Category: SCI/TECH

July 31, 2015 at 4:30 pm

Picture of the Day: Pluto Says Farewell To New Horizons

Picture of the Day: Pluto Says Farewell To New Horizons

Pluto sends a breathtaking farewell to New Horizons. Backlit by the sun, Pluto’s atmosphere rings its silhouette like a luminous halo.

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July 22, 2015 at 8:31 am

This Photo was Taken 1 Million Miles from Earth

This Photo was Taken 1 Million Miles from Earth

A NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite has returned its first view of Earth from one million miles away.

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July 15, 2015 at 11:06 am

The Clearest Photo of Pluto Yet

The Clearest Photo of Pluto Yet

NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft has travelled nearly 3 billion miles in 9.5 years, and is our first ever mission to Pluto and beyond.

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July 13, 2015 at 5:12 am

This Prosthetic Arm Lets Kids Build Attachments Out of LEGO

This Prosthetic Arm Lets Kids Build Attachments Out of LEGO

Carlos Arturo Torres Tovar has designed a prosthetic system that allows children to build their own attachments out of LEGO.

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July 11, 2015 at 7:59 am

Picture of the Day: Standing on Top of the World

Picture of the Day: Standing on Top of the World

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who is spending an entire year aboard the ISS, took this amazing photo from the station’s “cupola”.

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June 24, 2015 at 2:30 am

The 30 Most Edited Wikipedia Articles of All Time

The 30 Most Edited Wikipedia Articles of All Time

Some of the results may surprise you.

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June 23, 2015 at 1:15 pm

Scientists Want To Call This Unnamed Octopus Species ‘Adorabilis’

Scientists Want To Call This Unnamed Octopus Species 'Adorabilis'

Scientists want to name this tiny octopus with big eyes and gelatinous skin, ‘Opisthoteuthis Adorabilis’, and we couldn’t agree more!

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June 14, 2015 at 10:46 pm

Picture of the Day: Fresh Crater on Mars

Picture of the Day: Fresh Crater on Mars

The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter acquired this closeup image of a “fresh” impact crater in the Sirenum Fossae region of Mars on March 30, 2015.

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June 8, 2015 at 4:10 pm

Microbiologist Takes Handprint of Her Son After Playing Outside and Incubates the Results

Microbiologist Takes Handprint of Her Son After Playing Outside and Incubates the Results

Microbiologist and teacher, Tasha Sturm, recently took a handprint of her son after he had been playing outside and incubated and photographed the results.

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June 1, 2015 at 3:55 pm

This Tiny Self-Folding Origami Robot can Walk, Swim and Degrade

This Tiny Self-Folding Origami Robot can Walk, Swim and Degrade

A miniature robotic device that can fold-up on the spot, accomplish tasks and disappear by degradation into the environment promises a range of medical applications.

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