondering how long the day on Uranus is, you probably need to get out more. But if you have, you'll be interested to know that …
Mars Is the Priority, Trump's Pick to Lead NASA Will Say

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kenneth Chang

Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur who has twice launched to orbit in a SpaceX vehicle, will testify before the Senate on Wednesday. NASA will prioritize sending American astronauts to Mars, President Trump's nominee to lead the space agency will tell a Senate committee on Wednesday. The nominee is Jared Isaacman, the chief executive of the payment processing company Shift4 Payments, who is a close associate of Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX.
SpaceX Astronauts Splash Down Off California Coast for the First Time

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Kenneth Chang

8 hours agoElon Musk is the most accomplished entrepreneur and innovator of our time – just look at Tesla and SpaceX. Now he's trying to help America avoid a fiscal disaster. In a fascinating interview with Fox News' Bret Baier last Friday, Elon Musk said he likely "will have accomplished most of the work …
SpaceX Astronauts Splash Down Off California Coast for the First Time

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kenneth Chang

After years of NASA and private crews returning to Earth near Florida, the company shifted its landing zone to the West Coast for the private Fram2 mission. Four private astronauts ended a mission in a SpaceX vehicle on Friday by splashing down in waters near Oceanside, Calif. It was the first time the company had brought people back to Earth in the Pacific Ocean, after six years of its Dragon capsule splashing down off Florida in the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico.
Endoscopic Management of Reflux

3 weeks ago | giendo.theclinics.com | Jennifer Phan |Kenneth Chang |Phuong Nguyen |Phương Nguyên

Keywords Esophagitis Fundoplication Gastroesophageal reflux Hiatal hernia Humans Laparoscopy Proton pump inhibitors To read this article in full you will need to make a paymentAcademic & Personal: 24-hour online access.Corporate R&D Professionals: 24-hour online access.
A New Dinosaur Museum Rises From a Hole in the Ground in New Jersey

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kenneth Chang

In the first gallery, an introductory movie provides perspective on just how mind-bogglingly old our planet is. If the 4.5-billion-year history of Earth were a 1,000-page book, the entire 10,000 years of human civilization would be covered by just the last word on the last page. That sense of "deep time" is meant to set up visitors for an understanding of how unnaturally quickly Earth's climate is changing now. Life-size re-creations of dinosaurs, big and not so big, fill the gallery.
A brief, busy mission for a lunar lander

4 weeks ago | sanjuandailystar.com | Kenneth Chang |Jonathan Corum

By Kenneth Chang and Jonathan CorumBlue Ghost just completed its mission, which lasted a full lunar day — two Earth weeks — on the near side of the moon. The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled 3 feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth, and sought a mysterious yellow glow at sunset.