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NASA’s way cool retro posters for futuristic space travel
Making future travel plans .. with an emphasis on 'future?' Check out these exoplanet travel posters from NASA.
January 13, 2015
Dogs arrived in Americas only 10,000 years ago, says study
By associating with early humans, dogs enjoyed new foods and the relative safety of human camps. Eventually, dogs traveled the world with their two-legged masters.
January 11, 2015
Awesome new project Sounds of the Night
Project Nightflight in Austria has a new web platform, presenting not just astrophotos, but also the sounds they heard while capturing them. It's wonderful.
January 7, 2015
Video: Human population by the billions
When did our human population reach one billion? How long to add each billion after that, to bring us to the 7+ billion humans on Earth today? What's next?
January 6, 2015
Planetary alignment January 4 will make us weigh less? Of course not
The idea we will all weigh less and even experience a floating sensation due to a planetary alignment on January 4, 2015 (#zeroday) is entirely false. Sigh.
January 2, 2015
Amazing 44-second meteor might be space debris reentry
Video of an impressive and slow meteor seen over Puerto Rico on December 28. It might be a Falcon 9 rocket body falling from orbit.
December 31, 2014
Video: Does being cold make you sick?
Being cold can't give you a cold ... or can it?
December 30, 2014
Flooding tipping points earlier than expected for U.S. coasts
By 2050, most of the U.S. coast is likely to see 30 or more days of flooding a year due to dramatically accelerating impacts from sea level rise, says a new study.
December 29, 2014
ISS astronauts send Christmas greetings to the world
Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore and Flight Engineer Terry Virts send greetings and talk a little about their own Christmas Day in space.
December 25, 2014
Video: 100 trillion microorganisms that live on and in you
There's a unique collage of more than 100 trillion microorganisms living on and in you that are essential to your life and part of what makes you, well, you. It's your microbiome.
December 17, 2014
