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STORIES ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, SPACE AND PRIVACY.

SPACE AND PRIVACY. JAKE WARD HAS THE HIGHLIGHTS.

JAKE WARD HAS THE HIGHLIGHTS. >> FOR ME, MAYBE 2019 WAS

>> FOR ME, MAYBE 2019 WAS SUMMARIZED BY NO EVENT BETTER

SUMMARIZED BY NO EVENT BETTER THAN THE BACK HOLE THAT THE

THAN THE BACK HOLE THAT THE EVENT HORIZON TELESCOPE SYSTEM

EVENT HORIZON TELESCOPE SYSTEM MANAGED TO ACTUALLY TAKE A

PICTURE OF. NOW, THIS IS SUCH A MIND-BLOWING

NOW, THIS IS SUCH A MIND-BLOWING THING TO SOMEBODY LIKE ME

THING TO SOMEBODY LIKE ME BECAUSE EINSTEIN, WHO BASICALLY

BECAUSE EINSTEIN, WHO BASICALLY PREDICTED THE KPIS TOENSEXISTENC

PREDICTED THE KPIS TOENSEXISTENC HOLES, SAID AT THE SAME TIME HE

HOLES, SAID AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE

WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE NOTION OF THEM.

IF YOU'D SHOWN HIM A PHOTOGRAPH OF THIS, HE WOULD HAVE FALLEN

THIS NETWORK OF TELESCOPES BASICALLY MANAGES TO TAKE A

BASICALLY MANAGES TO TAKE A PICTURE OF SOMETHING IN THE

PICTURE OF SOMETHING IN THE CENTER OF THE GALAXY, M-87,

CENTER OF THE GALAXY, M-87, WHICH IS 55 MILLION LIGHT YEARS

AND THE BLACK IN THE CENTER IS THE BLACK HOLE, SOMETHING SO

THE BLACK HOLE, SOMETHING SO POWERFUL NOT EVEN LIGHT CAN

POWERFUL NOT EVEN LIGHT CAN ESCAPE FROM IT.

THE RING OF IT THERE IS BASICALLY EJECTING THIS JET OF

BASICALLY EJECTING THIS JET OF PARTICLES, ABOUT 1,000 LIGHT

PARTICLES, ABOUT 1,000 LIGHT YEARS OUT INTO SPACE.

YEARS OUT INTO SPACE. WE GOT A PICTURE OF ALL OF THAT.

WE GOT A PICTURE OF ALL OF THAT. THEN, OF COURSE, IN TRUE 2019

THEN, OF COURSE, IN TRUE 2019 FASHION BY THE NEXT DAY, WE HAD

FASHION BY THE NEXT DAY, WE HAD RUINED THE WHOLE THING BECAUSE A

RUINED THE WHOLE THING BECAUSE A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE

PICTURE OF ONE OF THE RESEARCHERS WHO HELPED TO MAKE

RESEARCHERS WHO HELPED TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE, WOMAN NAMED KATIE

IT POSSIBLE, WOMAN NAMED KATIE BOWMAN, WHO BASICALLY CREATED

BOWMAN, WHO BASICALLY CREATED PART OF THE ALGORITHM THAT DID

PART OF THE ALGORITHM THAT DID THE IMAGING, A PICTURE OF HER

THE IMAGING, A PICTURE OF HER GOT OUT AND WENT VIRAL OF HER,

GOT OUT AND WENT VIRAL OF HER, YOU KNOW, BEING AS EXCITED AS

YOU KNOW, BEING AS EXCITED AS ANY RESEARCHER WOULD BE THAT HER

ANY RESEARCHER WOULD BE THAT HER WORK HAD, YOU KNOW, WORKED.

WORK HAD, YOU KNOW, WORKED. AND SUDDENLY, INTERNET TROLLS

AND SUDDENLY, INTERNET TROLLS COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK SAY,

COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK SAY, THEY CAN'T BE HER, SHE'S A GIRL,

THEY CAN'T BE HER, SHE'S A GIRL, SHE'S GETTING UNDUE CREDIT.

