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ASEAN gets first shared supercomputer in Indonesia

Hosted by Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and South Korea’s Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), the facility is intended to allow researchers from across ASEAN to remotely access computing resources that remain limited in much of the region.

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Venus May Have Swallowed Its Moon, Study Suggests

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — A California-based astrophysicist presented a new theory on Sept. 14 to explain why Venus, the planet most like Earth in size, mass and structure, lacks its own moon.

  • Venus may have consumed its moon due to slow rotation.
  • Study by Stephen Krane suggests moon would spiral and be swallowed.
  • Event likely occurred within first billion years of Venus existence.

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Data centre legislation needs an update

GOOD is calling for clearer regulation and stronger public participation in South Africa’s rapidly expanding data-centre sector, citing concerns over electricity, water, fire safety and community…

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Setting priorities

In 1970, sociologist Dr Edward Banfield of Harvard University wrote a book entitled The Unheavenly City. He described one of the most profound studies on success and priority setting ever conducted.

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