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May 20, 2013
Universe Today:
Super-Bright Explosion Seen on the Moon
Space.com:
Huge Asteroid to Fly Past Earth This Month
Discovery News:
1998 QE2: Massive Asteroid to Make 'Royal' Flyby
Discovery News:
Opportunity Breaks NASA's 40-Year Roving Record
Dvice:
The continuing controversy over history's first aviator
WEEKEND EDITION: May 18 through May 19, 2013
io9:
Mathematician Makes Astounding Prime Numbers Breakthrough
IEEE Spectrum:
Why Teaching a Robot to Fetch a Cup of Coffee Matters
Scientific American:
Climate Change Has Shifted the Locations of Earth's North and South Poles
Science Magazine:
Fossils May Pinpoint Critical Split Between Apes and Monkeys
Live Science:
Plague Helped Bring Down Roman Empire, Graveyard Suggests
Daily Mail:
Have scientists found the lost 'white city of gold'? Radar scans taken from the air reveal mysterious ancient city in dense Central American jungle
Smithsonian Magazine:
Benjamin Franklin’s Phonetic Alphabet
Daily Mail:
Ye royal fashion bible: New art exhibition shows how Britain's Tudor monarchs led London to the top of the style stakes more than 300 years ago
Daily Mail:
Open-topped buses, flat claps and bobbies on the beat: Colour video of 1920s London captures the capital in all its pre-war glory
Daily Mail:
What happened to the White Bird? Fresh search for French plane that mysteriously disappeared as it tried to cross the Atlantic ten days BEFORE Charles Lindbergh's record breaking solo flight
Gizmodo:
The US Military's Disastrous Plan to Use Napalm-Strapped Bats in WWII
Daily Mail:
Inside the Paris apartment untouched for 70 years: Treasure trove finally revealed after owner locked up and fled at outbreak of WWII
Daily Mail:
The last Brit on the River Kwai: Reg Twigg, one of the few remaining survivors of the Death Railway, died last week - but the story he left behind will stay with you forever
io9:
An Illustrated History Of Gas Masks
io9:
After the Games: Photographs of Decaying Olympic Sites
Gizmodo:
10 Little Things That Would Make Time Travel Super Annoying
May 17, 2013
Space.com:
Can NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Mission Be Saved?
Universe Today:
More Insight on How NASA Might Revive the Kepler Space Telescope
Discovery News:
Does Alien Life Thrive in Venus' Mysterious Clouds
Space.com:
Amazon CEO's Moon Rocket Engines on Public View in Kansas
Discovery News:
When (Part of) Apollo 13 Reached the Moon
May 16, 2013
Space.com:
Huge Solar Flares Keep Erupting from Busy Sunspot
Discovery News:
Sun Kicks Off Another X Flare -- Should We Care?
Space.com:
Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft Suffers Major Failure, NASA Says
Discovery News:
Kepler's Planet-Hunting Mission May Be Over
Universe Today:
Kepler Planet-Hunting Mission in Jeopardy
Space.com:
NASA May Launch Donated Spy Satellite Telescope to Mars
Dvice:
Skylab 2 could become humanity's first deep space station
Space.com:
Apollo 13 Astronaut Jim Lovell Joins Private Moon Flight Company
Space.com:
'Pumpkin' Moonship for Private Manned Lunar Landings Passes Key Review
Universe Today:
Mars Gets Bombarded by 200 Small Asteroids and Comets Every Year
New Scientist:
How to build a Mars colony that lasts -- forever
Dvice:
Warping the space-time continuum to magnify distant stars
Gizmag:
X-47B makes historic carrier launching
Wired - Danger Room:
Navy’s Historic Drone Launch From an Aircraft Carrier Has an Asterisk
The Aviationist:
[Video] U.S. Navy launches its killer drone off the deck of an aircraft carrier. A new era has begun.
The Aviationist:
New image of China’s first weaponized stealth drone emerges (as US launched its own one from an aircraft carrier)
Gizmag:
Ion Tiger sets new UAV endurance record
Daily Mail:
Welcome to drone air: First passenger plane piloted remotely flies across the UK in pioneering trial
The Aviationist:
Disbandment of Swiss Air Force display team could make its "Flat Eric" yellow puppet mascot unemployed
Discovery News:
New York City Under 5 Alien Skies
Dvice:
Boris Volynov's little known near-death experience in space
Vanity Fair:
Alien Nation: Have Humans Been Abducted by Extraterrestrials?
May 15, 2013
Discovery News:
Sun Unleashes THREE Record X-Class Flares
Space.com:
Sunspot Blasting Out Major Solar Flares Will Face Earth Soon
Spaceflight Now:
Soyuz capsule brings three-man crew to safe landing
Discovery News:
Into Reality: Top Star Trek Warp Speed Concepts
Space.com:
Warp Speed, Scotty? Star Trek's FTL Drive May Actually Work
Space.com:
The Enterprise Throughout History
May 14, 2013
NASA News:
First X-Class Solar Flares of 2013
Universe Today:
The Sun Blasts Out Two X-Class Flares, Strongest of the Year
Space.com:
Solar Flares Explained: What You Need to Know
NASA News:
Impacts of Strong Solar Flares
Space.com:
'Einstein's Planet': New Alien World Revealed by Relativity
Discovery News:
Pulsar Planets: Strange Worlds Orbiting Undead Stars
Daily Mail:
Drone that can follow you home: The 'personal quadcopter' that can automatically follow its owner and take pictures and video
The DEW Line:
F-35B performs first vertical take-off
Universe Today:
Skylab: NASA Commemorates 40th Anniversary of America’s First Space Station – Photo Gallery/Broadcast
Space.com:
Skylab's Grave: Remains of 1st American Space Station in Australia
May 13, 2013
Collect Space:
Astronauts performing 'precedent-setting' unplanned spacewalk
Space.com:
After Last-Minute Spacewalk Fix, It's Wait-and-See on Space Station
Space.com:
International Space Station's Cooling System: How It Works (Infographic)
Dvice:
How does space affect your senses? An astronaut explains
Space.com:
Mystery of Moon's Magnetic Field Deepens
IEEE Spectrum:
Quadrotor With Tilting Propellers Can Twist in Midair
Gizmag:
Sticky spy UAV turns things upside down with ability to land on walls and ceilings
Popular Science:
College Students Make First-Ever Successful Flight And Landing Of A Concrete Airplane
Discovery News:
The X-15B: The Spaceplane That Wasn't
Dvice:
History's first spacewalk was very nearly fatal
io9:
The Space City That Could Have Been, If Not For Wernher Von Braun
WEEKEND EDITION: May 11 through May 12, 2013
Scientific American:
Why the search for a unified theory may turn out to be a pipe dream
Popular Science:
The Weirdest Things Science Has Revealed About The Past
Gizmodo:
14 Stunning Timepieces From the Greatest Watch Show on Earth
Gizmag:
Breitling Emergency II watch doubles as a satellite emergency beacon
Popular Science:
What Makes Ebola So Deadly?
Live Science:
Tiny Baby Dinosaur Discovered in China
Daily Mail:
The first bonehead: The dog-sized dinosaur with a 2 INCH thick skull so it could headbutt others
Science Magazine:
English May Have Retained Words From an Ice Age Language
Live Science:
Stunning Astronomical Alignment Found at Peru Pyramid
The Guardian:
Babylon's hanging garden: ancient scripts give clue to missing wonder
Daily Mail:
The Hanging Gardens of... Nineveh? Lost Wonder of the Ancient World may have actually been 300 miles from Babylon
Daily Mail:
How the Europeans are one big family: People from across the continent are all related through ancestry dating back just 1,000 years
Smithsonian Magazine:
Fact of Fiction? The Legend of the QWERTY Keyboard
Gizmodo:
The Great California Cycleway That Never Was
Smithsonian Magazine:
Will the Real Great Gatsby Please Stand Up?
io9:
Seriously Scary Radioactive Products From The 20th Century
Dvice:
The little-known WWII bombing of Brookings, Oregon
Popular Science:
7 Amazing Images Of The Future From 1947
Gizmag:
A Red Flag rises: The return of China's Hongqi limousine
The Guardian:
Henry Molaison: the amnesiac we'll never forget
May 10, 2013
Space.com:
Space Station Leaking Vital Coolant, NASA Says
Spaceflight Now:
Mission control monitoring space station coolant leak
Daily Mail:
Green 'fireball' meteor spotted shooting across the UK at 150,000 miles per hour
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Water On the Moon Probably Came From Earth
Universe Today:
How Long Does it Take to Get to Mars?
io9:
Did NASA send the Curiosity Rover to the wrong place?
Popular Science:
Whoops: Moon Dust From Apollo 11 Lost In Storage For Years
Dvice:
Why it's so hard for North Korea (or anyone) to build an ICBM
Air & Space Magazine:
The X-51 Ends on a High Note
The Aviationist:
Although it’s hard to believe these images depict Soviet maritime patrol aircraft flying in U.S. Navy markings
May 9, 2013
BBC News:
Large meteor spotted in night sky in England and Wales
New Scientist:
Toxic Mars dust could hamper planned human missions
ABC Australia:
Apollo rocks put new spin on Moon's magnetic past
Space.com:
How Exoplanet Atmosphere Density Can Change Odds of Alien Life
Space.com:
Solar Eclipse This Week Is Australia's 2nd in 6 Months
Daily Mail:
Is the flying car FINALLY here? First model set to go on sale in two years - and there is even a version that can take off vertically if you get stuck in a traffic jam
Discovery News:
Why Would Aliens Obliterate Our Moon?
Blogcritics.org:
Book Review: The Alien Abduction Files by Kathleen Marden and Denise Stoner
Independent Ireland:
Newly uncovered footage emerges of Hindenburg airship just hours before giant fireball killed 35 people
Gizmag:
Armstrong's "one small step" EKG among aerospace treasures up for auction
May 8, 2013
Billings Gazette:
Large meteor dances across Wyoming sky
Spaceflight Now:
Military communications satellite put atop Delta 4
Discovery News:
Ex-NASA Shuttle Pilot Joins Virgin Galactic
Universe Today:
Claims of Tunguska Meteorite Fragments "Ridiculous," Scientist Says
The DEW Line:
X-47B makes its first trap on land
Gizmodo:
At Least Antarctica's Last Sunset Until August Is a Stunner
io9:
Are we screwing ourselves by transmitting radio signals into space?
Farmington Daily Times:
Aztec native Shriver debunks UFO crash at Hart Canyon
May 7, 2013
U.S. News & World Report:
NASA's Asteroid Mission Hopes to Prevent 'Large Scale Destruction'
Stuff NZ:
It's space, man
Discovery News:
Where Do Baby Comets Come From?
Popular Science:
An Animation Of Every Recorded Meteorite Blast In History
Gizmag:
Terrafugia announces its plans for a VTOL "flying car"
Wired - Danger Room:
Watch This Navy Robot Make a Top-Gun Move
The Aviationist:
Rare look inside the elusive EC-130J Commando Solo, the U.S. Air Force PSYOPS plane
Air & Space Magazine:
In the Age of Stratojets
io9:
This Early Lunar Rover Prototype Was Almost Forgotten
Popular Science:
The Impossible Dream Of The Hindenburg: How Airships Were Going To Change The World
May 6, 2013
Space.com:
Sun Unleashes Spectacular Solar Eruption (Photos)
Space.com:
Sun Unleashes Spectacular Solar Eruption (Photos)
NASA News:
Success Continues as NASA's Orion Parachute Tests Get More Difficult
Universe Today:
How Saturn's Magnetic Activity Could Help us Pinpoint Time on the Ringed Planet
Daily Mail:
Solar Impulse takes off on record-breaking flight across the US powered only by the SUN
Daily Mail:
Air Force's hypersonic plane finally works as it flies five times the speed of sound for three minutes
Gizmag:
Waverider makes hypersonic history
Wired UK:
Gallery: manned missions to Mars that never were
Discovery News:
NASA's Spacesuits Through the Years: Photos
Daily Mail:
Remarkable survival of Russian space dogs who plummeted 125 miles to Earth when rocket malfunctioned then spent four days in -40C Siberian wilderness
WEEKEND EDITION: May 4 through May 5, 2013
Live Science:
Controversially, Physicist Argues Time Is Real
Simmons Science News:
Perpetual Motion Test Could Amend Theory of Time
Daily Mail:
Does antimatter fall up? Researchers launch bizarre study into 'mirror image' atoms
Gizmodo:
Incredible Pictures of Early Science Labs
IEEE Spectrum:
Cheetah-Cub Quadruped Robot Learns to Walk, Trot Using Gait Patterns from Real Animal
Science Magazine:
ScienceShot: Life After Extinction
ABC Australia:
Dinosaur ancestors out of ancient Africa
ABC Australia:
Crouching bird, big dinosaur arms
Daily Mail:
Cannibalism. Murder. Incest. What bumblebees are really up to in your garden
Live Science:
Earliest Great Ape Had Posture Like Humans, Fossils Suggest
Daily Mail:
Did the great apes evolve later than we thought? Researchers say 11.9 million year old fossil could rewrite evolutionary history
Daily Mail:
Early human ancestors were 'aquatic apes': Living in water helped us evolve big brains and walk upright, scientists say
Daily Mail:
3D map raises the real-life Atlantis from the deep: Scientists recreate Egyptian trading town buried for 1,200 years
Daily Mail:
Does this mysterious Hebrew stone reveal a messiah BEFORE Jesus? Controversial 'Gabriel stone' tablet goes on show in Jerusalem
Smithsonian Magazine:
Europe's Hypocritical History of Cannibalism
Smithsonian Magazine:
Starving Settlers in Jamestown Colony Resorted to Cannibalism
Daily Mail:
First permanent British settlers in America were CANNIBALS who even ate a 14 year old girl to survive deadly 1609 winter
Daily Mail:
The amazing interactive maps that blend the past and present to reveal how cities have changed since the 17th century
Daily Mail:
Careful where you point that: How the first portable film camera was based on a rifle
Smithsonian Magazine:
Nobody Walks in L.A.: The Rise of Cars and the Monorails That Never Were
Wired - Danger Room:
Inside the CIA Mission to Haul Plutonium Up the Himalayas
Daily Mail:
The world's smallest film: IBM reveals incredible animation made using individual MOLECULES
May 3, 2013
Space.com:
Astronaut Spies 'Bullet Hole' in Space Station Solar Wing (Photo)
Universe Today:
Possible Meteorite Fragments from 1908 Tunguska Explosion Found
Futurity:
Meteorite 'mosaic' hints at life on Mars
Universe Today:
A New View of Comet ISON
Arizona Daily Sun:
Nuking an asteroid among options considered at conference
Spaceflight Now:
Delta 4-Heavy rocket moved to Vandenberg launch pad
Spaceflight Now:
Vega rocket's second launch adds fresh challenges
Space.com:
Why Is Our Solar System Such a Cosmic Weirdo?
Discovery News:
Our Solar System: Rare Species in Cosmic Zoo
Space.com:
Search for E.T. Should Extend Beyond 'Alien Earths,' Astronomer Says
Discovery News:
Dead Stars Could Shine Light on Alien Life
Daily Mail:
The flight of the RoboBee: Tiny winged craft that could be used as surveillance drone takes to the air for the first time
Popular Science:
Gecko-Like Drone Can Land On Walls And Ceilings
The Aviationist:
[Photo] Three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers are prepared for a night mission
Daily Record:
Scottish UFO mystery: Little Billy loses grip on helium shark then pilots report near miss with blue and silver object
May 2, 2013
Space.com:
NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft Faces Serious Health Problems
Scientific American:
Astronomers Discover New Neighbor Galaxy to the Milky Way
Space.com:
Meteor Shower and Eclipses of Sun and Moon to Grace May Sky
Space.com:
Astronomer Sleuths Solve Civil War Mystery of 'Stonewall' Jackson's Death
May 1, 2013
Spaceflight Now:
NASA buys six more seats on Russian Soyuz spacecraft
Space.com:
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Rocket Test Heralds Rise of Passenger Space Travel
Space.com:
Ticket Price for Private Spaceflights on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Going Up
Universe Today:
Watch for the Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower this Weekend
NASA News:
The Day NASA's Fermi Dodged a 1.5-ton Bullet
Daily Mail:
Is this the son of Concorde? Boeing's supersonic passenger plane tested by Nasa
Universe Today:
Can You Solve This Apollo 1 Spacesuit Mystery?
