The US tech scene is becoming decentralized — the time is ripe for new startup cities

Feb07
by on February 7, 2022 at 10:28 am
Posted In: cities, Entrepreneur


It’s no big secret that the US tech hubs of yore – San Francisco, New York, and Silicon Valley – have been facing increasingly stiff competition over the past decade when it comes to attracting the hottest new tech startups and scaleups. While the relative contribution of those cities in terms of newly created unicorn companies peaked in 2014, the rest of the US steadily accumulated more VC funding, leading to faster growth of new tech hotspots. All over the continent and the globe, new tech hubs are emerging, each with their own specializations, ecosystems, and unique features for attracting fledgling…

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Can black holes become white holes?

Feb06
by on February 6, 2022 at 1:17 pm
Posted In: Space


Can black holes become white holes? – Remy, age 9, Wangaratta, Victoria Hi Remy! Thank you for this great question. The short answer, unfortunately, is no. White holes are really just something scientists have imagined — they could exist, but we’ve never seen one, or even seen clues that one may exist. For now, they are an idea. To put it simply, you can imagine a white hole as being a black hole in reverse. So if time was running backwards, black holes would look like white holes. But time doesn’t run in reverse in our universe. To understand more,…

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