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Hawaii Or Spain? Telescope Experts Say It May Not Matter
AppleMagazine

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.

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5 mins  |
August 30, 2019
The Joyful Contrarianism of Gordon Tullock
Reason magazine

The Joyful Contrarianism of Gordon Tullock

Meet the Economist who understood Nascar Crashes, the Sale of Indulgences, and the Feeding Habits of Coal Tits.

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10+ mins  |
October 2019
Raspberry Pi 4 Computer Desktop Kit: Good For Beginners
PC Magazine

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.

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9 mins  |
August 2019
Spacewalking Astronauts Add Parking Spot To Space Station
AppleMagazine

Spacewalking Astronauts Add Parking Spot To Space Station

Spacewalking astronauts added another parking spot to the International Space Station on Wednesday.

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August 23, 2019
Virgin Galactic Unveiling Mission Control For Space Tourism
Techlife News

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.

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August 17, 2019
Reading Astronauts' Secret Diaries
Popular Science

Reading Astronauts' Secret Diaries

What astronaut diaries tell us—and NASA—about the perils and potential of a mission to the red planet

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Fall 2019
Making It On Mars
Popular Science

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.

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9 mins  |
Fall 2019
Mars 2020 Vision
Popular Science

Mars 2020 Vision

Mimi Aung was still a young girl when she learned a lesson that has defined her career at NASA.

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Fall 2019
Citizens Of The World's Edge
Popular Science

Citizens Of The World's Edge

Not everyone believes our planet is a sphere. Welcome to flat Earth.

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Fall 2019
Starry Night, Done Right
Popular Science

Starry Night, Done Right

IN THE BACKCOUNTRY, PEERING INTO THE MILKY WAY requires nothing more than waiting for nightfall, stepping outside, and looking up.

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Fall 2019
Space-Time Continuum
Popular Science

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.

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Fall 2019
Dinner Is Preserved
Popular Science

Dinner Is Preserved

THE FIRST AMERICANS IN SPACE SQUIRTED THEIR MEALS OUT of tubes.

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Fall 2019
Glimpse Within
Popular Science

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.

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Fall 2019
Restoring Vision With Bionic Eyes Is No Longer Science Fiction
PC Magazine

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.

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August 2019
Health System Offers Free DNA Tests For 10,000 Floridians
Techlife News

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.

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First Crispr Study Inside The Body To Start In US
Techlife News

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.

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Management Lessons From The Moon
Bloomberg Businessweek

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.

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July 22, 2019
Before Moon Landing, Astronauts Learned Geology In Arizona
AppleMagazine

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.

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July 12, 2019
NASA Launches Orion Crew Capsule To Test Abort System
Techlife News

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.

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July 6, 2019
Bowers & Wilkins Formation Wedge: Beautiful And Pricey
PC Magazine

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.

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July 2019
Wacom Intuos Pro Creative Pen Tablet: For Both Pros And Amateurs
PC Magazine

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.

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6 mins  |
July 2019
50 Years Later, The Moon Is Still Great For Business
AppleMagazine

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.

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June 28, 2019
2 Russians Venture Into Open Space From Space Station
AppleMagazine

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.

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May 31, 2019
Your Amazing Body!
Reader's Digest US

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.

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June 2019
NASA: Budget Boost ‘Good Start' To Put Astronauts On Moon
AppleMagazine

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.

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May 17, 2019
An Ecologist Maps Trees From 7,000 Feet
Popular Science

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.

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Summer 2019
Popular Science

Rise Of The Plastic Eaters

Scientists have new hope that nature might hold a solution for our most problematic polymers

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Summer 2019
What You Take With You
Popular Science

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.

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Summer 2019
Where The Buffalo No Longer
Popular Science

Where The Buffalo No Longer

DESPITE WHAT SEEMS LIKE A CONSERVATION SUCCESS STORY, OUR NATIONAL MAMMAL MIGHT STILL BE AT RISK.

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Summer 2019
Marie Tharp - The Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor
Muse Science Magazine for Kids

Marie Tharp - The Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor

The woman who mapped the ocean floor

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May - June 2019