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Astronaut Chris Hadfield performs David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” on the ISS

Astronaut Chris Hadfield — the tweeting , tumbling Canadian astronaut who’s a one-dude astro-ambassador from the space programme to the Internet — has produced and released a video of his own performance of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” (AKA the “Major Tom song”) on the ISS. He adapts the lyrics a bit to his own situation — and changes out the whole dying-in-space chorous — but is otherwise pretty faithful. From the credits, it appears that David Bowie gave permission for this, though that’s not entirely clear. I would think that not even a major record label would be hamfisted and cack-handed enough to send a takedown notice over this one (it’s been suggested for Boing Boing more than any other link in my memory), but I’m prepared to be surprised. Space Oddity        

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Astronaut Chris Hadfield performs David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” on the ISS

3D printed synthetic tissue folds itself into shapes

University of Oxford chemists custom-built a 3D printer that fabricates “synthetic tissue,” or rather structures with tissue-like functions. Eventually, the technology could be used to crank out replacement tissue that could replace damaged human tissue or be used in new drug delivery systems. The material consist of a network of water droplets encapsulated in lipids, or fat molecules. “The droplets… form pathways through the network that mimic nerves and are able to transmit electrical signals from one side of a network to the other,” says Oxford University chemistry professor Hagan Bayley. Amazingly, the material can be chemically “programmed” to fold into various shapes as water is transferred around in the network. (Video above.) ” 3D printer can build synthetic tissues ” (Univ of Oxford, via Science News ) ” A Tissue-like Printed Material ” (Science)        

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3D printed synthetic tissue folds itself into shapes