Daily Mail:
Pilot describes moment an Airbus with up to 220 people on board came dangerously close to crashing into 'UFO' as it came in to land
April 30, 2013
Space.com:
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Makes History with 1st Rocket-Powered Flight
Spaceflight Now:
SpaceShipTwo's first rocket flight breaks sound barrier
Discovery News:
When Virgin Galactic Broke the Speed of Sound: Photo
Spaceflight Now:
Herschel observatory goes dark after four-year mission
Space.com:
Mars Rover Opportunity Slips Into Standby Mode, NASA Says
April 29, 2013
Space.com:
Will Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Take 1st Rocket-Powered Flight Monday?
Space.com:
How Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Passenger Space Plane Works (Infographic)
Spaceflight Now:
Russian Progress cargo craft arrives at space station
Spaceflight Now:
Third Soyuz launch in a week bolsters Glonass system
The Guardian:
Starwatch: The May night sky
WEEKEND EDITION: April 27 through April 28, 2013
Live Science:
What's the Matter with Antimatter in the Atom Smasher?
The Guardian:
Picturing science: inside a Georgian observatory
Gizmag:
This Is the World's Most Complicated Timepiece
Gizmodo:
The 8 Types of Shovels Everyone Should Know
Science Magazine:
Who Were the First Australians, and How Many Were There?
ABC Australia:
Ancient Australia 'deliberately' settled
Daily Mail:
Is 'Siberian Stonehenge' really the birthplace of astronomy? Astonishing theory about remote spot 'used by stargazers 16,000 years ago'
Daily Mail:
Ancient burger vans: Archaeologists uncover remains of massive catering operation to feed builders who made the pyramids at Giza on 4,000lbs of meat a day
Daily Mail:
The first Queen of Windsor? Skeleton of 4,400-year-old woman wearing golden jewellery is discovered in royal borough
Daily Mail:
Why did European DNA suddenly change 4,000 years ago? Experts reveal evolutionary mystery - and say the makers of Stonehenge may hold the key
Gizmag:
Archaeologists Are Unlocking a 1900-Year-Old Burial Chamber's Secrets -- With Drones
Smithsonian Magazine:
The True Story of the Battle of Bunker Hill
BBC News:
The story of how the tin can nearly wasn't
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Story of Elizabeth Keckley, Former-Slave-Turned-Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
Smithsonian Magazine:
Curses! Archduke Franz Ferdinand and His Astounding Death Car
io9:
The Bizarre Phenomenon of Mass Photography
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Revolutionary Effect of the Paperback Book
Daily Mail:
From not-so-pocket calculators to the first iPad chip: Amazing archive pictures from a tiny lab in Cambridge show gadgets that changed the world
Daily Mail:
Incredible story of how two white anti-apartheid freedom fighters broke out of South Africa's toughest prison in the 1970s with keys they made from WOOD
io9:
Summer Movie Preview: 34 Movies To Watch Out For
Daily Mail:
This age test will drive you dotty! Online quiz reveals how old you REALLY are... based on reaction time
April 26, 2013
Discovery News:
Lost In Space? Russian Spaceship Suffers Glitch
The DEW Line:
F-22 Raptor over Alaska
Air & Space Magazine:
Sex and the Airlines
io9:
Stunning photos of plane crashes where everyone aboard survived
April 25, 2013
Spaceflight Now:
Russians launch space station resupply ship
Discovery News:
SpaceShipTwo Ready to Break Sound Barrier
Discovery News:
The Mysterious Loss of Mars 3
The Aviationist:
Broken Arrow incidents: when U.S. B-52 bombers lost their nuclear weapons during the Cold War
Cleveland Daily Banner:
WRIGHT WAY: The UFO-FBI mystery
April 24, 2013
Spaceflight Now:
Private 'Grasshopper' Rocket Prototype Makes Highest Flight Yet
Space.com:
Hubble Telescope Photographs Potential 'Comet of the Century'
Stufff NZ:
Comet's hot date with the Sun
Discovery News:
Comet Could Blast Earth With Weird Meteor Shower
Universe Today:
Meteorite Crashes Through Roof of a House in Connecticut
Space.com:
Heads Up! 'Fireball Season' Peaks This Week
Popular Science:
The Math: What Life On Kepler-62e Would Be Like
The Aviationist:
This rocket-like plane could have been the SR-71 Blackbird replacement
Gizmodo:
How the US Built Its Super-Secret Spy Satellite Program
April 23, 2013
Air & Space Magazine:
Moon Rocket Engines Reach Space At Last
Daily Mail:
Now that's what you call pyrotechnics! 130,000km per hour meteor turns night to day as it enters atmosphere over concert in Argentina
Scientific American:
Scientists Work to Keep New Horizons Spacecraft Busy after It Maps Pluto
Daily Mail:
Nasa image reveals the magnetic 'bubble' that is protecting the Earth from solar particles as it speeds through space
Daily Mail:
Is there anyone there? Alien hunters target two latest 'super Earths' found by Nasa
Discovery News:
How Habitable Are Kepler's New Worlds?
Gizmag:
Hybrid RotorWing design transitions from fixed to rotary wing mid-flight
Gizmodo:
How to Jump Out of a Chinook in Style
Discovery News:
Project Hermes: America's V-2 Rocket Program
Wired - Beyond Apollo:
Missions to Comet d'Arrest & Asteroid Eros in the 1970s (1966)
Universe Today:
The Curious History of the Lyrid Meteor Shower
Gizmag:
The best springtime astronomical views for small telescopes and binoculars
April 22, 2013
Discovery News:
New Private Rocket Launches Into Orbit On Maiden Voyage
Space.com:
Russian Cosmonauts Take Spacewalk Outside Space Station
Space.com:
World's Oldest Spacewalker: Russian Cosmonaut Makes Space History at 59
Space.com:
Russia Launches Animals Into Space on One-Month Journey
Spaceflight Now:
Russian spacecraft launched with cosmic cache of critters
NASA News:
X-48 Research: All good things must come to an end
Daily Mail:
Did life exist BEFORE Earth? Researchers calculate it began 10 billion years ago - predating our planet
Universe Today:
Zoom into the Moon with this Insanely High-Resolution Mosaic
WEEKEND EDITION: April 20 through April 21, 2013
Gizmodo:
Why Scientists Think Our Timeline Could Be Splitting
Live Science:
A Second Higgs Boson? Physicists Debate New Particle
Live Science:
Mysteriously Shrinking Proton Continues to Puzzle Physicists
Gizmodo:
A Flow Chart Explaining All Time Travel in Movies
Live Science:
Image Gallery: How Technology Reveals Hidden Art Treasures
The Guardian:
Alan Turing's Pilot Ace computer - video
Popular Science:
Look At This Insane 2-Ton Insect-Robot
Popular Science:
Synthetic Marijuana: What Is It, And Is It Riskier Than Regular Pot?
Popular Science:
Popular Science Takes Drugs
Live Science:
Yellowstone's Volcano Bigger Than Thought
Live Science:
Could Life Be Older Than Earth Itself?
Daily Mail:
Giant 'living fossil' fish could hold the key to evolution and how fins became feet
The Guardian:
Life on Earth... but not as we know it
Wired UK:
Chinese dinosaur embryo fossils are oldest found so far
Popular Science:
Human Ancestor Reconstructed, Halfway Between Chimp And Human
Popular Science:
New Species Of Brazilian Porcupine Found, Has Very Cool Rubbery Nose
Daily Mail:
How the axe gave humans their hands: Discovery finds tool was key to our evolution
Daily Mail:
Researchers find 'hobbit human' had an orange-sized brain - and may have evolved from the first human species to walk fully upright
Gizmodo:
15 Human Weapons Made from Animal Weapons
Cosmos:
Rock art may last up to 60,000 years
Daily Mail:
Stonehenge was occupied by humans 5,000 years EARLIER than we thought
Daily Mail:
'World's oldest port' found in Egypt - complete with scrolls revealing everyday life for Ancient Egyptians
Daily Mail:
Has Sir Walter Raleigh's missing 'El Dorado' ship been found? Divers discover wreck they believe is 1617 vessel named Flying Joan
Daily Mail:
Tragic decline of the world's biggest palace: Desperate mayor demands army protects 1,200-room Naples masterpiece from looters and vandals
Smithsonian Magazine:
Edinburgh's Mysterious Miniature Coffins
Daily Mail:
One photographer's stunning catalog of the lives of EIGHTY Native American tribes before they were influenced by settlers
Daily Mail:
End of the Samurai: Stunning portraits of Japan's warrior class captures men at the height of their power before 19th century demise
Daily Mail:
Portrait of a mistress: Album of King Edward VII's lover Lillie Langtry is uncovered after 135 years
Smithsonian Magazine:
The 64-Square Grid Design of 'Through the Looking Glass'
Gizmodo:
Photos of the Titanic Tragedy from 101 Years Ago
Smithsonian Magazine:
The History of the Flapper, Part 5: Who Was Behind the Fashions?
Smithsonian Magazine:
Document Deep Dive: What Was on the First SAT?
Live Science:
Did Admiral Byrd Fly Over the North Pole or Not?
Daily Mail:
Drinking milkshakes, an evening at the drive-in and dancing the night away: Candid pictures capture the birth of the 'teenage' generation having a gas in 1940s America
Daily Mail:
France after D-Day: Astonishing online archive of pictures shows the horror, devastation and moments of humanity in the aftermath of the liberation by Allied forces
Smithsonian Magazine:
Document Deep Dive: The Heartfelt Friendship Between Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey
Popular Science:
Why Doctors Can't Give You LSD (But Maybe They Should)
Gizmodo:
Why Your Cell Phone Doesn't Have a Dial Tone
The Guardian:
The cutting-edge chimes of Notre Dame
Smithsonian Magazine:
Cheating Their Way to Fame: The Top 9 Adventure Travel Hoaxes
Smithsonian Magazine:
A Peek Into the Jetsons Archive at Warner Brothers Animation
April 19, 2013
Daily Mail:
Welcome to Earth II... and III: Astronomers hail 'most similar' planets to ours ever found
Space.com:
Discovered! Most Earth-Like Alien Planet & 2 Other Possibly Habitable Worlds
Spaceflight Now:
Kepler discovers its smallest habitable zone planets so far
Space.com:
3 Potentially Habitable 'Super-Earths' Explained (Infographic)
Space.com:
Three Possibly Habitable 'Super-Earth' Alien Planets Found (Gallery)
Space.com:
What Might Alien Life Look Like on New 'Water World' Planets?
The DEW Line:
USAF can perform parts of Global Hawk mission set with "classified platform"
April 18, 2013
Space.com:
Glitch Delays New Private Rocket's Launch Debut
Spaceflight Now:
Antares rocket engines lean on Russian moon legacy
Gizmag:
New Citation X rolls out of the hangar to claim world's fastest business jet crown
Universe Today:
Ken Mattingly Explains How the Apollo 13 Movie Differed From Real Life
Gizmodo:
I Can't Believe This Amazing Flying Guy in a Wingsuit Didn't Crash Into the Mountain at 155MPH
April 17, 2013
Space.com:
New Private Rocket Cleared for Critical Launch Test Wednesday
Space.com:
Private Rocket's Wednesday Launch a Long-Awaited Debut
Space.com:
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Makes Stunning Leap Toward Private Spaceflight (Photo)
Air & Space Magazine:
Plane Spotting
Air & Space Magazine:
The Titanium Gambit
The Atlantic:
A Rare Audio Visit to the Apollo 11 Triumph
April 16, 2013
Digital Journal:
Video: Massive fireball in the sky over central Spain
Space.com:
Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks this Weekend
Daily Mail:
World's largest optical telescope gets go-ahead: 30m mirror will let astronomers look 13 BILLION light years away
NASA News:
NASA-Funded Asteroid Tracking Sensor Passes Key Test
Gizmag:
X-48C Blended Wing Body aircraft flight testing
Gizmag:
Self-powered aircraft sensors undergo flight tests
Space Daily:
NASA, Air Force Seek Next Generation Space Processor Program
Washington Post:
Mock congressional hearing on alien life brings former members back to planet Washington
April 15, 2013
Universe Today:
New Calculations Effectively Rule Out Comet Impacting Mars in 2014
Universe Today:
Mysterious Moon Flashes: Could the Transient Lunar Phenomena be Linked to the Solar Cycle?
Universe Today:
Orion Capsule Accelerating to 2014 Launch and Eventual Asteroid Exploration
Discovery News:
NASA's Monster Mars Rocket Set For 2017 Launch
Stuff NZ:
Russia targets 2018 for space relaunch
Discovery News:
Skylab II: Living beyond the Dark Side of the Moon
Discovery News:
NASA Plans to Make Water on the Moon
Daily Mail:
Stunning images reveal the sun's most powerful solar flare of the year as 'spring fling' knocks out radio communications
Gizmodo:
FAA: No, You Can't Take Down a Plane With an Android App
The Aviationist:
This is as close to flying a MiG-29 as you can get without actually flying it!
The Aviationist:
Here's Russia's (badass) next-generation stealth strategic bomber
Space.com:
NASA's Wallops Flight Facility: Rocket Launches from Virginia (Photos)
Gizmodo:
The Most Badass Plane Ever Had An Equally Awesome Flight Suit
Dvice:
Yuri Gagarin had the Soviets' right stuff
Russia Beyond The Headlines:
Former KGB agent reveals Soviet UFO studies
Foreign Policy:
WikiLeaked: The Soviet space junk that became a Moroccan UFO
WEEKEND EDITION: April 13 through April 14, 2013
Universe Today:
The Beginning of the Universe in 3 Minutes
Stuff NZ:
So, how does a nuclear bomb work?
IEEE Spectrum:
Take a Tour of the National Ignition Facility
Gizmodo:
Watch the Mind-Bending Mathematical Films of an Early Computer Artist
The Guardian:
What type of scientist are you?
Daily Mail:
Mind control experiment lets users wag a rat's tail just using brain power
Live Science:
Dino-Killing Asteroid Sparked Global Firestorm
Live Science:
Sahara Went from Green to Desert in a Flash
ABC Australia:
Yellowstone's hotspot theory heats up
Daily Mail:
Researchers find unprecedented cache of 200 dinosaur eggs that reveal they MOVE before they emerge like modern birds
io9:
Could you outrun a Tyrannosaurus rex?
Popular Science:
Dinosaurs Could Doggy Paddle Long Distances, Study Finds
Popular Science:
Long-Necked Giant Was Fastest-Growing Dinosaur
ABC Australia:
Ancient ancestor had chimp and human traits
Daily Mail:
The first kitchen pots: 15,000 year old ceramic bowls developed so hunter-gatherers could cook fish revealed
Live Science:
Mysterious Structure Discovered Beneath Sea of Galilee
Daily Mail:
Mysterious 60,000 ton stone 'grave marker' at the bottom of the Sea of Galilee baffles archaeologists
Daily Mail:
Mayans were wiped out by drought, say scientists after tests on temple beam confirm accuracy of ancient calendar
Daily Mail:
The father of ALL racehorses: Scientists discover majority of modern thoroughbreds are descended from the British stallion Eclipse
Daily Mail:
Incredible video of TALKING monkeys: Lip-smacking Geladas show 'striking similarities' with human speech
Live Science:
Truth Behind Gospel of Judas Revealed in Ancient Inks
Daily Mail:
The brutal 'giant fork' battering ram from a 2,000 year old warship that sheds new light on ancient manufacturing skills
Live Science:
Secrets to Viking Navigation Unearthed?
Daily Mail:
From rickshaws pulled by humans to a 155mph bullet train in just 100 years: Amazing transformation of transport in Japan
Daily Mail:
The photos that changed America's child labor laws: Harrowing images of children as young as three forced to do back-breaking work in fields, factories and mines
Live Science:
Curse of King Tut's Tomb Turns 90
Daily Mail:
The Girls of Atomic City: New book reveals the untold story of how tens of thousands of women worked on the Manhattan Project in a secret nuclear base in Tennessee and helped win the Second World War
Smithsonian Magazine:
Pay No Attention to the Spies on the 23rd Floor
Daily Mail:
Do YOU know what an intake manifold does? Notes from 1969 driver's ed class in 1969 show how complex driving used to be
The Atlantic:
Enter a Monster: How a Hollywood Effects Studio Builds Movie Creatures
April 12, 2013
Space.com:
Sun Unleashes Biggest Solar Flare of the Year Yet
Spaceflight Now:
Canada's first all-weather observing satellite feared lost
Discovery News:
New Spy Tech Keeps Satellites From Bumping
Stuff NZ:
Soviet Mars spacecraft possibly spotted
io9:
An Earth-Sized Planet is Orbiting the Nearest Star
New Scientists:
Twist in dark matter tale hints at shadow Milky Way
The DEW Line:
More UCLASS details from Lockheed
Daily Mail:
Could a computer hacker take control of an airliner in flight using a smartphone app? Internet security consultant raises terrifying prospect
Gizmodo:
The Science of Rocket Fuel Explained With Soda Bottles and Slo-Mo
io9:
Did a 19th century novel inspire a group of Nazi UFO hunters?
