U.S. has high confidence it hit satellite fuel tank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Thursday it was very confident that a spectacular and unprecedented missile strike from a U.S. Navy warship had destroyed the toxic fuel tank of a defunct U.S. spy satellite. feeds.reuters.com
David Challinor, Conservationist, Dies at 87
Dr. Challinor combined his career as a top scientific administrator at the Smithsonian Institution with an equally intense pursuit of excellence as a champion oarsman. nytimes.com
Mr. Smith’s 3-Card Monty Problem
The Mr. Smith probability problem still seems to be confusing some Lab readers despite the explanation yesterday from Craig Fox. So let me offer a couple of variations of it, which were provided by Richard Weber, the director of the Statistical Laboratory at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge, England: 1. I take 3 cards: [...]. tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com