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NASA Looks To Gaming Tech For Next-Gen Space Exploration

NASA Looks To Gaming Tech For Next-Gen Space Exploration

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Walt Disney World’s new Avatar-inspired park opens this weekend

Sprig is the latest casualty among meal-delivery services

Sprig is the latest casualty among meal-delivery services

Tidal CEO Jeff Toig is out–who will save the struggling music service?

On this day 22 years ago, Bill Gates wrote his legendary “Internet Tidal Wave” memo

On this day 22 years ago, Bill Gates wrote his legendary “Internet Tidal Wave” memo

Hillary Clinton implicitly compares Trump to Nixon: a presidency ending in “disgrace” and “impeachment”

NASA went to Jupiter and all we got were these amazing photos

NASA went to Jupiter and all we got were these amazing photos

Listen to a new album inspired by the sound of DNA

Listen to a new album inspired by the sound of DNA

You can now stream the new Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper” remix on Spotify and Apple Music

You can now stream the new Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper” remix on Spotify and Apple Music

Silicon Valley’s congressman is angry that Trump’s budget would starve “coal-mining-to-coding” project

Target gets in bed with Casper, the internet’s favorite mattress

Target gets in bed with Casper, the internet’s favorite mattress

Bulletproof 360 raises $19M so that more people can put butter in their coffee

A bill that makes it easier for gig economy workers to get benefits was just introduced in Congress

More details revealed about Sergey Brin’s giant airship

Facebook, Google, and Snap team up for government surveillance reforms

Republicans want to make it legal to spam your voicemail

Amazon just opened two drive-up grocery stores

It’s more dangerous to work in a Tesla factory than other automotive factories

A high-profile women’s group just severed ties with Uber over its treatment of women

Instagram Direct gains links and new orientations

Instagram Direct gains links and new orientations

Farewell, Bachman: The best of Silicon Valley’s dumb dope-smoking startup incubator

Farewell, Bachman: The best of Silicon Valley’s dumb dope-smoking startup incubator

Watch The Opportunity Rover Zip Across Mars In This 11-Year Time-Lapse

Watch The Opportunity Rover Zip Across Mars In This 11-Year Time-Lapse

How NASA’s “Mohawk Guy” Will Search For Life On Europa

How NASA’s “Mohawk Guy” Will Search For Life On Europa

What Astronauts Will See—But Not Hear—When They Return To Earth From Mars

What Astronauts Will See—But Not Hear—When They Return To Earth From Mars

All The Wonder Of Space And Human Exploration, Packed Into A Gorgeous 4-Minute Film

All The Wonder Of Space And Human Exploration, Packed Into A Gorgeous 4-Minute Film

Video

You Can Control This Drone With Hand Gestures--And Other Stories You Might've Missed

You Can Control This Drone With Hand Gestures--And Other Stories You Might've Missed

How These Film Buffs Turned Movie Trailer Spoofs Into A Successful YouTube Channel

How These Film Buffs Turned Movie Trailer Spoofs Into A Successful YouTube Channel

Trump Isn't The First President To Declare War On The Media

Trump Isn't The First President To Declare War On The Media

Why Gwyneth Paltrow Is In Awe Of Women Entrepreneurs

Why Gwyneth Paltrow Is In Awe Of Women Entrepreneurs

Could Ford’s New CEO Get Self-Driving Cars On The Road Faster?

Could Ford’s New CEO Get Self-Driving Cars On The Road Faster?

How This Fashion Company Incorporates Inclusion For Its Team of 80% Women

How This Fashion Company Incorporates Inclusion For Its Team of 80% Women

Before Tony Fadell Designed The iPod, He Started This Venture To Get His Start

Before Tony Fadell Designed The iPod, He Started This Venture To Get His Start

"Veep" And "House Of Cards" Are Both Becoming Scarily Real

"Veep" And "House Of Cards" Are Both Becoming Scarily Real

How The VP of Global Marketing At Facebook Got Her Start Serving Sandwiches At A Theater

How The VP of Global Marketing At Facebook Got Her Start Serving Sandwiches At A Theater

How WNYC Continues to Innovate and Create Social Change

How WNYC Continues to Innovate and Create Social Change

How One Scientist Bridges The Gap Between Art And Science

How One Scientist Bridges The Gap Between Art And Science

Why the Upright Citizens Brigade Is Bringing Improv to the Workplace

Why the Upright Citizens Brigade Is Bringing Improv to the Workplace

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NASA Looks To Gaming Tech For Next-Gen Space Exploration

NASA Looks To Gaming Tech For Next-Gen Space Exploration

The space agency adapted Microsoft’s mixed-reality technology to help scientists and engineers explore Mars and design better spacecraft.