April 11, 2013
Popular Science:
New Exoplanet-Hunting Mission To Launch In 2017
Space Daily:
Exposure to space radiation reduces ability of intestinal cells to destroy oncoprotein
Space Daily:
Wing adopts new space surveillance mission
Universe Today:
NASA Explains Their New Asteroid Retrieval Mission
Popular Science:
This Full-Size Helicopter Is Actually A Drone
Air & Space Magazine:
Does Missile Defense Actually Work?
io9:
An Alien Code May Be Hidden Inside Our DNA!
UPI:
O'Hare exhibit includes 'UFO video'
Myrtle Beach Sun News:
UFO experience in Myrtle Beach a walk through space, history
The Age:
UFO returns to park
Sarasota Herlad-Tribune - De Void:
When all else fails ...
April 10, 2013
Popular Science:
How It Works: The Star-Mapping Spacecraft
Air & Space Magazine:
The Mystery of Shackleton Crater
Gizmodo:
The Navy's Next Gen Fighter Jets Will Heal Themselves
The DEW Line:
Lockheed reveals UCLASS design
Wired - Danger Room:
Boeing Bills Its Massive Hydrogen-Powered Drone as a Flying Cell Tower
IEEE Spectrum:
Autonomous Balloon Destruction Wins Stanford Drone Games
Gizmodo:
Watch a Navy Laser Gun Blast a Drone Right Out of the Sky
Popular Science:
4 Things You Need To Know About The Future Of Defense Technology
Popular Science:
The 10 Coolest Machines From Sea-Air-Space Exposition
Washington Post:
Thunderstorms contain 'dark lightning,' invisible pulses of powerful radiation
The Atlantic:
Astronauts' Favorite Space Food: Shrimp Cocktail
The Atlantic:
The Sounds of the Fastest Plane in the World, an ICBM Missile, and 28 Other Jets, Rockets, and Weapons
io9:
What the Death of the Sun Will Look Like
io9:
Want to live in a spaceship? These houses are for you.
April 9, 2013
Space.com:
US Won't Lead New Manned Moon Landings, NASA Chief Say
Space.com:
Green Meteorite's Age Casts Doubt on Possible Mercury Origin
Space.com:
Most of Mars' Atmosphere Is Lost in Space
NASA News:
Remaining Martian Atmosphere Still Dynamic
Discovery News:
Intraterrestrials: Mars Life May Hide Deep Below
Scientific American:
Voyager's Exit To The Stars...In 17,000 Years
Popular Science:
Fusion Rocket Would Shoot People To Mars In 30 Days
The DEW Line:
Boeing reveals updated F/A-XX concept
Daily Mail:
Thank God your pilot doesn't take off like THAT! Video shows Boeing 787's acrobatic abilities as it's set to be cleared to fly again
Gizmodo:
Watch a Navy Laser Gun Blast a Drone Right Out of the Sky
Flying Magazine:
Top 50 Navigation Innovations
Discovery News:
Yuri Gagarin's Spaceplane Quest
Salt Lake Tribune:
UFO panel includes former Utah congressman
io9:
Alien life in our solar system, according to pulp-art legend Frank R. Paul
April 8, 2013
Universe Today:
Official Confirms NASA Plan to Capture an Asteroid
Space.com:
Virgin Galactic's Private SpaceShipTwo Soars in Test Flight
Universe Today:
Antares Rocket Erected at Virginia Pad for Inaugural April 17 Launch - Photo Gallery
Gizmag:
Boeing completes preliminary design review of CST-100's Launch Vehicle
Universe Today:
How Do Astronauts on the Space Station Stay in Touch with Earth?
Discovery News:
Curiosity, Interrupted: Sun Makes Mars Go Dark
Space.com:
Ingredient for Life Common on Jupiter's Icy Moon Europa
Universe Today:
Was the Repeating Passage of Halley's Comet Known of in Ancient Times?
The DEW Line:
A/F-X
The DEW Line:
F-35B completes first night short take-off and vertical landing
Space.com:
40 Years Later, NASA's Pioneer 11 Probe's Solar System Legacy Lives On
Daily Mail:
Breaking the sound barrier, ejecting at low level and pushing new aircraft to the limits - it's all in a day's work for the military's elite test pilots
Dvice:
What would really happen if a huge asteroid hit Earth?
WEEKEND EDITION: April 6 through April 7, 2013
Gizmodo:
How Parallel Universes Actually Work, Scientifically
Smithsonian Magazine:
Marshmallows: The Perfect Media for Demonstrating Principles of Physics
Daily Mail:
Gulp! Spooky timelapse video shows magnetic putty eating a cube
Daily Mail:
Shutdown: Roadrunner meets the end of its line as world's former fastest supercomputer is decommissioned
Gizmag:
Mantis - a two ton turbo diesel hexapod you can drive
IEEE Spectrum:
This Humanoid Robot Gets Pushed Around But Stays on Its Feet
Gizmag:
Festo demonstrates BionicOpter dragonfly robot
Daily Mail:
Is this how the world looked when dinosaurs roamed the Earth? Researchers discover new tectonic plates that could rewrite history
Daily Galaxy:
Prevailing Extraterrestrial Theory of Dinosaur Extinction Challenged --Dartmouth Scientists
Smithsonian Magazine:
Microbes Buried Deep in Ocean Crust May Form World's Largest Ecosystem
Daily Mail:
The burrowing owls who live underground instead of in trees
Daily Mail:
Have they found Abraham's lost city? Huge building complex unearthed in Iraq near ancient civilisation of Ur
Science Magazine:
Stonehenge Site of First 'Rock' Concert
Daily Mail:
Is this the Gate of Hell? Archaeologists say temple doorway belching noxious gas matches ancient accounts of 'portal to the underworld'
Daily Mail:
Was this 'cursed' Roman ring JRR Tolkien's inspiration for The Hobbit? Remarkable story of jewellery found by a farmer in his field told for first time in exhibition
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Worst Parade to Ever Hit the Streets of Boston
Live Science:
Anniversary of Niagara Falls Running Dry
Popular Science:
9 Revolutionary Elevators From The Otis Elevator Company
Smithsonian Magazine:
When New York City Tamed the Feared Gunslinger Bat Masterson
Daily Mail:
Ripping the heart out of Wounded Knee: Indian massacre descendants 'devastated' at plan to sell off site where 300 were killed by U.S Cavalry
Daily Mail:
'The forgotten airship disaster': 80th anniversary of U.S.S. Akron crash that killed 73... TWICE as many people as the Hindenburg
Popular Science:
How The World Will End, According To 1939
Gizmodo:
The Prefabbed Lustron House Is a Peep at Post-WWII America
Smithsonian Magazine:
Frank Sinatra's Las Vegas
Smithsonian Magazine:
Now You Know the History of G.I. Joe. And Knowing Is Half The Battle
Daily Mail:
Rare pictures of pinup queen Bettie Page accused of inciting juvenile delinquency in the 1950s to be auctioned off
Daily Mail:
This is us with Hitler by the Eiffel Tower: Amazing time-travel pictures combine past and present as dictator is seen in Paris and D-Day landing soldiers on modern-day beach
The Atlantic:
8 Guys, 6 Weeks: How the Cell Phone Was (Finally) Invented
Smithsonian Magazine:
How to Tour the World's Greatest Science Labs
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Jetsons Get Schooled: Robot Teachers in the 21st Century Classroom
April 5, 2013
Universe Today:
How the Air Force and SpaceX Saved Dragon from Doom
Gizmag:
Austria sends manned mission to Mars ... in Morocco
Universe Today:
Io's Volcanoes are in the Wrong Place
Daily Mail:
The furthest supernova: Hubble captures record-breaking explosion 10 BILLION years ago
Gizmodo:
This Supersonic Jet Has Trained 50,000 of America's Best Pilots
The Aviationist:
[Video] B-2 stealth bomber out of Guam refuels over the Pacific
New Scientist:
Meteorites could have been source of life's batteries
Discovery News:
Shaping a New Earth on Mars
Astrobiology Magazine:
The Rio Scale: Quantifying the Consequences of an ET Discovery
April 4, 2013
Air & Space Magazine:
Beyond the Moon
Discovery News:
Curiosity's Old Parachute Flaps in the Martian Wind
Universe Today:
How Big Are Galaxies?
The Guardian:
The first flight over Everest: a physiologist's dream
Air & Space Magazine:
Canaveral Junior
io9:
The first image of Earth taken by a weather satellite
April 3, 2013
Spaceflight Now:
Shenzhou spacecraft arrives at Chinese launch base
Space.com:
NASA Mega-Rocket Could Lead to Skylab 2 Deep Space Station
Astrobiology Magazine:
Dawn is in Silent Pursuit of Ceres
The Atlantic:
Joseph and the Giant Balloon: The First Aeronaut of the American West
April 2, 2013
Space.com:
Destination Moon: Russia to Launch New Wave of Lunar Robots
Space.com:
Scotland's 1st Spacecraft Is Tiny Satellite with Big Mission
Space.com:
Has NASA's Curiosity Rover Found Clues to Life's Building Blocks on Mars?
Daily Mail:
The rings of Saturn are 4 BILLION years old... And could help us understand the origins of our universe
Space.com:
Look Up! Night Sky Guide for April 2013 (Sky Maps)
Discovery News:
Seeing Saturn at its Best
Universe Today:
Comet Lemmon: A Preview Guide for April
Air & Space Magazine:
Docking on the Empire State Building
io9:
How Germany Planned to Fry the World
Gizmodo:
The World's Biggest Jet Engine Is Brawnier Than Alan Shepard's Orbital Rocket
Popular Science:
Warp Factor
Popular Science:
Faster-Than-Light Drive
Discovery News:
Is An Alien Message Embedded In Our Genetic Code?
April 1, 2013
Daily Mail:
'Hey, is anyone home?' Russian shuttle carrying former Navy Seal honoured for bravery in Afghanistan docks with International Space Station
Discovery News:
Docked! Soyuz Takes Shortcut to Space Station
Space.com:
New US-Russian Crew Docks at Space Station After Super-Fast Flight
Universe Today:
Space Station Crew Captures Soyuz Launch, As Seen from Orbit
The Atlantic:
PWOPPP, Click! This Is What Spaceships Sound Like When They're Docking
Space.com:
Russia's Proton Rocket Returns to Flight with Satellite Launch
Popular Science:
4-Billion-Pixel Panorama Lets You Explore Mars As If You Were Standing Next To Curiosity
Space.com:
Mars vs. Comet in 2014: Scientists Prepare for Red Planet Sky Show
Spaceflight Now:
InSight mission to find what lies beneath Martian surface
Scientific American:
Jupiter's Moon Europa May Have "Spikes of Ice"
New Scientist:
Astrophile: Mighty Trojan found marching with Uranus
Astrobiology Magazine:
Ancient Asteroid Caused Global Firestorm
Space.com:
Earth's Moon and Huge Asteroid Vesta Share Violent History
Universe Today:
5 Weird Things About Vesta
Air & Space Magazine:
How often does the B-2 fly?
Shropshire Star:
20 years since Cosford UFO mystery
WEEKEND EDITION: March 30 through 31, 2013
Gizmag:
So you think YOU'RE confused about quantum mechanics?
Live Science:
What Is Nothing? Physicists Debate
Scientific American:
Cosmos Study Dashes Hope for New Neutrino
Cosmos:
Rare find backs shape-shifting neutrino
Live Science:
Elusive 'Superman' Particle Found Changing Flavor
io9:
The Scharnhorst Effect claims we've got the speed of light wrong
Popular Science:
Speed Of Light In Vacuum Is Not Actually Constant, Study Finds
IEEE Spectrum:
Better Eyes for Flying Robots
Gizmag:
Virginia Tech develops a better robotic jellyfish
The Atlantic:
'Ogooglebar' ... and 14 Other Swedish Words We Should Incorporate Into English Immediately
Live Science:
5 Tornado Safety Myths Debunked
The Economist:
The Cambrian explosion: Kingdom come
Daily Mail:
That's a cracking big breakfast! Elephant bird egg ONE HUNDRED times bigger than a hen's egg goes on sale… and it's yours for £30,000
Live Science:
First Love Child of Human, Neanderthal Found
Daily Mail:
The view from the TOP of the Great Pyramid: Illicit photos taken by tourists who secretly climbed wonder of the world at night
Live Science:
Stone Age Phallus Found in Israel
Daily Mail:
Stonehenge to get virtual 360-degree cinema to allow visitors to step inside the ancient circle again
Daily Mail:
The day the sky fell in on Sin City: Exhibition captures the moment entire families were burnt alive in Pompeii... but it also reveals how utterly depraved the Romans were
Daily Mail:
Archaeologists remove 'King Alfred the Great's remains' over fears there were plans to STEAL them
Daily Mail:
Nine secret crypts discovered hidden beneath Coventry's bombed cathedral
Daily Mail:
Living on the edge: Vintage photos from the turn of the century show tourists risking life and limb by posing on Overhanging Rock in Yosemite National Park
io9:
The Most Astounding Steam-Powered Vehicles in History
Gizmag:
Rare 1905 Fiat 60HP to go under the hammer at Concorso d'Eleganza
io9:
Gorgeous, Strange and Intense Propaganda Posters from China in the 1950s
Daily Mail:
Rust in peace: SS United States faces the scrap heap unless $500,000 can be found to save the historic transatlantic cruise liner
The Atlantic:
The True Story of the Government Programs That Tried to Build an Atomic Heart
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Minivan Turns 30
Popular Science:
Can You Crack The NSA's Top-Secret Crossword Puzzles?
Gizmodo:
11 Splendid Sand Sculptures Made For the Movie Geek
Smithsonian Magazine:
Sad Jetsons: Depression, Buttonitis and Nostalgia in the World of Tomorrow
March 29, 2013
Space.com:
Astronauts Launch on First 'Express' Flight to Space Station
Space.com:
Soyuz 'Fast Track': How 1-Day Space Station Trips Work (Infographic)
Space.com:
Soyuz Rocket Launches 'Express' Trip to Space Station (Photos)
Space.com:
SpaceX's Dragon Capsule 2.0 Looks Like 'Alien Spaceship,' Elon Musk Says
Space.com:
Green Meteorite May Be from Mercury, a First
Daily Mail:
The meaty ore: Rock used by Spanish farmer to press ham for 30 years turns out to be iron meteorite worth £3.5million
Universe Today:
Solar System Antiquities Abound in Saturn's Rings
Daily Mail:
Stargazers capture first picture of a planet with two suns – just like Luke Skywalker's home planet of Tatooine in Star Wars
Discovery News:
Why a Mars Comet Impact Would be Awesome
March 28, 2013
Air & Space Magazine:
Area 51: Origins
The Guardian:
Space tourism: the annoying details
Space.com:
Mars Rover Curiosity's 7 Biggest Discoveries (So Far)
Science Daily:
New Evidence Ancient Asteroid Caused Global Firestorm On Earth
Space.com:
Solar System's Mysterious Rock Origin Puzzle Revealed
Space.com:
NASA 'Super Guppy' Swallows Supersonic NASA Jets (Photos)
Wired - Danger Room:
One of These 'Bots Will Be the Navy's Next Killer Drone
Gizmag:
Review: DJI Phantom quadcopter
Discovery News:
When the Soviets Sent a Dummy Into Space
March 27, 2013
Space.com:
Splashdown! SpaceX Dragon Capsule Returns to Earth
Wired UK:
Nasa to launch enormous, Arthur C Clarke-inspired solar sail in 2014
Popular Science:
In The Same Cataclysm That Gave The Moon Its Craters, Lots Of Asteroids Suffered Too
Air & Space Magazine:
Why Don't Today's Fighters Have Narrow Waists?
Space.com:
Apollo 13 Souvenir Rakes In $84,100 in Space History Auction
Collect Space:
Jeff Bezos' Apollo Rocket Engines Land in Kansas for Conservation
March 26, 2013
Federal Bureau of Investigation News Blog:
UFOs or No?
The Guy Hottel Memo
io9:
This map shows the incredible extent of Friday's meteor sightings
Significance:
Fireballs falling to Earth: Part 1
Space.com:
Potential 'Comet of the Century' Not Brightening as Expected
Space.com:
Ever-Changing Venus Superstorm Sparks Interest
Popular Science:
The Most Incredible Pictures Of Every Planet In Our Solar System
Discovery News:
Where's the Edge of the Solar System? It's Complicated...
