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NASA simulated an incoming asteroid impact, and the biggest roadblock to action was penny pinching
NASA gathered about 100 experts to practice a hypothetical discovery of an asteroid with a 72% chan…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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An engineer who lived in NASA's Mars simulation for 378 days went through extreme isolation but still said he'd go to the red planet for real if he could
Ross Brockwell spent a year in NASA's CHAPEA Mars simulation. He missed Earth but would live on the…
Jenny McGrath
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The Indian government is taking steps to control rainfall and weather within five years — is it too risky of a move?
India's Mission Mausam aims to control weather phenomena like rainfall and hail within five years u…
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Polaris Dawn spacewalk: Watch live as SpaceX's commercial astronauts attempt mission's historic EVA
The Polaris Dawn mission attempts a historic spacewalk today. Watch live as SpaceX's commercial ast…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Polaris Dawn's spacewalk will be historic — and risky. Here's everything to know.
The Polaris Dawn mission's historic EVA will be the astronauts' first, the first commercial spacewa…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Treble is helping architects simulate a building's acoustics. Check out the pitch deck it used to raise $12 million.
"Our mission at Treble is to provide the software tools necessary to make the world a better soundi…
Riddhi Kanetkar
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SpaceX is launching 4 people on a risky mission to fly through radiation belts and do the first commercial spacewalk
SpaceX's latest daring billionaire mission aims to open the Crew Dragon spaceship in the vacuum of …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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We put Elon Musk's dream to colonize Mars up against Jeff Bezos' vision of living in space — and one is more realistic
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos dream of colonizing space, but have very different ideas of how to do it. …
Ellyn Lapointe
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WATCH: A NASA animation shows gigantic plumes of carbon dioxide emissions swirling over India
It’s one thing to read about climate change and carbon emissions in an article, and quite another t…
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Scientists say Olympic athlete Sha’Carri Richardson could technically "walk" on water
Scientists have found that sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson could theoretically replicate the famous f…
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NASA opens rare job opportunity to live in a Mars simulation for a year
Apply to live in NASA's Mars simulation for one year, where a four-person crew grows crops, practic…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Even robots are watching how-to video tutorials online to learn how to perform everyday tasks!
Researchers have developed a new robot training method using online videos to teach complex tasks l…
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A developer is planning a commercial spaceport near Las Vegas that includes a pilot school and STEM academy
Real estate developer Rob Lauer is planning a commercial spaceport near Las Vegas that includes a h…
Lauren Edmonds
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The science you need to know before seeing 'Twisters'
You don't need a degree in meteorology to understand "Twisters," but if your tornado science is a l…
Jenny McGrath
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Scientists found an underground cave on the moon where astronauts could live and think there may be hundreds more
Scientists have discovered that the moon contains a vast underground cave on the side of a deep pit…
Jessica Orwig,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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I tried a Formula 1 experience. The race simulator is fun but it's pricey and over too soon.
F1 Arcade, a restaurant and bar that houses e-sport racing game machines meant to mimic the Formula…
Paige Bruton
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Here is why some clothes are smellier than others after a workout — and what you can do about it
Sweat is mostly water but also contains oily compounds that bacteria love to munch on, creating tho…
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I tried a job simulation tool to learn about working as a consultant at BCG
Tom Brunskill is a cofounder of Forage and now serves as its VP and general manager after education…
Tim Paradis
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NASA will pay 4 health-conscious 'astronaut-like' people to live inside a Mars simulation for 378 days. See if you qualify.
NASA opened applications for people to live a paid year in its CHAPEA Mars simulation. The job requ…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Here’s what falling inside a black hole would look like, according to a NASA supercomputer simulation
Have you ever wondered what happens if you were to fall into a black hole? Thanks to cutting-edge v…