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Capturing a Snow Leopard Is As Hard As Making One

It took National Geographic photographer Steven Winter seven months to capture his serene photographs of snow leopards—of which there are fewer than 3,500 still alive—almost as long as it did for Apple to make the OS. [NPR]

Biology Matt Buchanan

The Universe Will Never Cease to Amaze Me

This photo shows the Antenna galaxies, which started colliding 100 million years ago, creating millions of stars in the process which later exploded as supernovas. I really find it hard and sad to know that I’ll never see this live. But at least we have the telescopes to see it from here. The image of…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

What Will Technology Do for The Future of Healthcare?

It can be easy to let the contentious question of who will pay for healthcare in our society distract from questions of what it will pay for. Trends consultancy PSFK shares its vision of where technology will soon take medicine. The firm, which describes itself as a “trends and innovation company,” has released its substantial…

Health Sam Biddle

The Most Beautiful Way to Clean-Up Space Junk

Space junk is everything from spent rocket upper-stages that measure meters across, to lost bags of tools let go by careless astronauts, to shattered Chinese satellites to flecks of paint moving at 25 times the speed of sound. Under the wrong circumstances any piece of junk could kill a perfectly good satellite or even an…

Space & Spaceflight Kit Eaton - Fast Company

Air Purifier Glows Red When It Senses Pollution

I don’t know how bad the pollution gets in your house, but I’m willing to put a few college students could do with a visual reminder that it’s time to put the rubbish out. Coway’s AP-1008 is that reminder. When the hole glows red, it means the pollution is at its highest-possible level. Light purple…

Health Kat Hannaford

Want to See the Sun ‘Burp’?

You might want to watch the sky on Tuesday night for some possible freaky space-lights (“aurora”), thanks to the sun “kind of burping” and emitting gigatons of, like, space stuff. SpaceWeather.com put together a sweet video of the “complex eruption.”

Space & Spaceflight Max Read

How To Be An Astronaut: A Beginner’s Guide

Ever wanted to be an astronaut? You’re in good company: For many people, space represents the unexplored, a place free from boundaries. And space flight represents the extreme of human experience. So it’s not surprising that many of us harbour a burning passion to boldly go where few have gone before. But the selection process…

Space & Spaceflight New Scientist - Jamie Condliffe

Wintry Doom Looms for Mars Spirit Rover

NASA’s Mars Spirit Rover, now a stationary probe stuck in the sands of the Red Planet, may not survive the Martian Winter. https://gizmodo.com/nasa-admits-mars-spirit-rover-wont-be-moving-again-5458018 If you’ll remember, Spirit suffered devastating wheel breakage late last year, and in January NASA officially christened the eternally immobilized rover as a “stationary probe,” doomed to live of the remainder of…

Space & Spaceflight Jack Loftus

Cooling Pump Malfunction Shuts Down Parts of the ISS

I can think of few things more terrifying to an astronaut on the ISS than being awakened by blaring klaxons in the dead of night. That happened this weekend. The culprit was a malfunctioning cooling pump. While the effects were wide-ranging (two of the station’s gyroscopes had to be shut down, as well as “several…

Space & Spaceflight Jack Loftus

Budget Space Airline Now Taking Reservations—Got $95k?

XCOR Aerospace is throwing their hat into the ring, offering budget return flights to space for less than half what Richard Branson is asking for. Who do they think they are, the JetBlue of the interplanetary travel world? The Lynx spacecraft was first unveiled in 2008, but it’s taken two years to get to the…

Space & Spaceflight Kat Hannaford

How a Tiny Magnet Could Produce a Force Field Big Enough To Protect a Space Ship

Click to viewWhile many hurdles are keeping us stuck here on Earth, our solar system’s deadly radiation is chief among them. But scientists now think that a thumb-sized magnet could produce a force field big enough to shield an entire spaceship. The big fiery ball we call our Sun is constantly shooting high-energy particles out…

Space & Spaceflight Kyle VanHemert

Your Boxspring Could Be Acting as a Gigantic, Cancer-Causing Radiation Antenna

The breast cancer rate is 10% higher on people’s left side than right. Why? Some researchers think it’s because people tend to sleep on their right side, and their boxsprings are pulling in electromagnetic radiation from FM and TV transmissions. Yes, everything around us is killing us, including our beds. Our beds! Thus, as we…

Health Adam Frucci

Most Accurate Clock in Existence to be Sent to Space

Anyone visiting the International Space Station from 2014 won’t have any excuses for poor timekeeping, with the cold-atom clock being sent up there as part of the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) project. Compared to Earth’s clocks, which keep time thanks to GPS satellites, the PHARAO (Projet d’Horloge Atomique par Refroidissement d’Atomes en Orbite)…

