Three candidates told us exactly what they had to do to make it through the latest Mars One selection round. Spoiler: It wasn’t much. Mars One is trying to send four people on a one-way trip to the Red Planet by 2025. And one of the ways they plan to fund the project is through […]
“Vaginal wetness could be an issue.” 1. Getting a boner in microgravity is hard. Hide Warning This image is graphic Click to reveal View this image › Discovery / Via giphy.com Gravity helps our blood flow to the lower parts of our body, so in space, blood rises to your head and chest, Anderson University […]
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DTAT_ATF’); }); Here’s how I feel after I watch the news every night: And I know for a fact that you feel my struggle on some level. Life here on planet Earth is rough, folks. If you’re sick of feeling like you’re living in the middle of a dumpster fire, why not hitch […]
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DTAT_ATF’); }); Are we alone in the universe? The answer to that question might very well be yes, but it seems that the folks over at NASA don’t want us knowing the truth. Why do I say that? Well, because it seems every time something “unexpected” pops up on the cameras live-streaming outside […]
Warning: Don’t try some of these things at home. 1. This is what happens when you cut a water droplet using a superhydrophobic knife on a surface that doesn’t get wet. View this image › Arizona State University/Sploid / Via journals.plos.org 2. This is the view from the Soyuz capsule, the spacecraft that takes astronauts […]
http://twitter.com/#!/newscientist/status/406186251612880896 http://twitter.com/#!/NASA/status/406189785070317569 Many nerds and sky-watchers were looking forward to a spectacular comet show for Thanksgiving. Alas, Comet Ison and the sun had different plans. Party-poopers. http://twitter.com/#!/UkSevereweather/status/406190599046705154 http://twitter.com/#!/fairsnape/status/406191668766203904 It was good while it lasted. http://twitter.com/#!/NASAGoddard/status/406189639217594369 Like Icarus, Ison flew too close to the sun and lost. http://twitter.com/#!/illbefrancoise/status/406188922624942080 http://twitter.com/#!/JonMitchellITV/status/406192469294854144 R.I.P. http://twitter.com/#!/JasonRothFL/status/406153320936796160 Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/11/28/r-i-p-comet-ison-pulls-an-icarus-and-fizzles/
