The first flowers to ever grow in space are blooming on the International Space Station today. Despite fears of over-watering , the crew coaxed the zinnias into a burst of colour in their zero-g vegetable garden. Read more…
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This is the First Flower Grown in Space
Right now, astronauts have to subsist on supplies they take with them to space. But a new project is set to test whether sugar-growing bacteria could create sustenance for space travellers in low-gravity situations. Read more…
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Sugar-Producing Bacteria To Be Tested in Space as Food Source for Astronauts
This recently published photo of an F-35B going supersonic during twilight testing is stunning. The blue-hour moment, the burning colors of the setting sun, the ragged high altitude clouds—and the afterburner, with about ten shock diamonds . Magical. [ Lockheed Martin ] Read more…
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Shock Diamonds Are a Pilot’s Best Friend
It should come as no surprise that the Apollo astronauts left a few things behind after landing on the moon. Since the lunar module could only lift so much weight off the surface, they swapped out unwanted goods and gear for moon rocks . Among those unwanted goods were all kinds of weird things. What kinds of weird things? There were 96 bags of poop, pee, and puke. Read more…
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There’s Poop on the Moon
When it comes to encryption, some of the Department of Justice’s views are… interesting . Now, it transpires that it’s been using laws that date back 225 years to get phones unlocked, too. Read more…
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The DOJ Used 225-Year-Old Law to Bypass a Phone’s Password
We know that Windows 9 is on its way —Microsoft even accidentally teased it! —but now we might be, maybe, possibly be looking at what it could look like. Read more…
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This Could Be a First Glimpse of Windows 9
Cody Littley is a computer science PhD student with a little time on his hands. Which perhaps explains why he built a working 1KB hard drive in Minecraft out of virtual building blocks. Read more…
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Someone Built a Fully Functioning 1KB Hard Drive Inside Minecraft
This is the mother of all hacks, the genius device that saved the Apollo XIII crew from dying in their emergency return to Earth, as photographed during that trip using one of their Hasselblad cameras. Here are the actual step-by-step instructions that helped turn this mission into NASA’s most successful failure ever. Read more…
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This is the actual hack that saved the astronauts of the Apollo XIII
cartechboy (2660665) writes “Just the other day we read about how the Department of Transportation will require all manufacturers to include rearview cameras on all new cars produced after May 1, 2018. But there’s something else auto manufacturers are pushing for, the ability to replace sideview mirrors with cameras in 2018. Tesla in particular is pushing for this to happen as traditional mirrors are bulky, and not very aerodynamic. That lump of plastic can cause surprising amounts of drag on an otherwise smooth car body. Camera units are much smaller and can be made streamlined, or even mounted nearly flush with the body, thus reducing aerodynamic drag. The idea has been around since the 1990s, and many concept cars have used cameras instead of sideview mirrors for years. But how will NHTSA respond? Is it finally time to ditch the sideview mirror?” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Will Cameras Replace Sideview Mirrors On Cars In 2018?
Astronauts have hard jobs. And like anyone with hard jobs, they deserve some french fries and a nice, deep-fried turkey after work. Don’t we all? But there’s bad news. According to a new study, it’s impossible to fry food in zero g . Nooooooooooo! Read more…
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Sorry, Astronauts: It’s Impossible to Fry Food in Zero G