Dvice:
How to safely do a barrel roll in a Boeing 707
Gizmodo:
30 Quadrotors Form a Star Trek Constellation In the London Skyline
March 25, 2013
Daily Mail:
Meteor streaks over East Coast: Millions of Americans witness fireball as yard-long rock enters Earth's atmosphere
Space.com:
Private SpaceX Cargo Capsule's Return to Earth Delayed One Day
Universe Today:
Powerful Private Rocket Crucial to ISS Set for Maiden April Blast Off from Virginia - Launch Pad Gallery
Universe Today:
Curiosity is Back ! Snapping Fresh Martian Vistas
Universe Today:
MESSENGER Sees a Smoother Side of Mercury
Space.com:
Slumbering Sun Should Wake Up This Year
ABC Australia:
Migrating planets caused meteor storm
Popular Science:
Did A Comet Kill The Dinosaurs?
Universe Today:
Extreme Telescopes: Unique Observatories Around the World
The Aviationist:
This is what taking off with an F-15 Eagle fighter jet looks like
Smithsonian Magazine:
Postwar Dreams of Flying in Style
Space.com:
Buzz Aldrin Refutes Space Sale, Is Keeping Moon Memorabilia
Bernews:
Origins Of The Bermuda Triangle Myth
WEEKEND EDITION: March 23 through March 24, 2013
Live Science:
Spooky! Quantum Action Is 10,000 Times Faster Than Light
io9:
There is no such thing as emptiness. There is only quantum foam.
The Economist:
How to build a multiverse
Daily Mail:
A REAL Transformer: The human-sized robot 'chimp' that can walk, climb walls and even move like a TANK
Popular Science:
Meet The Robotic Salamander That'll Walk, Swim, And Crawl Into Your Nightmares
IEEE Spectrum:
CMU Snake Robots Can Now Strangle Things on Contact
Our Amazing Planet:
'Lost' Tectonic Plate Found Beneath California
Popular Science:
Huge Volcano Eruptions May Have Caused The Die-Off That Paved The Way For Dino Domination
National Geographic:
Behind the Cover: April 2013 - Meet the Extinct Animals
Live Science:
How Whales' Ancestors Left Land Behind
Live Science:
5-Million-Year-Old Saber-Toothed Cat Fossil Discovered
Daily Mail:
Unique whale skeleton discovered on the Antarctic sea bed has NINE new species living on it
Smithsonian Magazine:
After 17 Years, the Northeast Is About to Be Blanketed by a Swarm of Cicadas
Stuff NZ:
Ancient DNA ages first human exodus
The Guardian:
Valcamonica rock carvings brought to life in digital animations
Live Science:
Ancient Stone Ships Reveal Life and Death in the Bronze Age
The Guardian:
Return to Antikythera: what divers discovered in the deep
Daily Mail:
The 'stunning' bronze cockerel parents placed in the grave of a two-year old Roman girl as a message to the Gods
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Vengeance of Ivarr the Boneless
Smithsonian Magazine:
Remembering the Last Great Worldwide Sailing Expedition
Daily Mail:
The first EVER photographs of a Royal tour: Banished to the Holy Land after a notorious sex scandal, Edward VII spent his days smoking and shooting crocodiles before returning home... with a tattoo
Smithsonian Magazine:
Has Gettysburg Kicked Its Kitsch Factor?
Daily Mail:
Death on the Mississippi: The maritime tragedy that cost more lives than the Titanic... but history has forgotten
Smithsonian Magazine:
Where Was the Birthplace of the American Vacation?
Daily Mail:
He caroused with West End call girls and proposed to THREE society beauties - who turned him down. A startling portrait of Winston Churchill in his youth
Daily Mail:
WWII in color: Rare photos from 1942 show Flying Fortress bombers and their heroic crews in The Mighty 8th Command
Daily Mail:
Tracked down, the widow in Mind the Gap saga: Late actor's wife puts a face to the voice of the London Underground
Smithsonian Magazine:
Kon Artist?
Smithsonian Magazine:
Kon-Tiki Sails Again
Daily Mail:
Road trip! The psychedelic bus featured in 'Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test' getting fixed up ahead of 50th anniversary of LSD-fueled journey
The Atlantic:
The End of the Hangup
The Atlantic:
A Brief History of Applause, the 'Big Data' of the Ancient World
Daily Mail:
Painted faces, scarred bodies, wooden guns and extravagant headdresses: Amazing photographs reveal the lost world of the Omo tribes of Ethiopia
Air & Space Magazine:
Rescued
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Top Ten Most Influential Travel Books
Daily Mail:
Life in ruins: The haunting images of abandoned towns around the world
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Newspaper of Tomorrow: 11 Predictions from Yesteryear
Gizmodo:
Backward Walking Played Backward Is A Good Introduction To Opposite World
Smithsonian Magazine:
Projection Chic: Jane Jetson Tries on Clothes in the Future
March 22, 2013
Popular Science:
How It Works: The Most Powerful Space Rocket
Popular Science:
Next Month, Mars Solar Conjunction Means Vacation For NASA Teams
Discovery News:
Universe Older Than Thought, New Map Reveals
Universe Today:
Planck's Cosmic Map Reveals Universe Older, Expanding More Slowly
Scientific American:
New View of Primordial Universe Confirms Sudden "Inflation" after Big Bang
Space.com:
New Map of Big Bang Light Hints at Exotic Physics
Spaceflight Now:
Planck reveals big bang's fireball in hi-def
Space.com:
Cosmic Microwave Background: Big Bang Relic Explained (Infographic)
NASA News:
Supercomputer Helps Planck Mission Expose Ancient Light
The Aviationist:
New images of the weird, futuristic "Project Zero" All-Electric Tilt Rotor unmanned aircraft released
Space.com:
Library of Congress to Preserve 1st Message from Space
Smithsonian Magazine:
Photos: The U.S. Military's Prototype for a Flying Submarine
Popular Science:
11 Relics Of Space History That You Can Buy
Smithsonian Magazine:
How the DC-3 Revolutionized Air Travel
io9:
The Fading Grandeur of Abandoned Soviet Space Facilities
Discovery News:
Cosmonauts Faced Cold, Snow After Dicey Landing
The Atlantic:
Charles A.A. Dellschau Dreams of Flying: The Amazing Story of an Airship Club That Might Never Have Existed
March 21, 2013
Daily Mail:
Nasa confirms Voyager 1 probe has LEFT the solar system 35 year after its mission to explore space began
Popular Science:
Is Voyager 1 Finally Out Of The Solar System? Not Quite
Scientific American:
Voyager 1?s Whereabouts: No News, but Plenty of Noise
Daily Mail:
The Milky Way's newborns: Herschel telescope reveals galaxy's youngest stars for the first time
Daily Mail:
Has Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos recovered from the seabed rockets that launched Apollo 11's historic 1969 mission to the moon?
io9:
11 of the Weirdest Solutions to the Fermi Paradox
March 20, 2013
Universe Today:
Curiosity Once Again in Safe Mode - If Only Briefly
Space.com:
Graves of Twin Moon Probes Spotted by NASA Spacecraft
Universe Today:
Close Passing Asteroid 2013 ET Gets Its Picture Taken
Space.com:
Oceans May Be Common on Rocky Alien Planets
Dvice:
Gallery: Detailed shots of different aircraft underbellies
Air & Space Magazine:
The Galileo Project
io9:
The strangest asteroid that astronomers had ever seen
Air & Space Magazine:
Lindbergh's Trainer: The Brunner-Winkle Bird
Air & Space Magazine:
The Man Who Invented the Predator
Air & Space Magazine:
Cancelled: Britain's High-Mach Heartbreak
Air & Space Magazine:
Close Formation
Air & Space Magazine:
The Titanium Gambit
March 19, 2013
Space.com:
Mars Science by Curiosity Rover Hits New Snag
Spaceflight Now:
New security satellite will peer down on Earth
Gizmag:
SinterHab concept calls for a sustainable moon base made from baked lunar dust
The Aviationist:
"Welcome to Russia, Blue Angels": the first U.S. military presence over Moscow since the end of the Cold War
Air & Space Magazine:
Not the First?
March 18, 2013
WCNC:
Fireball seen gliding across the Carolina skies Saturday night
Space.com:
Soyuz Space Capsule Makes Foggy Landing with US-Russian Crew
Spaceflight Now:
Soyuz lands with three-man crew from space station
Space.com:
Mars Rover Curiosity's Next Big Drive Is Months Away
Daily Mail:
Incredible pictures reveal the battered surface of Saturn's icy moon Rhea in satellite's last ever close-up trip
Discovery News:
Kuiper Belt Was a 'War Zone' -- A Detective Story
Discovery News:
Quarter of Sun-Like Stars Host Earth-Size Worlds
Los Angeles:
Quasar discovery a milestone that revealed a violent universe
Los Angeles Times:
Comet Pan-STARRS? Meh. Just wait till you see Comet ISON
Daily Mail:
We're walking in the air (for a considerable sum): Europe's first flight which allows paying passengers to experience weightlessness takes off
Daily Mail:
Animal welfare charity is to use DRONES to spy on people illegally hunting
Universe Today:
Citizen Science, Old-School Style: The True Tale of Operation Moonwatch
Universe Today:
Survival: Terrifying Moments in Space Flight
IT World
UFO databases for extraterrestrial seekers
WEEKEND EDITION: March 16 through 17, 2013
The Guardian:
Searching for supersymmetry: some frustration but no despair
Live Science:
Confirmed! Newfound Particle Is a Higgs Boson
Live Science:
Beyond Higgs: 5 Elusive Particles That May Lurk in the Universe
io9:
How does the Anthropic Principle change the meaning of the universe?
Live Science:
Who Invented Zero?
io9:
7 Numbers That Are Just as Cool as Pi
Science Magazine:
Physicists Discover a Whopping 13 New Solutions to Three-Body Problem
Popular Science:
5 Classic (Read: Fabulously Corny) Pi Jokes
Daily Mail:
Who said old TVs were useless? Analogue televisions can be transformed into solar-powered DEATH RAYS that will burn anything in its path at 2,000F
Daily Mail:
Man with the world's most advanced bionic hand can now tie his own shoelaces (and, more importantly, drink beer)
Gizmodo:
How the World's Biggest Clock Tried to Change the Center of Time
io9:
The robots of Europe are more debonaire than you
io9:
17 One-Man Submarines That Will Take Your Breath Away
Popular Science:
With 581 Copies So Far, Reclonable Mouse Will Live Forever
Our Amazing Planet:
Evidence Oceans Flowed on 'Snowball Earth'
Discovery News:
Four wings bad, two wings better - for early birds
Daily Mail:
Two wings or four? Researchers uncover new evidence first birds had extra wings on their legs and flew 'like a biplane'
Daily Mail:
Have scientists discovered reverse evolution? Study shows how house dust mites have abandoned their parasitic lifestyle to become free-living just like their ancestors
Smithsonian Magazine:
Spiders Like You've Never Seen Them Before (Photos)
Live Science:
Early Human Ancestor Surprisingly Smart
New Scientist:
Neanderthals may have swapped social lives for big eyes
Live Science:
Bronze-Age Donkey Sacrifice Found in Israel
Live Science:
Shape-Shifting Jesus Described in Ancient Egyptian Text
Daily Mail:
The 600-year-old coin that proves China was trading with East Africa BEFORE Europeans arrived
Live Science:
Medieval Knight's Tomb Found Beneath Parking Lot
Daily Mail:
The scans that reveal Leonardo da Vinci was right all along: New show reveals 'startling accuracy' of anatomical sketches which lay undiscovered for hundreds of years
The Guardian:
Gulliver's travels in science and satire
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Secret Plot to Rescue Napoleon by Submarine
io9:
The far-sighted entrepreneur who brought ice to India in 1833
Smithsonian Magazine:
Why the Department Store Brought Freedom for the Turn of the Century Woman
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Most Audacious Australian Prison Break of 1876
Daily Mail:
The smile of a stern-faced hero: Rare footage of WW2 fighter ace Douglas Bader walking with false legs shown for first time
io9:
Check out this picture of a building just before a nuclear bomb hits
Smithsonian Magazine:
Who Really Invented the Smiley Face?
Popular Science:
Photos From 11 Of The World's Coolest Nuclear-Monitoring Stations
Smithsonian Magazine:
Mid-21st Century Modern: That Jetsons Architecture
March 15, 2013
Space.com:
Space Station Crew's Landing Delayed by 'Horrible' Earth Weather
Popular Science:
NASA Resumes Production Of Plutonium-238 Space Fuel After 25 Years
Space.com:
NASA Fireball Website Launches with New Russian Meteor Explosion Details
Daily Mail:
The Swiss shuttle that launches from the top of a plane: Pioneering plan for low cost satellite launches revealed
Scientific American:
Alien planet's atmosphere contains water and carbon monoxide
Space.com:
Giant Alien Planet in Supersized Solar System May Solve Mystery
Discovery News:
Life Under a Tiny, Red, Angry Sun
Dvice:
100 Year Starship video offers a virtual trip through the galaxy
Popular Science:
Watch This Quadrotor Fly Like A Drone And Fish Like An Eagle
Daily Mail:
Is history wrong about the Wright Brothers? New evidence suggests German immigrant flew TWO YEARS before pioneers took off at Kitty Hawk
Dvice:
John Glenn inspired the Soviets to push harder
io9:
Awe-inspiring homes and buildings made out of old airplanes
March 14, 2013
Universe Today:
O Canada! Hadfield Becomes First Canadian Commander of ISS
Daily Mail:
First pictures from the £1bn time machine telescope reveal faraway galaxy forming stars at 'breathtaking rate'
Space.com:
Quasars Still Mystify Scientists 50 Years After Discovery
Live Science:
Could Life Have Evolved on Mars Before Earth?
Air & Space Magazine:
That Sounds Familiar
Discovery News:
What Is Life, Anyway?
Smithsonian Magazine:
How Do Astronauts Go to the Bathroom in Space?
Universe Today:
Live from 1969: Apollo 9 Returns Home
io9:
Now You Can Watch this Lost Space Movie from the Dawn of World War II in Germany
WFIE:
'Phoenix Lights' UFO theories still swirl 16 years after sightings
March 13, 2013
Daily Mail:
Nasa's Curiosity rover finds conditions WERE once right for primitive life on Mars - and scientists say there was even DRINKABLE water on the red planet
Universe Today:
Curiosity Discovers Environment Where Life Could have Thrived on Ancient Mars
Science Magazine:
Mars Was Habitable, but No Sign of Inhabitants
Space.com:
Mars Could Once Have Supported Life: What You Need to Know
Space.com:
The Search for Life on Mars (A Photo Timeline)
Universe Today:
How Mars Failures Helped the Curiosity Rover Land
Daily Mail:
The £1billion 'time machine' which could finally reveal mysteries of the universe: World's largest telescope will finally be turned on today
New Scientist:
Closest Earth-like world could be 6.5 light years away
Daily Mail:
Is this alien life? Controversial scientists publish second paper claiming they have found 'extra-terrestrial fossils' in meteor fragment
Slate - Bad Astronomy:
UPDATE: No, Life Has Still Not Been Found in a Meteorite
Space Daily:
Combat Ops Space Cell: Defending critical satellite links
March 12, 2013
WEWS Cleveland:
Dozens of people in 7 states report seeing fireball in sky Saturday, some from northern Ohio
Daily Mail:
PayPal billionaire reveals reusable rocket: Grasshopper that can HOVER at 80 metres before flying back gently back to Earth
Daily Mail:
Gliding high: The beautiful images from a remote controlled aircraft lifted to 100,000 feet and dropped back to Earth
Daily Mail:
The humans who are exploring 'Mars' already: Researchers in space suits recreate Red Planet base in the Utah desert
Space.com:
Scientists Hope to Extend Mercury Spacecraft's Mission
Futurity.org:
Moon impact left sea of molten rock 6 miles deep
NASA News:
Cassini Returns Images of Battered Saturn Moon
Penn State Science:
The Closest Star System Found in a Century
Universe Today:
Top 9 Weird Asteroid Names (and 1 Awesome Asteroid Moon Name)
io9:
The Artist Who Helped Invent Space Travel
The Atlantic:
The Best Fake Martian Story Ever: 'Mars Peopled by One Vast Thinking Vegetable'
March 11, 2013
Daily Mail:
The calm before the solar storm? NASA warns 'something unexpected is happening to the Sun'
Space.com:
Russian Satellite Hit by Debris from Chinese Anti-Satellite Test
io9:
NASA's Guide to Viewing the Comet PANSTARRS this Month
Daily Mail:
Asteroid the size of a football pitch, only discovered last week, passes within one million miles of Earth - (a close shave in space terms)
io9:
Four Asteroids Buzz Earth in Single Week
Discovery News:
Curiosity Will Encounter Mars' Moving Dunes
The Atlantic:
What Would Happen If the Earth Spun Backward?
