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Kuiper Belt Object Ultima Thule Has New Name: Arrokoth

Ultima Thule (also known as 2014 MU69), the Kuiper Belt Object that was the target of the January 1, 2019 flyby by NASA’s New Horizons mission, has been officially named Arrokoth, a Native American term meaning ‘sky’ in the Powhatan/Algonquian language. This composite image of Ultima Thule was compiled from …

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Atlassian expands Jira Service Desk beyond IT teams

  Atlassian today announced a set of new templates and workflows for Jira Service Desk that were purpose-built for HR, legal and facilities teams. Service Desk started six years ago as a version of Jira that was mostly meant for IT departments. Atlassian, however, found that other teams inside the …

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SEO myths busted by an ex-Googler

Every industry has its myths and so does the SEO world. Google tries now and again to shed light on common misconceptions. However, there is only so much a small team of outreach professionals can do to raise awareness at international conferences, so here are the 10 most SEO myths, …

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Top Holiday 2019 Events Across Canada

Let’s face it, whether you love them or not, the holiday season is almost upon us. Stores have started playing Christmas music, parades have started running down main streets and the Hallmark Channel is playing holiday films all day long. While you may or may not have started with your …

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New Martian Mystery: Oxygen

The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument onboard NASA’s Curiosity rover has measured the seasonal changes in the gases that fill the air directly above the surface of Gale Crater, and noticed something baffling: oxygen behaves in a way that so far planetary scientists cannot explain through any known atmospheric …

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