This Week in History, Aug 10 - Aug 16

Aug 10, 1846

Are you prepared for the biggest and brightest Super-moon? It is set to rise at 7:55P on Sunday and is expected to set at 7:20A Monday.

This one will truly be a special cosmological treat. The year’s biggest and brightest full moon will soon be rising.

It's been billed as the largest mall in NYC. On August 14, interested shoppers will have a look and decide if this just completed addition represents a new life for a twenty five year old mall.

Back in 1957 the first fully enclosed shopping mall was built in USA. Since then, shopping had been a favorite American pastime. New shopping malls changed the landscape of multiple communities across this country at the rate of 140 a year.

Throughout my career, I have hired hundreds and unfortunately fired, or laid off dozens. However, not until recently had I been faced with the task of being interviewed by robots. But experts say this new trend will not stop.

According to predictions collected by Pew Research Center and Elon University, nearly 1,900 technology experts were asked if automated artificial intelligence applications will have displaced more jobs than they have created by 2025.

US scientists have mapped the Gulf of Mexico dead zone, an area with low oxygen water, measuring 5,052 square miles, which is approximately the size of Connecticut. The measurements were taken during the 30th annual hypoxia survey cruise from July 27 to August 2.

This area falls within the predicted range of 4,633 to 5,708 square miles forecast by a suite of NOAA-sponsored models and confirms the accuracy of the models and their utility for guiding management of nutrients in the Mississippi River watershed.