SHE'S GETTING UNDUE CREDIT. I MEAN, TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE

AND SO THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT OF HUMAN

THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT OF HUMAN CHOREOGRAPHY AND INNOVATION AND

CHOREOGRAPHY AND INNOVATION AND THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT OF HUMAN

THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT OF HUMAN BIAS SMASHED TOGETHER, FOR ME,

BIAS SMASHED TOGETHER, FOR ME, THAT IS 2019 IN A NUTSHELL.

THAT IS 2019 IN A NUTSHELL. NOW, OF COURSE, HERE ON EARTH

NOW, OF COURSE, HERE ON EARTH THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON.

THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON. THERE WAS A STEADY, DISMAL TIDE

THERE WAS A STEADY, DISMAL TIDE OF BAD NEWS AROUND CLIMATE.

OF BAD NEWS AROUND CLIMATE. I MEAN, THE UNITED NATIONS

I MEAN, THE UNITED NATIONS BASICALLY SAID THAT THEY FOUND

BASICALLY SAID THAT THEY FOUND THAT ONE IN EIGHT PLANT AND

THAT ONE IN EIGHT PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES WERE FACING

ANIMAL SPECIES WERE FACING ACCELERATED EXTINCTION.

ACCELERATED EXTINCTION. WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 8 MILLION

WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 8 MILLION SPECIES ON EARTH.

SPECIES ON EARTH. 1 MILLION OF THEM SEEM TO HAVE

1 MILLION OF THEM SEEM TO HAVE SOME SORT OF ACCELERATED

SOME SORT OF ACCELERATED EXTINCTION COMING.

BAD, BAD NEWS THERE. A BIG STUDY OUT OF CORNELL, 2.9

A BIG STUDY OUT OF CORNELL, 2.9 BILLION WORDS IN THE UNITED

BILLION WORDS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA HAD GONE DEAD

STATES AND CANADA HAD GONE DEAD SINCE 1970.

SINCE 1970. OUT OF THAT, OF COURSE, WE ALSO

OUT OF THAT, OF COURSE, WE ALSO GOT UNLIKELY HEROES.

GOT UNLIKELY HEROES. GRETA THUNEBURG WHO BASICALLY E

GRETA THUNEBURG WHO BASICALLY E ESHOOED, SHE WOULDN'T GET ON AN

ESHOOED, SHE WOULDN'T GET ON AN AIRPLANE.

TOOK A BOAT. INSPIRED US ALL AS A TEENAGER.

INSPIRED US ALL AS A TEENAGER. OUT IN SPACE, HUMANITY HAS

OUT IN SPACE, HUMANITY HAS INCREDIBLE SUCCESSES THIS YEAR.

INCREDIBLE SUCCESSES THIS YEAR. THE JAPANESE PUT A LANDER CALLED

THE JAPANESE PUT A LANDER CALLED HAYABUSA 2 OUT INTO SPACE TO GO

HAYABUSA 2 OUT INTO SPACE TO GO VISIT AN ASTEROID CALLED RYUGU

VISIT AN ASTEROID CALLED RYUGU AND MANAGED TO DO THIS

AND MANAGED TO DO THIS INCREDIBLE THING, BASICALLY GOT

INCREDIBLE THING, BASICALLY GOT UP CLOSE TO IT, SHOT A BULLET AT

UP CLOSE TO IT, SHOT A BULLET AT THE SURFACE OF THIS ASTEROID AND

THE SURFACE OF THIS ASTEROID AND THEN CAUGHT THE PIECES THAT WERE

THEN CAUGHT THE PIECES THAT WERE EJECTED OFF THE ASTEROID IN

RESPONSE. I MEAN, THIS INCREDIBLE FEAT OF

I MEAN, THIS INCREDIBLE FEAT OF COORDINATION.

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