Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin has social media on alert after he needed emergency medical transportation from the South Pole on Thursday morning. On Facebook, users are chattering about a new Nokia device set for release in early 2017, marking an unexpected comeback for the fallen phone manufacturer. Social Cues is our guide to what’s trending …
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Science fiction can be extra enjoyable when it’s written by real scientists. The latest Humble Book Bundle offers sci-fi novels written by practicing scientists specializing in genetics, astrophysics and psychology. Humble Bundles let you pay what you want for select digital media, with some proceeds typically supporting charity. In this case, money goes to organizations including UNICEF and Science Fiction …
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An impressive Lego set inspired by five notable female NASA pioneers could become a reality if it gets enough votes on the Lego Ideas site. The deputy editor of MIT News, Maia Weinstock, submitted the proposed set to Lego Ideas. It needs 10,000 votes to be considered for production by the official Lego team. Currently, the project has just over …
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It’s been available on other platforms for a while, but the NASA app on Tuesday launched on Apple TV. The free app was already available on iPhone, iPad, Android and Amazon’s Fire OS, and has been downloaded 17 million times across all platforms. The move to Apple’s media streaming box means that getting those spectacular space vistas on a big …
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How much do you know about NASA’s experimental Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM)? Not much? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. BEAM, the first human-rated expandable space habitat, could one day be used for deep space applications like Martian habitats. To promote its upcoming 2-year test period, experts from NASA and Bigelow Aerospace answered questions from space enthusiasts during a Reddit …
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IFTTT, the online connection service, now works with hundreds of different services and devices, connecting them to break the language barrier and help them work together. While both major mobile platforms — Android and iOS — have their own collection of dedicated channels, you can go a bit further and accomplish a little more with IFTTT on Android. Here are …
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Enlarge ImageEd White became the first American to “walk” in space on June 3, 1965. On his left arm is an Omega Speedmaster. NASA For as long as there have been humans in space, there have been watches accompanying them on their wrists, with the most famous being the Omega Speedmaster worn by NASA’s astronauts. Now, with the age of …
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The European Space Agency and NASA astronaut Terry Virts have broken new ground in Earth-to-space communications, proving that the International Space Station is just a robotic handshake away. Related Links NASA’s Pluto probe could carry your photo to aliens Watch the drunken wobble of Pluto’s smaller moons Tempting blue pools in vivid Mars photo aren’t what they seem In a …
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SpaceX’s CRS-5 Dragon spacecraft in orbit. The company’s latest project aims to connect Earthlings to the Net using thousands of satellites. SpaceX Elon Musk, the man who’s determined to move our civilization to Mars, will also tackle creating an Internet in space. The CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX said Friday night that he will use a fleet of satellites …
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