Discovery News:
13 Ways to Hunt Intelligent Aliens
The Aviationist:
Air Force releases photo of F-22 stealth fighter with Area 51 base in the background
Universe Today:
Lessons From a Space Dummy
Bernews:
Close Encounters Of The Bermuda Kind
WEEKEND EDITION: March 9 through 10, 2013
Live Science:
Quantum Meets Macro: Strange Particle Behavior Found
io9:
Does our solar system have a special connection to the structure of the universe?
Popular Science:
Watch BigDog, Our Favorite Four-Legged Military Robot, Hurl A Cinder Block
IEEE Spectrum:
Polite Robot Overlords Will Be More Persuasive
Gizmodo:
This Warship Radar Can Detect a Tennis Ball From 15 Miles
Gizmag:
Austria's highest cable car unveiled atop the Pitztal Glacier
National Geographic:
Species Revival: Should We Bring Back Extinct Animals?
National Geographic:
Pictures: Extinct Species That Could Be Brought Back
Stuff NZ:
Key alligator evolution link unearthed
Stuff NZ:
Camels tracked back to large ancestor
Daily Mail:
Camels used to live in the Arctic, reveal scientists (although it was 3½ million years ago when it was at least 14C warmer)
Daily Mail:
Woolly rhino bones discovery allows scientists to calculate Britain's temperature 42,000 years ago (and if you think it's cold now, it used to be -22C!)
Daily Mail:
Scientists solve the 320-year-old mystery of how the Falklands wolf ended up on the island: It skated across a frozen sea chasing a penguin
io9:
Are gorillas left-handed or right-handed?
Daily Mail:
The family tree that rewrote human history: Researchers stunned to find DNA submitted to online project dates back 338,000 years
Science Magazine:
Human Ancestors Were Fashion Conscious
The Atlantic:
The Neanderthals May Have Died Out Because of ... Bunnies?
Live Science:
Stone-Age Skeletons Unearthed In Sahara Desert
Live Science:
Most Ancient Romans Ate Like Animals
Daily Mail:
Richard III was NOT a psychopath: Researchers say Shakespeare's portrayal of the king was wrong... but admit he was a control freak
Smithsonian Magazine:
Digital Files and 3D Printing - in the Renaissance?
Science Magazine:
ScienceShot: Sunstone Unearthed From Shipwreck
Smithsonian Magazine:
The True-Life Horror that Inspired Moby-Dick
Daily Mail:
Was a Pointer called Major the world's first pedigree dog? Historians uncover the earliest attempt to define a canine breed standard
The Atlantic:
Tower of Light: When Electricity Was New, People Used It to Mimic the Moon
Smithsonian Magazine:
Document Deep Dive: A Historic Moment in the Fight for Women's Voting Rights
Daily Mail:
Pictured: The women's suffrage parade a century ago today when 100 marchers were hospitalized when they clashed with a hostile male crowd
Daily Mail:
Before it was Tinseltown: Fascinating photos reveal sleepy town of Hollywood before it became the center of the celebrity universe
Gizmodo:
The Battleship That Took Over Union Square
Daily Mail:
Inside the 'Kool Koast Kamp': Brochure shamelessly advertises the Ku Klux Klan Texas summer resort where white supremacists went to relax in the 1920s
Daily Mail:
A life of grit and guts after the Great Depression: Poignant pictures of farmers their families scratching a living in 1940s Pie Town
Daily Mail:
Hindenburg mystery solved 76 years after historic catastrophe: static electricity caused the airship to explode
New York Times:
The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking
Daily Mail:
Worse than the world ever imagined: True scale of the Holocaust revealed as it's discovered Nazis created 42,500 camps and ghettos to persecute Jews - not 7,000 as previously thought
Daily Mail:
The Great Escape murders: How the Nazi slaughter of escaped heroes led to one of post-war Europe's biggest manhunts
Daily Mail:
Revealed: The banker who shaped the modern financial world after WWII was a Soviet spy who wanted America to become communist
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Fishy History of the McDonald's Filet-O-Fish Sandwich
io9:
Read Timothy Leary's brain-melting comic about space migration and the future of human consciousness
io9:
The Tragic Story of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site
io9:
The groovy socialist world of 1970s Soviet futurism
io9:
The Canadian Documentary That Inspired 2001
Wired - Danger Room:
Russia Fears Its Troops Will Riot if Cigarette Rations End
Live Science:
6 Strange Facts About Choosing the Next Pope
Smithsonian Magazine:
Top Ten Afterlife Journeys of Notable People
Gizmodo:
The 11 Greatest Computer Supervillains in Film
io9:
The 10 Least Competent Time Travelers
March 8, 2013
Discovery News:
Comet Invading Northern Skies
Discovery News:
'Hairy' Visitor: How to Observe Comet Panstarrs
Popular Science:
Curiosity Hunkers Down While Solar Blast Races Toward Mars
National Geographic:
Monster Comet may have Mars in its Crosshairs
Daily Mail:
Could massive floods on Mars have caused climate change? New 3D maps suggest the red planet suffered major upheaval
Discovery News:
Ancient Flood Channels Cut Deep into Mars
Discovery News:
'Methuselah' Star Looks Older Than the Universe
Popular Science:
Flying Robots 101: Everything You Need To Know About Drones
Smithsonian Magazine:
A History of the Parachute's Earliest Days
Daily Mail:
Houston, we have a solution: The frantic life-or-death scribblings by astronaut Jim Lovell that brought crippled Apollo 13 home
March 7, 2013
Discovery News:
Big Asteroid to Zoom By Earth This Weekend
Time Magazine:
Comet Making Closest Approach Ever of Earth
Stuff NZ:
One in 110,000 year chance to see comet
Smithsonian Magazine:
When, Where and How to Watch the Comet PanSTARRS This Month
Space.com:
NASA Puts Mars Rover Curiosity on Standby After Solar Flare
Discovery News:
Could Earth Germs Colonize Mars?
Slate - Bad Astronomy:
Europa's Underground Ocean Surfaces
Daily Mail:
Astronomers measure the distance to our closest neighbouring galaxy - and reveal it is just 163,000 light years away
Popular Science:
Kepler's Hunt For Planets Outside Our Solar System: The Greatest Hits
io9:
Has the Milky Way devoured other galaxies?
Gizmag:
Improved ion engines will open up the outer Solar System
Daily Mail:
Did life on Earth arrive on a comet? Study finds rocks that fell from space could have carried the molecules that started it all
Our Amazing Planet:
Meteorite Crater Under Iowa Confirmed in New Images
March 6, 2013
Discovery News:
Astronaut Guide: How to Train Your Dragon: Photos
New Scientist:
SpaceX glitch may be deemed secret under US arms laws
Scientific American:
Commercial Space Race Intensifies as Antares Rocket Creeps Up on Falcon 9
Spaceflight Now:
Soyuz crew approved for fast approach to space station
Spaceflight Now:
More Curiosity computer troubleshooting on tap
Universe Today:
Update on the Comet that Might Hit Mars
The Planetary Society:
Will comet Siding Spring make a meteor shower on Mars?
Discovery News:
Voyage of the Sunjammer: Sailing on Solar Winds
CBC Canada:
Comet makes closest approach ever to Earth
New Scientist:
Naked-eye comet offers glimpse of solar system's edge
Space.com:
Wow! Rare Photos Capture 2 Comets Together in Night Sky
Stuff NZ:
Flying high to meet a comet
Space.com:
Comet Pan-STARRS in Night Sky Explained (Infographic)
Popular Science:
There's Salt Water On The Surface Of Europa, Which Could Be Good News For Extraterrestrial Life
Daily Mail:
Spot the planet: Nasa reveals stunning image of Venus sparkling behind the rings of Saturn (if you can find it)
Gizmodo:
Plane Passenger Spots Mystery Drone Over Brooklyn (Updated: The FBI Has No Idea What It Is)
The Aviationist:
Amazing St. Maarten-like photo of a B-2 stealth bomber landing in Guam. Ops, it's Diego Garcia.
Smithsonian Magazine:
Hot Air Balloon Travel for the Luxury Traveler of the 1800s
Discovery News:
Mystery SETI Signal Set Rules of Engagement
Las Cruces Sun-News:
Couple give tour of alleged Aztec UFO crash site
March 5, 2013
Daily Mail:
ANOTHER close shave: Asteroid the same size as the one that exploded above Russia passes within 246,000 miles of Earth
Space Daily:
Dawn forging through the main asteroid belt
ABC Australia:
Two comets streak across southern skies
Space.com:
Bright Comet Set for Dazzling Sky Show this Month
Space.com:
New Comet's Potential Mars Collision in 2014 Explained
ABC Australia:
Impact craters may be cradles of life
Popular Science:
DJI Phantom RC Quadrotor UAS Review: A Powerful Personal Drone That Knows Its Place
Techno Buffalo:
Out of the Ashes: The Rebirth of the Airship
Discovery News:
When NASA Blew Holes In Arizona for Apollo
io9:
This is how we envisioned spacesuits back in the 1950s
March 4, 2013
Universe Today:
Newly Found Asteroid to Pass Within Moon's Orbit on March 4, 2013
Daily Mail:
Phew! Privately owned SpaceX makes delivery of supplies to space station after losing control of capsule for hours
Spaceflight Now:
Dragon cargo ship reaches destination after shaky start
Universe Today:
Berth of a Dragon after Thruster Failure Recovery Establishes American Lifeline to ISS
Space.com:
NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity in Safe Mode After Computer Glitch
Spaceflight Now:
Curiosity rover suffers computer glitch on Mars
Daily Mail:
Is Mars about to get hit? Warning over approaching comet that could cause one BILLION megaton blast
Daily Mail:
Scientists solve the mystery of Mercury's surface - and say it was once covered in an ocean of magma
The Economist:
The hits keep coming
Daily Mail:
Fresh from space: Giant 18kg meteorite untouched by human hand discovered in the frozen wastes of Antarctica
The DEW Line:
Boeing Phantom Eye: Second take-off, first successful landing
Space.com:
1960s Rocket Plane Tests May Boost Suborbital Spaceflight Safety
Smithsonian Magazine:
Rescue, James Bond Style
io9:
The History of How We Discovered All the Planets in the Solar System
WEEKEND EDITION: March 2 through 3, 2013
Gizmodo:
Just How Incomprehensibly Massive Is the Universe? (Hint: Even Bigger Than That)
The Atlantic:
On Nuclear Weapons as Units of Measurement
Popular Science:
The Amazing Story Of The $300 Glasses That Correct Colorblindness
Daily Mail:
Telepathy is real! Scientists develop mind-reading implant that links the brains of rats in the US and Brazil
Stuff NZ:
Lost land beneath the Indian Ocean
Daily Mail:
The long-lost continent found hidden beneath the paradise beaches of Mauritius
io9:
How we know that this is a piece of fossilized lightning
Live Science:
How Dinosaurs Grew the World's Longest Necks
Daily Mail:
I'm not fat, I'm big boned: Expert reveals huge dinosaurs stayed upright because sacs of air in their skeletons meant they were lighter than they look
The Guardian:
The carnivorous dinosaurs who turned vegetarian
Daily Mail:
The terrifying 25 foot long prehistoric shark with a 'spiral' of teeth that worked like a CHAINSAW
Stuff NZ:
Rare NZ native frog breeds at Auckland Zoo
Daily Mail:
Talk is cheep! Study finds human speech evolved from birdsong
Science Magazine:
Seeking Meaning in the Earliest Female Nudes
Live Science:
Lost and Found: Ancient Shoes Turn Up in Egypt Temple
Daily Mail:
Shoe-dunnit? Archaeologists determined to solve the mystery of who hid 2,000-year-old footwear in an Egyptian temple... and why
Live Science:
Have Bones of Cleopatra's Murdered Sister Been Found?
Daily Mail:
Unearthed after 1,400 years: The eerie pre-Inca 'mummies' emerging from their tombs in Peru
New York Times:
As One Renaissance Door Closes, Others Open
The Atlantic:
Behold, the Kindle of the 16th Century
Aeon Magazine:
Small things
io9:
The first cola wars began in the 1700s - long before Coke and Pepsi
Smithsonian Magazine:
Photo Interactive: The Civil War, Now in Living Color
Daily Mail:
Death on the Mississippi: The maritime tragedy that cost more lives than the Titanic... but history has forgotten
Daily Mail:
The women who fought as men: Rare American Civil War pictures show how females disguised themselves so they could go into battle
Smithsonian Magazine:
The History of the Flapper, Part 4: Emboldened by the Bob
io9:
The Most Futuristic Electrified Devices of the 1920s and 30s
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Dead Woman Who Brought Down the Mayor
Daily Mail:
This Old (White) House: Fascinating black and white photos show the Truman-era reconstruction of the White House after it was declared to be in danger of collapsing
io9:
The mysterious spikes on a nuclear explosion
io9:
The camera that captured the first millisecond of a nuclear bomb blast
io9:
Read the US government's rules for Yeti hunting from 1959
Daily Mail:
Communists who tore down a government - then went for a nice game of golf: Rare pictures Castro and Che Guevara tweaking Eisenhower's tail
Smithsonian Magazine:
The American Plan to Build Nuclear Power Plants in the Ocean
io9:
That time the Russians designed a hovercraft so insane we had no clue what the hell it was
Daily Mail:
No intrusive security checks OR paying for your drinks: Inside the bygone era when flying across the globe was a real pleasure
Daily Mail:
Guns n' goulash: New recruit's Instagram photo diary gives rare and very raw glimpse into life in the Russian army
Science Magazine:
One-Two Punch of Infection, Stress May Lead to Schizophrenia
Gizmodo:
Photoshopping Calvin and Hobbes into Real Life Makes Me Really Happy
Smithsonian Magazine:
George Jetson Navigates a Series of Tubes
March 1, 2013
Spaceflight Now:
Smartphone satellite calls home from final frontier
Stuff NZ:
Comet duet a rare event
Universe Today:
Comet PANSTARRS Cranks up the Volume
Discovery News:
Space Radiation Probes Make 'Shock' Discovery
New Scientist:
Mystery ring of radiation briefly encircled Earth
Popular Science:
Astronomers Think They've Captured The Birth Of The Youngest Planet Ever
Our Amazing Planet:
Big Meteorite Discovered in Antarctica
Live Science:
Did a Comet Really Chill and Kill Clovis Culture?
National Geographic:
Mars Missions: A Time Line of Success and Failure
Universe Today:
The Men Who Didn't Go to the Moon
Popular Science:
Did The U.S. Buy Its Moon Program From Yugoslavia?
February 28, 2013
Daily Mail:
The 'Death Star' space laser powerful enough to create an artificial star in the sky
Universe Today:
Big Meteorite Chunk Found in Russia's Ural Mountains
Fort Mill Times:
Expert: Fireball over Texas likely Chinese craft
Business Insier:
A 'Nation-Busting' Asteroid Could Hit Earth In 2036
Universe Today:
3 Comets That Fizzled
Daily Mail:
Rare 'gigantic jet' lightning spotted over China in northernmost sighting yet of the mysterious storm event that reaches space
Daily Mail:
How fast does a supermassive black hole spin? Groundbreaking measurement could help unlock the history of our galaxy
Slate - Bad Astronomy:
Superfast Spinning Black Hole Tearing Up Space at Nearly the Speed of Light
io9:
How One Man Recreated the First Spaceship that Ever Appeared on Film
February 27, 2013
Space.com:
House Votes to Rename NASA Center for Neil Armstrong
Space.com:
Europe May Work With China on Space Station
Daily Mail:
Researchers plot the path of the Russian meteor and say it probably came from asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
Popular Science:
Astronomers Calculate Russian Meteorite's Orbit, Find It Has 80 Million Cousins
Popular Science:
European Space Agency Decides Which Asteroid They'll Go Smash Into First
ABC Australia:
Saturn's birth place discovered
io9:
The weirdest stories about objects that came shooting out of the sky
Gizmodo:
The Suit Won't Save You: Four Ways Space Can Kill You Dead
Dvice:
When Friendship 7 nearly killed John Glenn
The DEW Line:
Was there ever a YF-24?
io9:
Are there UFOs in hidden hangars at Papoose Dry Lake?
February 26, 2013
Space.com:
Indian Rocket Launches Asteroid-Hunting Satellite, Tiny Space Telescopes
Discovery News:
Could a Comet Hit Mars in 2014?
