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Aug 20, 2015
Day In Space Sleep

A Day In Space: Explore Life On The ISS With Samantha Cristoforetti

A self-professed night owl, Samantha Cristoforetti starts her day by groggily reaching for her laptop. Like many of us, she keeps it close at hand–about four inches away from her face, to be exact–and is at work before she even gets out of bed. Unlike approximately all of us, Cristoforetti’s...

Aug 20, 2015

A Day In Space: Explore Life On The ISS With Samantha Cristoforetti

A self-professed night owl, Samantha Cristoforetti starts her day by groggily reaching for her laptop. Like many of us, she keeps it close at hand–about four inches away from her face, to be exact–and is at work before she even gets out of bed. Unlike approximately all of us, Cristoforetti’s...

By All That's Interesting
Day In Space Sleep
Aug 15, 2015
Tombaugh Telescope Glasses

Clyde Tombaugh: To Pluto And Beyond

Clyde Tombaugh's legacy hinges on his discovery of Pluto. But both before and after that moment, his story is extraordinary. Meet the man behind Pluto.

Aug 15, 2015
Science News

Clyde Tombaugh: To Pluto And Beyond

Clyde Tombaugh's legacy hinges on his discovery of Pluto. But both before and after that moment, his story is extraordinary. Meet the man behind Pluto.

By Briana Jones
Tombaugh Telescope Glasses
Aug 6, 2015
Og Summer Weather 2015 Northern California Wildfire Bass Lake

The Most Extreme Summer Weather Of 2015

Whether you think they’re signs of global warming or that Mother Nature is just working out some particularly painful kinks, it’s impossible to deny that summer 2015 has seen an insane amount of extreme weather events. From the massive blob of warm water covering thousands of miles in the Pacific...

Aug 6, 2015
Science News

The Most Extreme Summer Weather Of 2015

Whether you think they’re signs of global warming or that Mother Nature is just working out some particularly painful kinks, it’s impossible to deny that summer 2015 has seen an insane amount of extreme weather events. From the massive blob of warm water covering thousands of miles in the Pacific...

By Kiri Picone
Og Summer Weather 2015 Northern California Wildfire Bass Lake
Jul 17, 2015
Head Break Burning Bricks

What We Love This Week, Volume CXXXI

Before Pluto: The Other Awe-Inspiring New Horizons Photos While you’ve definitely seen the new Pluto photos and you probably know that those photos are the fruit of the New Horizons’ nearly ten-year journey, you may not realize all that happened along the way. It zipped past our moon (within nine...

Jul 17, 2015

What We Love This Week, Volume CXXXI

Before Pluto: The Other Awe-Inspiring New Horizons Photos While you’ve definitely seen the new Pluto photos and you probably know that those photos are the fruit of the New Horizons’ nearly ten-year journey, you may not realize all that happened along the way. It zipped past our moon (within nine...

By John Kuroski
Head Break Burning Bricks
Jul 13, 2015
Bastille Storming French Revolution

Your World This Week, Volume IV

Bombings Rock Iraq, Afghanistan A small, but terribly destructive, wave of bombings hit Iraq on Sunday, leaving 35 dead and 100 wounded. Deadliest among the attacks was a car bomb coupled with a suicide bomb that killed 19 in the Shaab neighborhood of Baghdad. However, smaller attacks killed several others...

Jul 13, 2015
Science News

Your World This Week, Volume IV

Bombings Rock Iraq, Afghanistan A small, but terribly destructive, wave of bombings hit Iraq on Sunday, leaving 35 dead and 100 wounded. Deadliest among the attacks was a car bomb coupled with a suicide bomb that killed 19 in the Shaab neighborhood of Baghdad. However, smaller attacks killed several others...

By John Kuroski
Bastille Storming French Revolution
Jul 9, 2015
Thomas Midgley

Thomas Midgley Jr.: Accidentally The Most Dangerous Man Who Ever Lived

We all have a legacy. Every one of us will eventually pass on, generally hoping to have left the world a slightly better place than it was when we found it. Scientists often epitomize this hope, many of them toiling for decades in obscurity as they work to find answers...

Jul 9, 2015

Thomas Midgley Jr.: Accidentally The Most Dangerous Man Who Ever Lived

We all have a legacy. Every one of us will eventually pass on, generally hoping to have left the world a slightly better place than it was when we found it. Scientists often epitomize this hope, many of them toiling for decades in obscurity as they work to find answers...

By Richard Stockton
Thomas Midgley