Space & Spaceflight Kat Hannaford

Solar Sail Proves Photon Acceleration Works, as it Twists and Turns Under the Sun

Less than two months after being unfurled in space, Japan’s IKAROS solar sail accomplished its ambitious aim—becoming the first spacecraft to travel in space, powered by the sun. Now, it’s demonstrated its fine steering ability. Measuring 20m diagonally, the solar sail is made from aluminized plastic, which is as thin as the diameter of a…

Space & Spaceflight Kat Hannaford

This Is How Mars Can Turn Into a New Earth

Mars. The most tantalizing of all planets, with mountains three times as tall as Mount Everest and canyons 2,485 miles long and four miles deep. Our next stop in our return to the stars. And possibly our next home. https://gizmodo.com/why-we-need-to-reach-the-stars-and-we-will-5247705 We are not nearly there yet. We don’t have the technology. Heck, we barely have…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Google Will Conquer the Final Frontier With Simplicity

It’s no secret: Google loves space. The company sponsors the $30 million Lunar X Prize and hosts a radical, detailed maps of Mars and the Moon. Tiffany Montague, oversees all of these projects, coordinating Google’s effort to commercialize the cosmos. Montague, a former Air Force reconnaissance pilot, is the subject of a profile by the…

Space & Spaceflight Kyle VanHemert

What Comes After the Large Hadron Collider?

What kind of particle smasher will succeed the Large Hadron Collider? It might seem premature to be asking that already, but it was one of the questions discussed at the International Conference on High Energy Physics in Paris, France. Two accelerator proposals are on the table to succeed the LHC: the International Linear Collider (ILC)…

Physics & Chemistry Kat Hannaford

How The Recipient Of The First Full Face Transplant Looks

The operation took 24 hours and 30 doctors, but the first full face transplant appears to be a success. Here’s how Oscar, the patient, looks with his new face: https://gizmodo.com/its-happened-the-first-full-face-transplant-5522922 You can click on the image for a closer look. This image was taken during a press conference which marked the first time Oscar appeared…

Health Rosa Golijan

3D-Camera-Equipped Mars Curiosity Rover Takes First Steps

The next Mars rover, dubbed Curiosity, is due to launch next fall and land on the red planet in August of 2012. But just today, it took its very first steps in a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The rover, which is much bigger than I was expecting it to be, rolled a…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci

You May Feel Like an Apollo Astronaut One Day, After All

This is Boeing’s new Crew Space Transportation-100 spacecraft. It is similar to Apollo’s Command Module but, instead of just three astronauts, it will carry up to seven astronauts or astroturists. The destination: Commercial space stations (and the ISS). The CST-100 is compatible with several rockets, including Delta IV, Atlas V, and SpaceX’s recently launched Falcon…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Capturing a Snow Leopard Is As Hard As Making One

The Universe Will Never Cease to Amaze Me

What Will Technology Do for The Future of Healthcare?

The Most Beautiful Way to Clean-Up Space Junk

Air Purifier Glows Red When It Senses Pollution

Want to See the Sun ‘Burp’?

How To Be An Astronaut: A Beginner’s Guide

Wintry Doom Looms for Mars Spirit Rover

Cooling Pump Malfunction Shuts Down Parts of the ISS

Budget Space Airline Now Taking Reservations—Got $95k?

How a Tiny Magnet Could Produce a Force Field Big Enough To Protect a Space Ship

Your Boxspring Could Be Acting as a Gigantic, Cancer-Causing Radiation Antenna

Most Accurate Clock in Existence to be Sent to Space

Solar Sail Proves Photon Acceleration Works, as it Twists and Turns Under the Sun

This Is How Mars Can Turn Into a New Earth

Google Will Conquer the Final Frontier With Simplicity

What Comes After the Large Hadron Collider?

How The Recipient Of The First Full Face Transplant Looks

3D-Camera-Equipped Mars Curiosity Rover Takes First Steps

You May Feel Like an Apollo Astronaut One Day, After All

Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

Marvel Just Put ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 in a Very Weird Place in the MCU Timeline

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

Scientists Found a Weird New Way to Wash Fruits and Vegetables

White House’s Mysterious ‘Covfefe Moment’ Was Stupider Than We Imagined

Gym Bros Are Pushing Mystery Muscle Drugs Doctors Barely Recognize, Study Warns

The Head of HBO Explains What it Takes to Get a ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoff Going

Elon Musk’s Lawyer Claims Jury’s 420 ‘Joke’ Proves He Didn’t Receive a Fair Trial

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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