Sex in Zero Gravity
You can stop holding your breath now. You can, in fact, have sex in outer space. (Given this planet’s rapid decline and the apparent otherworldly libido of astronauts, this is really good news.)The...
View ArticleThe 10 at 10
1. Stanford is your kid’s dream school.2. Sheep gave birth to a dog.3. Itching is contagious.4. You’ll be really happy when you’re 85.5. What do we regret? 6. Why can’t I stop watching this?7. If you...
View ArticleVideo: Take a Tour of the International Space Station
Do you know how astronauts sleep? Find out from the Commander.I had no idea how astronauts sleep until I watched this video of a tour through the International Space Station lead by Commander Sunita...
View ArticleHow Do You Brush Your Teeth in Space? (Video)
The commander of the International Space Station gives a tutorial on how to keep up your good oral hygiene in outer space.Ever wonder how this works? I mean, we’ve seen how weird it is to try to wring...
View ArticleThe View From Space
NASA’s GoPro footage from the International Space Station puts everything in perspective. ___The universe is a place of unceasing wonder.Photo—Mashable/Flickr The post The View From Space appeared...
View ArticleWhy I Can’t Celebrate the #PlutoFlyBy
Spending more dollars on exploring solar-systems than school systems is cause for critique, not celebration.—Yesterday, as the Internet raved on the trending topic of America’s more than nine year...
View ArticleWhy Exploring Outer Space is So Important
Who are we? Why are we here? Where did we come from? And if we are here, who else is here; and who else is out there?—To what do we owe the grandeur of space? In our mere millennia of transcendent...
View ArticleOuter Space
Matthew Lippman uses an innovative trope to reflect on poverty, homelessness, and a middle class man’s fraught relationship with these categories.—Outer SpaceWhen I gave the homelessMan50 centsI was...
View ArticleCassini – Huygens. There is No Turning Back
Embed from Getty Images—When I was about six years old I drew a crude picture of a space man. When I say crude, I don’t mean the little man was doing anything crude, but rather an admission that I was...
View ArticleDoes a Year in Space Make You Older or Younger?
Susan Bailey, Colorado State University Daily life aboard the International Space Station moves fast. Really fast. Traveling at approximately 17,000 miles per hour, 300 miles above the Earth,...
View ArticleThings You Should Worry About
Good News, not really. This just in from the Life Explained Department of Things you Should Worry About (motto; Don’t sweat the small stuff. There is no small stuff.) NASA has a department to track...
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