Space.com:
Mars May Be Habitable Today, Scientists Say
Discovery News:
Mercury's Ancient Magma Oceans
Universe Today:
Why Dying Stars Might be a Good Place to Look for Life
Scientific American:
The Fastest Spacecraft Ever?
Popular Science:
Homemade Jetpack Designed To Reach An Altitude Of 25,000 Feet
The Aviationist:
How the "Black Jet" became the "Gray Dragon": the story of the only gray F-117 stealth plane
Universe Today:
The Mars Spacecraft That Was Almost Destroyed On The Launchpad
Mother Nature Network:
Astronomer detectives tackle 100-year-old meteor mystery
io9:
How to Measure the Power of Alien Civilizations Using the Kardashev Scale
February 25, 2013
Smithsonian Magazine:
What Damage Could Be Caused by a Massive Solar Storm?
Daily Mail:
Massive green 'fireball' blazes across California sky in another too-close-for-comfort meteor shower
Gizmodo:
What the Russian Meteorite's Shockwave Really Felt Like on the Ground
Daily Telegraph:
Bosnia 'meteor' intrigues new generation in wake of Russia strike
Universe Today:
Satellite Swarm - Including an Asteroid Hunter - Readies For Spaceflight
Gizmag:
First asteroid-tracking satellite will be Canadian
Space.com:
Asteroid-Smashing Mission Picks Space Rock Target
Space.com:
Spray-Painting Asteroids Could Protect Earth from Space Rock Threat
Daily Galaxy:
Rare Asteroid Observed with Comet-like Dust Trail
Universe Today:
Russian Fireball Inspires Journey into the World of Meteorites
Universe Today:
Comet PanSTARRS: How to See it in March 2013
Universe Today:
Hieroglyphic-like Features Point to Past Subsurface Water on Mars
Universe Today:
Nearby Ancient Star is Almost as Old as the Universe
Daily Mail:
Incredible video shows robot drones as they throw and catch a pole ON ITS END
Daily Mail:
Pentagon grounds entire $400B fleet of F-35 fighter jets after finding crack in engine blade
Gizmag:
Skyflash: Jetman-like wings designed to allow ground take off
Autonet Canada:
Time Machines: Avro car never got off the ground
WEEKEND EDITION: February 23 through February 24, 2013
Gizmodo:
What Is the Universe? (In One Minute)
Science Magazine:
Do We Live Inside a Mathematical Equation?
Discovery News:
Higgs Boson Discovery = Cosmic Doomsday?
Science Magazine:
The Unparticle May Lurk in Earth's Mantle
Gizmodo:
How Many Digits of Pi Do You Really Need?
Gizmodo:
What Is Light, Anyway?
Cosmos:
New clock hints at beginning of time, could redefine kilogram
Daily Mail:
Revealed: The world's first bionic hand that allows patients to 'feel' sensations is ready to be transplanted
Dvice:
Russians build walking ostrich robot from scratch for just $1,500
Dvice:
Gallery: Adorable mini robots built from recycled electronic guts
Daily Mail:
Doodling in mid-air: The £30 '3D printer' pen that can create complex sculptures from plastic wire
Stuff NZ:
The great 'do bears hibernate' debate
Science Magazine:
Dolphins Can Call Each Other, Not by Name, But by Whistle
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Meanest Girls at the Watering Hole
Daily Mail:
Our ancestors did NOT begin walking on two legs to see further on plains of Africa: New study casts doubt on long-held theory
Daily Mail:
Bronze Age beads that are worth their weight in gold: 4,000-year-old burial chest unearthed on Dartmoor 'one of most significant historical finds in a century'
Live Science:
Treasure-Filled Warrior's Grave Found in Russia
The Atlantic:
1 Kitty, 2 Empires, 2,000 Years: World History Told Through a Brick
Daily Mail:
How the British weather led to the Battle of Bosworth: Huge storms thwarted previous attacks on Richard III, researchers claim
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Shocking Savagery of America's Early History
Daily Mail:
'I have no friends of my own': Last desperate letters of 19th century mass-poisoner known as the Black Widow before she was executed
Smithsonian Magazine:
How Two Women Ended the Deadly Feather Trade
Smithsonian Magazine:
The History of the Flapper, Part 3: The Rectangular Silhouette
Gizmodo:
These Rare Full-Color WWII Photos Celebrate the American War Effort's Most Thankless Jobs
Smithsonian Magazine:
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Soviet Sniper
io9:
How one man's lies almost destroyed the comics industry
Popular Science:
7 Of The Creepiest Cold War Fallout Shelters
Smithsonian Magazine:
The History of the Lava Lamp
Smithsonian Magazine:
Why Was This Man an Outcast Among Anthropologists?
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Lost Tribes of the Amazon
Gizmodo:
Water Jetpacks Are Another Perfect Use of GoPro
Daily Mail:
London, from above: Record-breaking 320-gigapixel interactive picture of the capital that lets you zoom in on streets and buildings 20 MILES away
Popular Science:
When Brain Damage Unlocks The Genius Within
The Guardian:
Renaissance brains: William Shakespeare and Galileo Galilei
io9:
Watch The Simpsons' Oscar-Nominated, Hans Zimmer scored short film
Smithsonian Magazine:
Jane Jetson and the Origins of the "Women Are Bad Drivers" Joke
Smithsonian Magazine:
Automating Hard or Hardly Automating? George Jetson and the Manual Labor of Tomorrow
February 22, 2013
Daily Mail:
Giant sunspot that's SIX TIMES the diameter of Earth has formed in less than 48 hours - and could lead to solar flares
Daily Mail:
The most breathtaking pictures yet of Russian meteorite: Photographer captured exploding space rock on camera... despite thinking it was nuclear bomb that would kill him
Spaceflight Now:
US Military's Robot Space Plane Settles Into Mystery Mission
Popular Science:
FYI: Now We've Looked Below The Surface, Why Isn't Mars Red On The Inside?
Slate - Bad Astronomy:
All That Plasma Will Be Lost in Time, Like Tears in Rain
Scientific American:
Has NASA Become Mars Obsessed?
Smithsonian Magazine:
Hidden Treasures
io9:
The Secret Drone Mission that Killed Joseph Kennedy Jr.
Dvice:
Image of the Day: The first flying car to actually fly
Dvice:
Dornberger's 'ultra planes' were yesteryear's spaceliners
February 21, 2013
Spaceflight Now:
Curiosity drill delivers first sample in major milestone
Space.com:
Found! Tiny Moon-Size Alien World Is the Smallest Exoplanet
Space.com:
Smallest Alien Planet Kepler-37b Explained (Infographic)
Dvice:
Meet the 9 most habitable worlds in the universe (so far)
Space.com:
Death Valley Named Largest Dark Sky Park
Gizmag:
NASA's basement nuclear reactor
Stuff NZ:
Missile defence blimp test success
Air & Space Magazine:
KO'd by 8 Gs
The Atlantic:
JFK's Once Futuristic Pan Am Terminal Is In Danger of Getting Torn Down
Discovery News:
How John Glenn Drew the First Orbital Flight
February 20, 2013
Daily Mail:
NASA loses contact with International Space Station during software upgrade
Popular Science:
Here's A Video Of Last Week's Asteroid Fly-By
Astrobiology Magazine:
Asteroid 2012 DA14 Speeds Away From Earth
Popular Science:
The Moon Has Had Water Its Whole Life, New Study Says
The Atlantic:
How Did the Moon Form? We May Need a New Theory
Daily Mail:
Ancient impact of a gargantuan asteroid in southern Australia changed the face of the world forever, study reveals
Space.com:
Shoemaker-Levy 9: Comet's Impact Left Its Mark on Jupiter
Universe Today:
The Year of the Comets: Three Reasons Why 2013 Could be the Best Ever
Daily Mail:
Brecon Beacons granted 'international dark sky reserve' status to save its incredible starry views from light pollution
Daily Mail:
U.S. Air Force developing terrifying swarms of tiny unmanned drones that can hover, crawl and even kill targets
Discovery News:
Skylon Spaceplane: The Spacecraft of Tomorrow
Christian Science Monitor:
How Nicolaus Copernicus rewrote the rules of the solar system
Popular Science:
8 Things You Didn't Know About Copernicus
io9:
Scenes from the 1950s Space Movie That No One Saw
February 19, 2013
The Guardian:
Russian meteorite: hunt for debris begins, but was it a comet?
Daily Mail:
How did Russia's early warning system miss the meteorite? Nuclear missile-detecting radars never saw it coming
Daily Mirror:
Cosmic coincidence: Watch a SECOND meteor in the sky 6,000 miles from Russian space rock crash
Wired UK:
Study: the Moon may have always held water, from its formation
New Scientist:
Traces of life on Mars may have been bleached away
Daily Mail:
Jupiter's Europa moon is 'more likely to support life than the deserts of Mars', claim NASA scientists
The Berkshire Eagle:
Reed family's encounter to be part of 'Alien Mysteries' show
February 18, 2013
Daily Mail:
The world is safe! Asteroid capable of destroying London skims past Earth in nearest flyby since records began
Daily Mail:
Fireball from outer space: 1,000 injured as 40-ton meteor travelling at 33,000mph explodes over a terrified town
Scientific American:
Russian Meteor Largest in Century
Space.com:
Russian Meteor Blast Bigger Than Thought, NASA Says
Space.com:
Russian Meteor Explosion Outshone Sun
Discovery News:
Russian Meteor Strike Aftermath: Photos
Discovery News:
Satellite Sees Russian Meteor Explosion from Space
New York Times:
After Assault From the Heavens, Russians Search for Clues and Count Blessings
New York Times:
In Russia, Ruins and Property Spared by Meteor, Side by Side
Discovery News:
What Makes a Space Rock a Killer?
Popular Science:
Shouldn't We Have Been Able To See This Huge Meteorite Coming?
Space.com:
Russian Fireball Explosion Comes Amid Fireball Season
The Independent:
'Sporadic meteor': Fireball reported across California sky
NBC Bay Area:
Watch: Fireball Streaks Across Bay Area Sky
South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
Possible meteor shower sighting in South Florida
Gizmodo:
How Common Are Meteor Strikes?
New Scientist:
Meteor guide: science and safety of Earth-bound rocks
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Last Massive Exploding Meteor Hit Earth in 1908, Leveling 800 Square Miles of Forest
io9:
How to stop an asteroid... in 1915
Forbes:
Russian Meteorite Recalls 1934 Farmville, North Carolina Fireball
ABC Australia:
Major asteroid site found in Aussie outback
The Guardian:
Mercury's 'dynamic and complex world' revealed by Nasa's Messenger
New Scientist:
Comet rain took life's ingredients to Jupiter's moons
Space.com:
Stargazer Captures Amazing Photo of Comet Lemmon
Universe Today:
The Astronomy of Shakespeare
WEEKEND EDITION: February 16 through 17, 2013
io9:
Physicists discover what a multiverse might really be like
The Guardian:
How big is the universe ... compared to a grain of sand? - video
Scientific American:
How to Build Your Own Quantum Entanglement Experiment, Part 1 (of 2)
Scientific American:
How to Build Your Own Quantum Entanglement Experiment, Part 2 (of 2)
io9:
The most perfect sphere ever made tests Einstein's theories
The Guardian:
Halley VI and other Antarctic research stations - in pictures
Gizmodo:
The Ronco Food Dehydrator Was My Gateway Gadget
Gizmodo:
The 20 Loneliest Outposts At the End of the World
io9:
Did dinosaurs produce "milk" for their young?
Cornell University Chronicle:
Blame Barney: Students' perception of T. rex is outdated
io9:
Zoologists watch as monkey midwife delivers baby
Futurity:
Young bonobos comfort friends in need
io9:
A 40,000 year-old sculpture made entirely from mammoth ivory
Daily Mail:
New DNA analysis suggests Nefertiti was King Tut's mom
Daily Mail:
Is this the first Mona Lisa? Experts say Leonardo DID paint early version of iconic masterpiece after months of tests
Daily Mail:
Think the dig-out after Nemo was bad? These photographs show how 19th century Americans dealt with snow removal (and all without the help of a single salt truck)
Daily Mail:
The many faces of bygone Russia: From woodsmen and tramps to soldiers of the Revolution, amazing photos of a changing nation (and its first ever car)
Smithsonian Magazine:
Document Deep Dive: The Most Influential Art Show You've Never Heard Of
Daily Mail:
Dawn of the age of color movies: Actresses pose and preen for the camera as they test out the new Kodachrome moving full color film in 1922
Daily Mail:
Knights at war: How Sir Alec Guinness's diaries reveal he branded Sir Laurence Olivier 'unpleasant' the day after his death
Daily Mail:
I was Hitler's food taster: Margot Woelk tells for the first time how she was forced to eat the Fuhrer's vegetarian meals to make sure they weren't poisoned
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Battle Over Richard III's Bones ... And His Reputation
Stuff NZ:
The real doomsday preppers
Smithsonian Magazine:
Viva Las Venus: The Jetsons and Wholesome Hedonism
February 15, 2013
Washington Post:
Meteor injures more than 900 in Russian city
NASA News:
NASA to Chronicle Close Earth Flyby of Asteroid
Space.com:
Asteroid 2012 DA14's Friday Flyby: A Stargazer's Guide
Space.com:
Friday Flyby May Trigger 'Asteroid-Quake' on Space Rock
Popular Science:
How Powerful New Telescopes Are Helping Us Spot More Asteroids, Maybe Just In Time
Daily Mail:
Stars trekking across the universe: Ultra-fast suns found racing through the Milky Way at TWO MILLION miles per hour
Discovery News:
Space Invaders Unlikely -- For Now
Wired - Danger Room:
Army Kills The Military's Last Remaining Giant Spy Blimp
io9:
And now for a sense of scale: a map of the U.S. overlaid on the Moon
February 14, 2013
Daily Mail:
Watch out Earth, the space rock is coming: Asteroid that could do as much damage as 1,000 atomic bombs will whizz past our planet tomorrow
Discovery News:
Asteroid 2012 DA14: Will It Smash a Satellite?
Space.com:
Violent Asteroid Crashes Shaped Protoplanet Vesta's Odd Interior
Air & Space Magazine:
Geological sampling and planetary exploration
Air & Space Magazine:
The Misty Mystique
February 13, 2013
Space.com:
Space Rock! What You Need to Know About Friday's Asteroid Flyby
Popular Science:
Near-Miss Asteroid Highlights Earth's Risk Of A Nuke-Sized Collision
Live Science:
Friday Flyby: How Scientists Track Near-Earth Asteroids
Space.com:
Tunguska Lessons: What If Friday's Asteroid Hit Earth
Space.com:
NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Weird 'Hood Ornament' on Mars
The Verge:
Google uses Street View backpacks to map Meteor Crater
The DEW Line:
Awesome US Navy F/A-18F video, enjoy it while it lasts.
Daily Mail:
The family portrait that has been on the MOON for 40 years: Astronaut left behind a picture of himself and his wife and kids in 1972
io9:
How the Nazis Tried to Bomb New York
February 12, 2013
Slate - Bad Astronomy:
Everything You Need to Know About This Friday's Close Shave by Asteroid 2012 DA15
Universe Today:
Freaky Fast Delivery: Progress Blasts Off, Docks at ISS Hours Later
Universe Today:
Continuing the Landsat Mission: New Satellite Launches to Space
io9:
NASA Video Shows Landsat Successful Separation from Rocket
Space Daily:
Can we live farther away from the Sun
Gizmodo:
Why Are the Most Vital Aircraft in the USAF Arsenal Owned by NASA?
The Aviationist:
The Flying Rooster proves even weird planes (except Iran's new stealth fighter jet) can fly
Wired UK:
In depth: UK space sector reaches for the stars
February 11, 2013
EarthSky:
This date in science: Great Meteor Procession of February 9, 1913
National Geographic:
Asteroid to Make Closest Flyby in History
The Guardian:
Asteroid to pass closer to Earth than TV satellites
Daily Mail:
Nasa video shows just how close asteroid will come to hitting Earth (and if you're in Australia you'll even be able to SEE it)
Astrobiology Magazine:
Newly-Discovered Comet Will Put on a Show Next Winter
Daily Mail:
Nasa's rover Curiosity becomes first ever robot to drill a hole in Mars for dust sample to see if life existed on the planet
Spaceflight Now:
Curiosity collects powder sample in first drill on Mars
Discovery News:
Curiosity Drills Hole Into Mars Rock: Pictures
Gizmodo:
Was This Photo of the Mars Curiosity Rover Taken By an Alien or What?
The Atlantic:
Thousands of Minimoons: Our Moon Is Not Alone
Discovery News:
Teleoperated Robots to Explore Lunar Farside?
