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Space Oddity Cover … in space!

This is just so utterly perfect. Colonel Chris Hadfield is about to come home from his time onboard the International Space Station, where he’s spent the last five months as an ambassador to planet earth. He’s a regular presence ...

Nuke the Moon:  It Just Makes Sense

When bombing our natural satellite seemed like a good idea. – by Brian Matchick On October 4, 1957, the U.S.S.R. launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik I. It was essentially a 23″ polished metal sphere with a radio ...

Project X Squared is the Future of Science-Fashion

Put a Quantum Physicist, a fashion designer, and a neuroscientist in a room together and what do you think would come out of a collaboration between them? If you said “a science-inspired line of clothing”, you’d be smarter than ...

Geek @ SXSW: NASA’s Got Game Live Blog

Dr. Jeff Norris, Victor Luo, Alex Menzies (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) NASA has landed at SXSW with video games, Martian mega-rovers, and giant spider robots.

X Marks the Future: X Prizes Awarded

The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Awarded in September 2010 Challenge Produce a car that could achieve at least 100 miles per gallon energy equivalent (MPGe) in real-world driving. The cars had to be safe, afordable and ...