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Hawaii Or Spain? Telescope Experts Say It May Not Matter
When starlight from billions of years ago zips across the universe and finally comes into focus on Earth, astronomers want their telescopes to be in the best locations possible to see what’s out there.
The Joyful Contrarianism of Gordon Tullock
Meet the Economist who understood Nascar Crashes, the Sale of Indulgences, and the Feeding Habits of Coal Tits.
Raspberry Pi 4 Computer Desktop Kit: Good For Beginners
Tickling the fancy of tinkerers, the Raspberry Pi is a tiny circuit board with memory, a CPU, and several I/O connectors.
Spacewalking Astronauts Add Parking Spot To Space Station
Spacewalking astronauts added another parking spot to the International Space Station on Wednesday.
Virgin Galactic Unveiling Mission Control For Space Tourism
Spaceport America is no longer just a shiny shell of hope that space tourism would one day launch from this remote spot in the New Mexico desert.
Reading Astronauts' Secret Diaries
What astronaut diaries tell us—and NASA—about the perils and potential of a mission to the red planet
Making It On Mars
If humans want to create a lasting presence on the Red Planet, they’ll have to live off the dirt beneath their feet.
Mars 2020 Vision
Mimi Aung was still a young girl when she learned a lesson that has defined her career at NASA.
Citizens Of The World's Edge
Not everyone believes our planet is a sphere. Welcome to flat Earth.
Starry Night, Done Right
IN THE BACKCOUNTRY, PEERING INTO THE MILKY WAY requires nothing more than waiting for nightfall, stepping outside, and looking up.
Space-Time Continuum
IN THE 5 8 YEARS SINCE ALAN Shepard became the first American to orbit Earth, NASA has deemed just one watch tough enough to wear in open space.
Dinner Is Preserved
THE FIRST AMERICANS IN SPACE SQUIRTED THEIR MEALS OUT of tubes.
Glimpse Within
A SHARP PAIR OF EYES CAN PROBABLY SPOT SOMETHING AS wee as a paramecium swimming in a petri dish. Anything tinier requires the optical assist of lenses refracting light toward your peepers, making the itty-bitty look big. These microscopes offer increasingly powerful optics, giving you a towering perspective on hidden realms.
Restoring Vision With Bionic Eyes Is No Longer Science Fiction
Bionic vision might sound like science fiction, but Dr. Michael Beyeler is working on just that.
Health System Offers Free DNA Tests For 10,000 Floridians
An operator of hospitals and clinics began offering free DNA testing this week to 10,000 Floridians in a partnership with a private genomics company.
First Crispr Study Inside The Body To Start In US
Patients are about to be enrolled in the first study to test a gene-editing technique known as CRISPR inside the body to try to cure an inherited form of blindness.
Management Lessons From The Moon
Five things we can learn from how NASA put astronauts on the moon and brought them safely back 50 years ago.
Before Moon Landing, Astronauts Learned Geology In Arizona
Before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin knew they would be the first to walk on the moon, they took crash courses in geology at the Grand Canyon and a nearby impact crater that is the most well-preserved on Earth.
NASA Launches Orion Crew Capsule To Test Abort System
NASA conducted a full-stress launch abort test Tuesday for the Orion capsules designed to carry astronauts to the moon.
Bowers & Wilkins Formation Wedge: Beautiful And Pricey
Much has changed since Bowers & Wilkins released the iconic Zeppelin Wireless speaker in 2015—most notably, the company has come under new ownership. With its new Formation line of wireless speakers, B&W is still on top of its game. At $899.99, the Formation Wedge is even more expensive than the $700 Zeppelin was at launch. But like the Zeppelin, it pushes boundaries in the style department while putting out powerful, room-filling audio with some serious bass presence and excellent high-frequency clarity. Whether it’s worth the sky-high price, however, depends on how much you’re willing to pay for innovative design.
Wacom Intuos Pro Creative Pen Tablet: For Both Pros And Amateurs
The Wacom Intuos Pro Creative Pen Tablet is a graphics tablet with a writing surface but no screen. It’s responsive to an included pen stylus and to gesture-based finger commands.
50 Years Later, The Moon Is Still Great For Business
Fifty years after humans first visited, businesses are still trying to make a buck off the moon.
2 Russians Venture Into Open Space From Space Station
Two Russian crewmembers on the International Space Station ventured into open space Wednesday to conduct scientific research and help maintain the orbiting outpost.
Your Amazing Body!
Your fingerprints can predict some health issues. Looking at the sun can make you sneeze. You grow a new skeleton every ten years. Science hasn’t uncovered every mystery, but what it has discovered will blow your mind.
NASA: Budget Boost ‘Good Start' To Put Astronauts On Moon
NASA’s chief said that the Trump administration’s proposed $1.6 billion budget boost is a “good start” for getting astronauts back on the moon within five years.
An Ecologist Maps Trees From 7,000 Feet
On the big island of Hawaii, a fungus called ceratocystis is murdering ‘ohii‘a trees—at least 1 million in the past eight years.
Rise Of The Plastic Eaters
Scientists have new hope that nature might hold a solution for our most problematic polymers
What You Take With You
Death might be life’s natural and unavoidable conclusion, but humans have ensured that what happens to our bodies afterward is anything but.
Where The Buffalo No Longer
DESPITE WHAT SEEMS LIKE A CONSERVATION SUCCESS STORY, OUR NATIONAL MAMMAL MIGHT STILL BE AT RISK.
Marie Tharp - The Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor
The woman who mapped the ocean floor