Spaceflight Now:
Study shows Earth-like planets likely commonplace
Popular Science:
A Map Of Where Drones Are Allowed In The U.S.
Wired - Danger Room:
5 Homeland Security 'Bots Coming to Spy on You (If They Aren't Already)
The Guardian:
From Terminator to Toy Story: drones for a better tomorrow
The Guardian:
The secret history of drones
Gizmag:
Boeing's hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye taxis closer to second flight
Discovery News:
The Hypersonic Spaceplanes of Yesteryear
WEEKEND EDITION: February 9 through 10, 2013
io9:
What is the purpose of the Universe? Here is one possible answer.
Live Science:
Largest Prime Number Discovered
The Guardian:
The largest prime number yet discovered - all 17 million digits of it
io9:
Do objects of different masses really fall at the same rate? The Nordtvedt effect posits they don't
Popular Science:
Awesome Vintage Science Illustrations By The Founder Of Popular Science
Daily Mail:
Robot Rex comes face-to-face with the man he is modelled on: Science Museum unveils $1million 'bionic man' with his own heart, blood and lungs
Popular Science:
All Of The World's Undersea Cables In One Map
Live Science:
Fossil of Flying Dino-Age Reptile Found
Daily Mail:
Bet he had sharp teeth! Scientists discover prehistoric Transylvanian reptile that walked on all fours and had a 3m wingspan
Daily Mail:
Is this the ancestor we share with Fido and Fluffy? First picture of shrew-like creature which evolved 200,000 years after the dinosaurs were wiped out
Daily Mail:
We DIDN'T live together: Humans and Neanderthals never co-existed and missed each other by millennia, study claims
Stuff NZ:
Neanderthal extinction came earlier
Live Science:
Neanderthals Died Out Earlier Than Thought
io9:
2,300 Year-Old Golden Wreath Found On Head Of Buried Body In Greek Subway Dig
The Guardian:
York Minster discoveries shine light on period between Romans and Vikings
Daily Mail:
It IS Richard III: Scientists reveal DNA results confirm 15th century king's body has been found under a car park in Leicester
Daily Mail:
The REAL face of Richard III: King who died in battle at 32 is brought back to life with reconstruction of 500-year-old skull found beneath council car park
Daily Mail:
Now researchers are looking for TWO MORE lost kings: Archaeologists prepare to dig up Alfred the Great and Henry I
The Guardian:
Will they now dig up Alfred the Great?
Daily Mail:
The stubborn American who introduced ice to the world: Frederic 'The Ice King' Tudor was first to carve frozen water out of Massachusetts ponds and send it as far away as India
The Atlantic:
The Oldest Known Photographs of a U.S. President
Daily Mail:
Arrested for cross-dressing! Meet Fanny and Stella, the Victorian gentlemen charged with the 'unnatural offence' of being transvestites
io9:
Did the very first science fiction magazine appear in Russia in 1894?
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Rise and Fall of Nikola Tesla and his Tower
Smithsonian Magazine:
The History of the Flapper, Part 1: A Call for Freedom
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Flapper Era, Part 2: Makeup Makes a Bold Entrance
Gizmodo:
The Bizarre Disappearance of the Peking Man Fossil
Argonne National Laboratory:
High-energy X-rays shine light on mystery of Picasso's paints
Daily Mail:
Spitfire base home to 24 RAF squadrons during WWII goes on the market for £1.5million after phone magnate decides to sell up
Spaceflight Now:
Doubt Cast On Sir Bernard Lovell's 'brainwashing'
Daily Mail:
What a cracking idea! Wallace and Gromit-style contraption turns freshly laid eggs into pancakes in just one MINUTE
February 8, 2013
Space.com:
How Asteroid 2012 DA14 Will Give Earth Close Shave (Infographic)
NASA Science:
A Possible Naked-eye Comet in March
Discovery News:
Mystery Mini Moons: How Many Does Earth Have?
Space.com:
Curiosity Rover Drills Into Mars for 1st Time
Discovery News:
No Alien Signals Detected in Kepler SETI Search
Discovery News:
Gamma-Ray Burst Blasted 8th Century Earth
Daily Mail:
Dinosaurs died out 'within a gnat's eyebrow' of devastating meteor impact 66million years ago
Stuff NZ:
Cosmic collision destroyed dinosaurs, analysis
Space.com:
Chicxulub Asteroid Impact: The Dino-Killer That Scientists Laughed At
Gizmodo:
What and How Do U-2 Spy Plane Pilots Eat During Their 12 Hour Missions?
February 7, 2013
Daily Mail:
Space storms will cause widespread power cuts and cripple phones, satellites and railway signals, report claims
Spaceflight Now:
Six new Globalstar satellites ride Soyuz rocket to orbit
Gizmodo:
If You Were Arriving at Venus, This Is What You Would See
Scientific American:
The New Way to Look for Mars Life: Follow the Salt
Discovery News:
Nearest 'Second Earth' May Be Right Next Door
Space.com:
Closest 'Alien Earth' May Be 13 Light-Years Away
New Scientist:
Closest Earth-like planet may be 13 light years away
Discovery News:
Major Bummer: Super-Earths May Be Mini-Neptunes
Space.com:
4.5 Billion 'Alien Earths' May Populate Milky Way
Gizmag:
Handheld Black Hornet Nano drones issued to U.K.
Air & Space Magazine:
"Vermin of the Skies"
Scientific American:
Will This Be The Comet Of The Century?
February 6, 2013
Christian Science Monitor:
Earth-buzzing asteroid: Big enough to level a city, it was found by amateurs
Space.com:
Next Week's Asteroid Flyby Shows Earth is in 'Cosmic Shooting Gallery'
NASA News:
NASA's Deep Impact Spacecraft Eyes Comet ISON
New Scientist:
NASA spy telescopes won't be looking at Earth
Space.com:
Asteroids May Be Tougher Target Than Mars for Manned Missions
Smithsonian Magazine:
"Earth-Like" Exoplanets May Actually Be Mini-Neptunes
Popular Science:
Weather Balloon Breaks World Record For Longest Flight
Gizmodo:
Who the Hell Can Understand the Voyager Disc's User Manual?
February 5, 2013
Daily Mail:
Close shave for Earth as asteroid is set to whizz by INSIDE orbit of communication satellites
Wired UK:
Asteroid heads towards closest-ever predicted flyby of Earth
NY Daily News:
Felix Baumgartner hit speed of 843.6 miles per hour during record setting skydive, breaking sound barrier
NASA News:
Twenty NASA Balloons Studying the Radiation Belts
Universe Today:
Is This Meteorite a Piece of Mercury?
Discovery News:
Curiosity Drills into Pristine Mars Rock
Space.com:
How Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles Work (Infographic)
Time Magazine:
Drone Home
Popular Science:
How To Design A Drone-Proof City
Smithsonian Magazine:
Drone Couture: Designing Invisibility
Scientific American:
Watch this Amazing 12-Year-Old Launch a Hello Kitty into Space
Discovery News:
The Apollo 1 Conspiracy Theory
Sky Valley Chronicle:
Photo Of The Day: UFO that came from outer space
February 4, 2013
Daily Mail:
Russian rocket carrying U.S. satellite plunges into Pacific Ocean 40 seconds after launch
Daily Mail:
One small hut for man: European Space Agency unveils plans for mankind's first habitable MOON BASE... built almost entirely out of lunar soil by robots
New Scientist:
Dinosaur-killing asteroid was a twin terror
Stuff NZ:
Blimps deploy in missile defence
io9:
And now, see what it was like to drive on the Moon
Discovery News:
NASA's Barnstorming Gemini Capsule-Moon Plan
WEEKEND EDITION: February 2 through 3, 2013
Science Magazine:
Purported Relativity Paradox Resolved
Live Science:
Album: The World's Most Beautiful Equations
Scientific American:
The Age of the Earth -- An Age-Old Question [Excerpt]
Daily Mail:
Bad to the bone: The killer dino-dolphin revealed by skeleton that lay untouched for almost 100 years
Daily Mail:
Captured dead or alive: Astonishing pictures of the bizarre creatures that lurk deep beneath the ocean waves
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Komodo Dragon is an All-Purpose Killing Machine
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Most Infamous Komodo Dragon Attacks of the Past 10 Years
Live Science:
Did Rise of Ancient Human Ancestor Lead to New Stone Tools?
Smithsonian Magazine:
When Did Humans Come to the Americas?
Smithsonian Magazine:
An Illustrated Guide to the World's Creation Myths
The Guardian:
Ice age art at the British Museum was crafted by 'professional' artists
Daily Mail:
Race to save the language of Jesus: Aramaic in danger of becoming extinct as number of speakers of ancient tongue plummets
The Atlantic:
When Newspapers Were New, or, How Londoners Got Word of the Plague
Daily Mail:
Glittering collection of gold and silver artefacts worth millions donated to Oxford's Ashmolean Museum
Daily Mail:
Have scientists finally solved mystery of Civil War submarine that perished after becoming first in history to sink an enemy ship?
Smithsonian Magazine:
Everything Was Fake but Her Wealth
Gizmodo:
Why Aren't Telephone Towers This Beautiful Anymore?
Smithsonian Magazine:
Lost and Found Again: Photos of African-Americans on the Plains
io9:
Not content to merely revolutionize our ideas about space and time, Einstein also studied this obscure geological law
Daily Mail:
Happy 100th birthday, Grand Central Station! New York's Old Lady celebrates centenary with spectacular pictures that show she's still going strong
io9:
These exceptionally rare color photographs show Paris at turn of the 20th century [Updated]
Gizmodo:
22 Awesome Rotary Phones: Beautiful Relics of a Bygone Era
Smithsonian Magazine:
For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II
Smithsonian Magazine:
3D-TV, Automated Cooking and Robot Housemaids: Walter Cronkite Tours the Home of 2001
io9:
Script pages from The Shining reveal the ending Kubrick had destroyed
Smithsonian Magazine:
Top Ten Cases of Nuclear Thefts Gone Wrong
Smithsonian Magazine:
Where is the Costa Concordia Now?
Gizmodo:
This Is the New South Pole
Daily Mail:
Return to the fold: Artist brings back the lost art of creating animals and landscapes from NAPKINS
Popular Science:
The Human Race Will Come To An End. What's Next?
Smithsonian Magazine:
Future Calling: Videophones in the World of The Jetsons
February 1, 2013
Daily Mail:
'It was better for them to die unexpectedly': NASA expert reveals Columbia shuttle crew were not told of problem with re-entry as families mark 10-year anniversary
U.S. News & World Report:
Asteroid to Buzz by Earth Closer Than Satellites
IEEE Spectrum:
Details Emerge of Chang'e-2 Asteroid Encounter
Forbes:
Why Our Main Asteroid Belt Is Hardly The Remnant Of An Exploded Planet
Spaceflight Now:
Atlas 5 puts science-relay satellite into orbit for NASA
Popular Science:
NASA Will Launch A 13,000-Square-Foot Solar Sail Next Year
Discovery News:
Nuclear Thermal Rocket: A Misunderstood Beast
io9:
That One Time a Fire Almost Destroyed the Mir Space Station
Gizmodo:
The Life of an Astronaut
January 31, 2013
Daily Mail:
'Thunderbird 2' is go! U.S. military blimp set to revolutionise warfare makes first successful test flight
New Zealand Herald:
Comet Lemmon visible in NZ skies
UPI:
Study: Comet didn't end ancient culture
Slate - Bad Astronomy:
More Evidence That Mars Once Had Flowing Water
New Scientist:
Earth and others lose status as Goldilocks worlds
Daily Mail:
Alien planet hunters redefine the 'habitable zone' where life can exist - and find Earth is right on the edge
Discovery News:
'Zombie Planet' Resurrected: Fomalhaut b is Real
NASA News:
Herschel Finds Past-Prime Star May Be Making Planets
Popular Science:
The Pentagon Plans To Test More Airborne Laser Weapons As Soon As Next Year
Popular Science:
One Small Pawprint: Meet The Astro-Animals That Went Before Iran's Space Monkey
What If?:
What would happen if you tried to fly a normal Earth airplane above different Solar System bodies?
Daily Mail:
Astronaut's incredible picture of the Golden Gate Bridge as seen from space... plus more out of this world shots from patterns on the ocean and quirky cloud formations to glowing city lights
January 30, 2013
NASA Science:
Record Setting Asteroid Flyby
USA Today:
NASA: Asteroid to give Earth close shave
Universe Today:
In Two Weeks This 50-Meter Asteroid Will Buzz Our Planet
The Atlantic:
Here Is the Robot That Will Extract Water From the Moon
Popular Science:
Step into the Twilight Zone: Can Earthlings Adjust to a Longer Day on Mars?
WebPro News:
Comet-Like Ionosphere Seen on Venus
Popular Science:
'Habitable Zone' for Alien Planets Redefined
Slate - Bad Astronomy:
Want: Part XVI, The Danger Will Robinson Edition
Air & Space Magazine:
Tennis, Anyone?
January 29, 2013
Space.com:
Effects of Worst Satellite Breakups in History Still Felt Today
Spaceflight Now:
Atlas 5 comes together at record pace for NASA launch
Daily Mail:
The incredible U.S. military spy drone that's so powerful it can see what type of phone you're carrying from 17,500ft
Space.com:
Monkeys in Space: A Brief Spaceflight History
Air & Space Magazine:
In the Zero-G Cockpit
Space.com:
Remembering Challenger: NASA's 1st Shuttle Tragedy
Daily Mail:
'It could have been me': Teachers on shortlist for doomed Challenger flight reflect on 27th anniversary of space shuttle explosion
January 28, 2013
Alaska Dispatch:
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin mum on whether he saw a UFO
Birmingham Mail:
Black Country crop circles prove phenomenon is no hoax, claims Australian expert
Daily Mail:
Nasa fires up museum-piece Apollo rocket for the first time in 40 years after dragging it out the Smithsonian
Space.com:
Curiosity Rover Snaps 1st Photos of Mars at Night
io9:
The most distant object in our solar system is actually the second red planet
Scientific American:
Fall That Glitters: Microscopy Reveals Stained-Glass Beauty in Ancient Meteorites [Slide Show]
Daily Mail:
London to Sydney in 90 minutes: Hypersonic SpaceLiner that travels at 24 times the speed of sound 'to be built by 2050'
Daily Mail:
Set for take-off: Britain's deadly superdrone that picks its own targets but experts warn plane could mark the start of 'robot wars'
Air & Space Magazine:
Geological mapping of another world
io9:
A Trip to the Moon in 1892
Space.com:
Distances Driven on Other Worlds (Infographic)
Popular Science:
A History Of Spacesuits, In Pictures
Discovery News:
NASA's First Disaster Happened on the Launch Pad
Gizmodo:
Remembering Apollo 1, NASA's First Major Disaster
Space.com:
Remembering the Apollo 1 Fire (Infographic)
Discovery News:
The Soviet Fire That Might Have Saved Apollo 1
WEEDEND EDITION: January 26 through 27, 2013
io9:
One physical phenomenon that orders our entire universe
Live Science:
Remembering the Apollo 1 Fire (Infographic)
ABC Australia:
Making teleportation 'fuel-efficient'
Stuff NZ:
Research unravels mystery of life's origin
Live Science:
Biggest Dinosaurs Had Brains the Size of Tennis Balls
Live Science:
Stampeding Dinosaurs Were Actually Swimming
Daily Mail:
The dinosaur that could change the way we look at birds
Daily Mail:
The two MILLION year old fox (and even then, it got in the way of human ancestors)
Science Magazine:
Slideshow: Sperm Whales Adopt Deformed Dolphin
The Economist:
An Antipodean Raj
Science Magazine:
Earliest Evidence of Chocolate in North America
Wall Street Journal:
Bones of Contention: If the Skeleton Is Richard III, Where to Bury It?
Smithsonian Magazine:
Does this Marie Antoinette automaton dream of mechanical cake?
The Guardian:
Royal Institution puts historic Mayfair building up for sale
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Unsuccessful Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln
Daily Mail:
The real-life Django: The legendary African-American Wild West marshal who arrested 3,000 outlaws and killed 14 men
Smithsonian Magazine:
Party Like It's 1881: President Garfield's Inaugural Ball
The Guardian:
Alfred Russel Wallace, the forgotten man of evolution, gets his moment
Daily Mail:
Ice with that whisky sir? Three bottles of rare 19th century Scotch returned to Shackleton's Antarctic hut after experts recreate long-lost recipe
Smithsonian Magazine:
PHOTOS: Who Were the Six Indian Chiefs in Teddy Roosevelt's Inaugural Parade?