Watch The Opportunity Rover Zip Across Mars In This 11-Year Time-Lapse

Watch The Opportunity Rover Zip Across Mars In This 11-Year Time-Lapse

The Opportunity rover has been on Mars for 11 years and roved over 26.2 miles, and now there’s a time-lapse video of the entire journey.

How NASA’s “Mohawk Guy” Will Search For Life On Europa

How NASA’s “Mohawk Guy” Will Search For Life On Europa

Europa mission planner Bobak Ferdowsi on <em>Star Trek</em>, haircuts, and NASA’s search for life.

What Astronauts Will See—But Not Hear—When They Return To Earth From Mars

What Astronauts Will See—But Not Hear—When They Return To Earth From Mars

NASA’s amazing Orion re-entry video—complete with “sci-fi” music: for those who prefer a 20,000-mph ride from the comfort of home.

All The Wonder Of Space And Human Exploration, Packed Into A Gorgeous 4-Minute Film

All The Wonder Of Space And Human Exploration, Packed Into A Gorgeous 4-Minute Film

<em>Wanderers</em> is a new short film that pairs enhanced visuals from NASA’s archives with an epic score and Carl Sagan narration. It is totally out of this world.

Eye-Catching Map Visualizes 150 Years Of Hurricanes

Eye-Catching Map Visualizes 150 Years Of Hurricanes

Hurricane season is in full swing. Here’s what it would look like if every storm since 1851 was circling at the same time.

It’s Getting Hot In Here: A Video Of Climate Change

It’s Getting Hot In Here: A Video Of Climate Change

A new visualization from NASA shows the spikes in temperature that have occurred over the last 120 years.

Buzz Aldrin’s New Mission: Life On Mars

Buzz Aldrin’s New Mission: Life On Mars

The Apollo 11 astronaut makes the case for a permanent settlement on the Red Planet.

What Does Space Smell Like?

What Does Space Smell Like?

Astronaut Reid Wiseman takes to Twitter with an olfactory report from space.

NASA Took A Bunch Of Middle Schoolers On A Field Trip To Mars

NASA Took A Bunch Of Middle Schoolers On A Field Trip To Mars

This is what real distance learning looks like.

Ideas

A Rugged Box Of Education Tech With Its Own Internet Connection, And Other World Changing Developing World Technology

A Rugged Box Of Education Tech With Its Own Internet Connection, And Other World Changing Developing World Technology

Credo Mobile Wants To Help Power The Resistance (And Give Away Millions In The Process)

These High-Tech Sensors Track Exactly How Fresh Our Produce Is So We Stop Wasting Food

Entertainment

Bryson Tiller, Carly Rae Jepsen, And That Lorde & Chromeo Remix: This Week In Music

Bryson Tiller, Carly Rae Jepsen, And That Lorde & Chromeo Remix: This Week In Music

He Didn’t: An “Arrested Development” Writer On Twitter’s Most-Used Political Meme

Sweden Lists On Airbnb, Gillette Asks Dad: The Top 5 Ads Of The Week

Co.Design

Google’s New Viz Tool Makes Snappy GIFs Out Of Your Data

Google’s New Viz Tool Makes Snappy GIFs Out Of Your Data

This MIT-Invented Pasta Packs Flat, Then Snaps Into Crazy Shapes

The Running Shoes Of The Future Are Alive (Oh, And They Glow)

Fast Company

Activists Target Cloudflare For Enabling Hate Sites

Activists Target Cloudflare For Enabling Hate Sites

Here’s How To Find A Minute Of Mindfulness Anywhere

Three Reasons Your Boss Is Constantly Disagreeing With You