Instead of shipping food all around the world, imagine your own food coming from your farm in a shipping container, just outside your backdoor. That’s the vision of FarmPod, a St. Croix-based startup... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 1 month 1 week ago • 18 views • 6:56

From Youtube, "You are not a person, you are a planet, made of roughly 40 trillion cells. There is so much of you, that if your cells were human-sized, you would be as big as 20 Mount Everests. For your... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 313 views • 11:46

When a theory makes a prediction that disagrees with an experimental test, sometimes it means we should throw the theory away. But what if that theory has otherwise produced the most successful predictions... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 436 views • 12:36

Destin from Smarter Every Day looks into how the James Webb Space Telescope works.

posted by w1ndex 3 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 190 views • 29:46

From Youtube, "NERC's Space Geodesy Facility, hidden away in the English countryside, fires lasers at satellites. Because it turns out that knowing a satellite's position exactly is really, really difficult.... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 612 views • 3:17

The multiverse hypothesis or theory holds that a group of multiple universes (possibly infinite universes) comprise everything that exists: The entirety of space, time, matter, energy, information, and... continue reading

posted by BSR 3 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 143 views • 10:03

From YT: In This Video I Show You A Comparison Between The Greatest Space Telescope Ever, My Universities $32,000 Telescope and my very own Telescope!

posted by Nephelimdream 3 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 476 views • 14:32

From Youtube, "The night sky seems peaceful and orderly. But in reality, stars are careening through the galaxy at speeds of hundreds of thousands of kilometers per hour. Not bound by static formations... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 years 2 weeks ago • 326 views • 9:46

Science fiction and science fact are often intertwined. As Kate Mulgrew took on the role of Captain Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager, she found a passion for space, science, and exploration.

posted by Ashenkase 4 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 81 views • 2:48

From Youtube, "The launch of SpaceX's DM-2 mission taking NASA astronauts to the Space Station was the culmination of years of development, and more importantly years of political and management decisions... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 45 views • 15:55

The stereotypical modern playground — with its bright colors and rubberized flooring — is designed to be clean, safe, and lawsuit-proof. But that isn't necessarily the best design for kids. US playground... continue reading

posted by BSR 4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 113 views • 5:44

NASA's current fleet of spacesuits was built in 1974, and each was reported to cost between $15 million and $22 million. Today, that would be about $150 million. Having not built any new mission-ready... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 100 views • 10:41

Writing in the Geophysical Research Letters, NASA says a review of Voyager 2’s old data from 1986 showed that Uranus vented a giant blob of gas into space. This pocket of ionized gas, a plasma structure... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,201 views • 6:40

YouTube description: The story of Apollo 13 goes beyond a tale of survival. The mission also successfully completed a science investigation that is still helping to inform our understanding of the Moon... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 70 views • 2:46

From Youtube, "Anti-gravity is one of those controversial subjects that some say is more in the realm of science fiction than science fact with many physicists saying it's just not theoretically possible... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 117 views • 14:25

YouTube description: We owe so much to diatoms! They help us make beer, paint, and kitty litter, and they're responsible for some of the air you're breathing right now!... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 1 week ago • 834 views • 7:44

"... Step aboard Discovery and explore the space shuttle in 360. National Air and Space Museum and Google Arts & Culture have teamed up to bring a piece of Hubble’s history to life like never before.... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 4 months 1 week ago • 18 views • 6:55

YouTube description: We know these cute little water bears can survive the vacuum of space but are they actually immortal? We'll explore that and other misconceptions about tardigrades in this week's... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 356 views • 12:50

YouTube description: Something about the Apollo missions always confused me, sure, the step off of the lunar lander’s 91 cm footpad was a small step, but the step just before that was actually enormous! ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months ago • 483 views • 14:48

"... I love coffee. Like, a lot. You know who else loves coffee? Astronauts! And also the people who help them do awesome things in space (I think NASA might be powered by coffee). But how do astronauts... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 124 views • 11:39