During winter it can sometimes feel that the whole day passes in the blink of an eye and that evening … More
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Cosmic Perspective – Isaac Newton Chat
Andy Poniros hosts. Our guest today is Dr. Carl Barratt, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of New … More
Leiningen Versus The Ants With Molten Aluminum: How Much Molten Aluminum Would It Take To Exterminate 90% of All Ffire Ants In The World?
A guest article by Joseph FriedlanderWarning: This article is a frank exercise in science fiction like paranoia revolving around boys’ fiction tropes. In … More
Large machines for Ocean mining will begin field tests in 2016
Nextbigfuture wrote about Nautilus Minerals several times since 2010. Nautilus Minerals is the first company to commercially explore the seafloor … More
Human Development Index 2015
The 2015 UN Human Development report reports major progress has been made over the last 25 years with 2 billion … More
Top 5 Space Questions of 2015…with Answers! (Op-Ed)
From deadly supernova radiation to wormholes, Paul Sutter answers his favorite questions of 2015. from SPACE.com http://ift.tt/1Yzwi5F via IFTTT
Geminid Meteors over Xinglong Observatory
Where do Geminid meteors come from? from APOD http://ift.tt/1RGdL3e via IFTTT
Soyuz Progress MS Liftoff and Docking
Two days after its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the unpiloted Russian ISS Progress 62 cargo ship docked to the … More
Twisted Magnetic Fields Give New Insights on Star Formation
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2016 Launch of NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Postponed Due to Instrument Vacuum Leak
NASA managers have just made the difficult but unavoidable decision to scrub the planned March 2016 launch of the InSight … More
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