Smithsonian Magazine:
"The Grave Looked So Miserable"
Air & Space Magazine:
The First Presidential Flight
Gizmodo:
The Biggest Bomb In the History of the World
Air & Space Magazine:
Disaster at Xichang
Wired:
Spy Bases: 9 Secretive HQs of the World's Intelligence Agencies
Daily Mail:
Rust In Pieces: Poignant pictures capture tragic beauty of world's most haunting shipwrecks
Gizmodo:
Watch This Video to See How Freaking Awesome People Can Be
January 25, 2013
Stuff NZ:
Vintage rocket refired
Space.com:
Hypersonic 'SpaceLiner' Aims to Fly Passengers in 2050
Space Daily:
Competition for hypersonic vehicles resumes
Gizmodo:
US Military Will Install Laser Turrets on Bombers and Fighter Jets
Universe Today:
27 Years Ago: Voyager 2's Visit to Uranus
Discovery News:
NASA's First Disaster Happened on the Launch Pad
Space.com:
Wow! Dung Beetles Navigate by the Stars
January 24, 2013
Space.com:
Cosmic Ray Hunting Balloon Sets Record for Longest Flight
Popular Science:
Meet ATHLETE, NASA's Next Robot Moon Walker
Space Ref:
Celestial Sleuths Track Historic Meteor Procession to South Atlantic
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Building Blocks of Life May Have Come From Outer Space
Dvice:
Gallery: Half a century of space food
The Atlantic:
When We Blew Up Arizona to Simulate the Moon
Air & Space Magazine:
The 727 Turns Fifty
Air & Space Magazine:
Kings of the Air
Live Science:
Crop Circles Explained
Charlotte Observer:
Lincolnton UFO pioneer dead at 83
January 23, 2013
Gizmag:
NASA and CSA begin testing satellite refueling on the ISS
Gizmag:
NASA team pushing towards thermal nuclear propulsion systems
NASA News:
Sun Primer: Why NASA Scientists Observe the Sun in Different Wavelengths?
New Scientist:
Did Mars hide life in its watery pockets?
Gizmodo:
Real Life Death Star? No, It's How GE Tests Jet Engines
Daily Mail:
The 'ghost cape' that could make fighter jets look like passenger planes
Air & Space Magazine:
A Tale of Two Satellites
Air & Space Magazine:
Into The Great Unknown
Air & Space Magazine:
10 Billion Miles From Home
Air & Space Magazine:
Mr. Arango's Aeroplanes
Air & Space Magazine:
Even Lindbergh Got Lost
Air & Space Magazine:
Nuke the Pilot
Gizmodo:
25 Bizarre Aircraft That Don't Look Like They Should Fly
January 22, 2013
The Windsor Star:
Federal government to fund Windsor hum research
Space.com:
NASA's Alien Planet Archive Now Open to the World
Daily Mail:
Martian minerals 'strongest evidence yet' of life on the red planet - and it could still be there
Popular Science:
A Huge Burst Of Gamma Rays Hit Earth -- And No One Noticed
Gizmodo:
DARPA's SeeMee Satellites Are a Soldier's On-Demand Eye In the Sky
The Guardian:
A cracking tale: why did the world's first jetliner fall out of the sky?
January 21, 2013
NASA Science:
Comet of the Century?
Contra Costa Times:
Did you see it? Exploding meteor lights Bay Area skies Thursday morning
Reno Gazette-Journal:
Update: Meteor lights up sky, seen by people from Reno to San Francisco
Gizmag:
More details emerge on NASA's plan for inflatable ISS module
Daily Mail:
Rivers on the red planet: Astonishing new pictures reveal a 4mile wide, 900mile long river that once ran across the Martian surface
Space.com:
Giant Mars Crater Shows Evidence of Ancient Lake
Cosmos:
Ancient Martian lake fed by groundwater
Popular Science:
How Much Would It Cost To Live On Mars? [Infographic]
Stuff NZ:
North Star not so close afterall
The Guardian:
A winter wonderland on Mars, ultramassive black holes and a cosmic sneeze - in pictures
Slate - Bad Astronomy:
To Surf a Hundred Million Stars
Space.com:
Space Station and Full Moon Glow in Yosemite Night Sky (Photo)
Gizmodo:
This Awesome Animated Short Is a Student Film. A+!
Daily Mail:
How do you restore a 60-year-old Spitfire to its former glory? With patience, a set of machine guns and the RAF's top mechanics
Bloomberg News:
Boeing Should Heed the Comet's Cautionary Tale
Daily Mail:
New £150million combat jet is banned from flying in bad weather because it could EXPLODE
The Telegraph:
Lightning will ground F35 fighter jet known as the Lightning II
The Telegraph:
Inside the Lockheed Martin F-35B
The DEW Line:
Pratt & Whitney delivers last Raptor engine
Air & Space Magazine:
Son of Transhab
Sri Lanka Sunday Times:
Jigsaw puzzle from outer space divides scientists
Slate - Bad Astronomy:
No, Diatoms Have Not Been Found in a Meteorite
Film Threat:
The Bootleg Files: The UFO Incident
WEEKEND EDITION: January 19 through 20, 2013
New Scientist:
Largest structure challenges Einstein's smooth cosmos
io9:
Poll shows that quantum physicists agree to disagree about the nature of reality
The Guardian:
The secret of life won't be cooked up in a chemistry lab
IEEE Spectrum:
Will Machines Ever Master Translation?
Daily Mail:
Mechanic masterchef: Robots cook dumplings, noodles and wait tables at restaurant in China
The Guardian:
The world's fossils are going extinct
Daily Mail:
ScienceShot: Fossils of Enigmatic Sea Creature Surface
Daily Mail:
Astonishing 3D images reveal the first four-legged land animals in amazing detail - and overturn a century of research
Popular Science:
More Evidence Emerges That "Hobbits" Were A Separate Species
Daily Mail:
Migrants from India settled in Australia 4,000 years ago before Captain Cook's arrival (and they took their dingos with them)
Live Science:
Did Mega-Drought Kill Ancient Aboriginal Culture?
Live Science:
Mysterious Shaman Stones Uncovered in Panama
Daily Mail:
Weapons that dominated European warfare for 3,000 years were introduced from Ancient Crete, study finds
Live Science:
Pompeii 'Wall Posts' Reveal Ancient Social Networks
Live Science:
Ancient Pompeians Could Go Upstairs to Pee
Live Science:
Down the Drain: Lost Items Reveal Roman Bath Activities
Daily Mail:
The incredible treasures buried at a Black Sea fortress 2,000 years ago to save them from invading Romans
Live Science:
Ancient Louisiana Earthworks Nominated for World Heritage Site
Live Science:
Scale Model Discovered for Florence Cathedral
Smithsonian Magazine:
Document Deep Dive: The Menu From President Lincoln's Second Inaugural Ball
Smithsonian Magazine:
War and Peace of Mind for Ulysses S. Grant
Daily Mail:
'I'd rather walk in front of a live cannon than do it again': Words of widow, 63, as she emerged from barrel after becoming the first person to survive drop over Niagara Falls
Daily Mail:
Abandoned for gas guzzlers, the astonishing 103 year old electric car that was ahead of its time
Daily Mail:
U.S. student's Russian Revolution gap year: Remarkable images of the 1917 uprising taken by a young Yale graduate discovered nearly a century later by his granddaughter
Daily Mail:
The real life Private Ryan: Agony of the First World War mother who sent four sons into battle... but only one came back
Daily Mail:
Mind the 150-year gap: ROBERT HARDMAN climbs aboard an original steam-powered London Underground train as it prepares to host a group of VIPs to mark its anniversary
Daily Mail:
Through Japanese eyes: Seen for the first time, photograph shows Hiroshima mushroom cloud from the ground minutes after blast
Daily Mail:
Vintage photos show Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr in their heyday hobnobbing at Hollywood hotspot
The Guardian:
Julie Burchill, transphobia and hostility towards the victims of oppression
Daily Mail:
The hunt for Red October: The astonishing hacking ring that has infiltrated over 1,000 high level government computers around the world
Gizmodo:
Russia's Newest Ballistic Missile Sub Something Something Red October
Live Science:
Huge Animal Sound Archive Goes Online
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Jetsons and the Future of the Middle Class
January 18, 2013
Space.com:
Next Space Station Crew Faces Out-of-This-World Final Exams
Space.com:
NASA Beams Mona Lisa to Moon with Laser
Daily Mail:
Rivers on the red planet: Astonishing new pictures reveal a 4mile wide, 900mile long river that once ran across the Martian surface
Daily Mail:
The secret of Titan's youthful looks revealed: Astronomers find sand dunes are filling in its pockmarked surface
Universe Today:
The Secrets of Moondogs
Gizmodo:
Watch a Balloon Explode 100,000 Feet Above the Earth
January 17, 2013
Spaceflight Now:
Trio of Russian military satellites launched by Rockot
Daily Mail:
Beyond the moon: US and Europe join forces to develop spacecraft that could take man to Mars (and even land on an asteroid)
Space.com:
Inside NASA's Deal for an Inflatable Space Station Room
Space.com:
Alpha Station: Private Inflatable Space Outpost Envisioned
Space.com:
Orion Explained: NASA's Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (Infographic)
Discovery News:
NASA's Original Inflatable Space Station
Space.com:
Space Shuttle Columbia Launched on Tragic Mission 10 Years Ago
Slate:
A Puff of Celestial Smoke
January 16, 2013
Gizmag:
Asteroid to miss Earth by less than 20,000 miles next month
Popular Science:
Russia Will Launch Its First Moon Mission Since The 1970s
Space.com:
Inflatable Private Space Stations: Bigelow's Big Dream
Popular Science:
Trial Run Mission Will Make Sure Asteroid Deflection Method Really Works
Popular Science:
Curiosity Rover Gets Ready To Drill Into Mars For The First Time
Gizmodo:
How to Literally Shoot the Moon
January 15, 2013
Popular Science:
The Next Crews With The Right Stuff Will Work For Private Companies, Not NASA
Universe Today:
What Happened During the Huygens Mission?
Gizmodo:
These UAVs Fly Through Fallout Clouds To Learn Who Launched a Nuke
Daily Mail:
What hyperspace travel REALLY looks like (and why Star Wars got it wrong
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Fisher Space Pen Boldly Writes Where No Man Has Written Before
Discovery News:
NASA's U-2 Clandestine Cover Story
January 14, 2013
Space.com:
NASA Buys Private Inflatable Room for Space Station
Universe Today:
Bigelow Inflatable Module Will be Added to Space Station
Universe Today:
Private Test Pilots to Fly 1st Commercial Crewed Space Flights for NASA
Space.com:
Streaming Video from Space Will Document Planet Earth
Science Magazine:
ScienceShot: Moons as Big as Earth? Not Yet
Scientific American:
Star Near Our Solar System May Be the Oldest Known
Live Science:
Danger! Falling Rocks: Meteorites and Asteroids (Infographic)
The Aviationist:
Amazing footage of Sukhoi Su-33 on the Admiral Kuznetsov "heavy aircraft-carrying missile cruiser"
Smithsonian Magazine:
Stratomouse!
WEEKEND EDITION: January 12 through 13, 2013
Scientific American:
Scientists Extend Einstein's Relativity to the Universe's First Moments
Space.com:
Einstein Was Right: Space-Time Is Smooth, Not Foamy
io9:
Why does relativity mean that mass changes with speed?
io9:
What's the rarest figure eight in the universe?
Live Science:
The Kilogram Has Gained Weight
Live Science:
Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Might Cause Skin Damage, Study Suggests
Gizmag:
Top 10 robots of 2012
Astrobiology Magazine:
Origin of Life May Have Emerged From Bioenergetics
New Scientist:
ScienceShot: The First Sea Monster
Live Science:
'T. Rex' of the Seas Called First Top Killer
Daily Mail:
The terrifying prehistoric 'sovereign of the sea' - with razor-sharp five inch teeth
Stuff NZ:
'Stampeding' swimming dinosaurs' tracks
Live Science:
Weird! This Odd, Ancient Bird Had Sharp Teeth
Daily Mail:
Giant squid captured on film for the first time: Japanese film crew records elusive creature in its natural habitat
The Atlantic:
The Coolest-Looking Dolphin in the World
Live Science:
Over 300 Clay Figures Found at Ancient Site
Live Science:
Athenian 'Snake Goddess' Gets New Identity
Live Science:
Oldest Roman Hairstyle Recreated for First Time
io9:
The Ironic End of the Man who Made Himself Immune to Poison
Live Science:
2,000-Year-Old Treasure Discovered In Black Sea Fortress
Dvice:
Famed Roman Shipwreck Could Be Two
New Scientist:
Ancient Eye Treatment Recovered From Tuscan Shipwreck
Live Science:
Ancient Mexico's Dead Got Makeovers
io9:
Why did the Vikings abandon Greenland?
Daily Mail:
American bounty hunters submit plans to raise gold coins worth hundreds of millions from the wreck of HMS Victory
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Murky History of Foosball
Daily Mail:
Tunnelling into history: Amazing images show London houses being demolished to make way for the Tube in 1863, the world's first underground railway
io9:
The first proof of the Doppler Effect
Daily Mail:
Is this the world's oldest baseball card? Rare mounted photo from 1865 expected to make $100,000 at auction
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Gadgets of the Future From the Electrical Shows of Yesterday
Daily Mail:
How we used to holiday: Photographs taken by disabled son from wealthy family reveal their seaside adventures during the early 1900s
Daily Mail:
The forgotten photographs of WW1: Images of wartime France that lay undeveloped for nearly a century are discovered inside a camera at a Los Angeles antique store
The Photo Place:
WWI and Russian Revolution photos found
Daily Mail:
Step into the Dark City: Evocative 1930s' pictures reveal the eerie alleys and lost buildings of London
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Candor and Lies of Nazi Officer Albert Speer
Daily Mail:
Band of mothers: Bravery of women who confronted downed Luftwaffe airman with pitchforks... to steal his parachute and make silk knickers for entire village!
Daily Mail:
The ghosts of Hitler's European fortress: Photographer captures images of decaying World War Two bunkers in Holland, France and Belgium
The Atlantic:
The Story of the Slinky
Vanity Fair:
The Long Good-Bye
Dvice:
Letters show IBM was worried about HAL's psychotic AI behavior
The Verge:
Incredible photos from the CES vault: 1967 to 2012
Smithsonian Magazine:
Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About San Francisco's Cable Cars
Daily Mail:
Chinese fakeaway: How the world's most famous buildings - and even whole cities - are being cloned in the Far East
The Atlantic:
Could Human Enhancement Turn Soldiers Into Weapons That Violate International Law? Yes
Daily Mail:
The war that never was: Most elaborate Wikipedia hoax ever as 4,500 word article on 'Bicholim Conflict' - a fictitious fight for Goan independence - fooled site for FIVE YEARS
io9:
The Ultimate Guide to 2013's Science Fiction and Fantasy TV
Gizmodo:
This Trippy Animation Is Nothing But Coffee, White-Out, and Ink
io9:
The 12 cognitive biases that prevent you from being rational
Dvice:
Video of the Day: 'Invisible driver' startles fast food employees
January 11, 2013
Spaceflight Now:
Company test pilots slated for first commercial flights
Space.com:
Asteroid Apophis Gives Earth a Close Shave in 2029 (Infographic)
Space.com:
Whew! Huge Asteroid Apophis Won't Hit Earth in 2036
Space.com:
Finding Another Earth: How Will Scientists Confirm It Exists?
Universe Today:
Behold: The Largest Known Spiral Galaxy
Gizmag:
NASA releases GRAIL video
January 10, 2013
Discovery News:
Asteroid Apophis Just Got Supersized
Gizmodo:
Apophis May Destroy Some Earth's Satellites In 2029
Scientific American:
Asteroids: Close and Closer, but Not Too Close for Comfort
Stuff NZ:
Earth microbes might survive on Mars, study
Daily Mail:
Vega: The bright star that could have a family of planets (and even its own Earth twin)
Discovery News:
Massive Asteroid Belts Discovered Around Vega
Daily Mail:
The six 'missing link' comets astronomers say could reveal unknown planets
Astrobiology Magazine:
Exocomets May Be as Common as Exoplanets
Space.com:
Most Earth-Like Alien Planet Possibly Found
Space.com:
Most Earth-like Exoplanet Discovery Explained (Infographic)
Daily Mail:
Robonauts are go! R2 the robot astronaut begins work on the International Space Station
Daily Mail:
Germans unveil 'star wars' laser than can shoot a drone out of the sky from TWO MILES away and cut through a steel girder at 700 yards
Daily Mail:
You've got a sick U-2 there: How Cold War spy pilots learned to fly with the aid of cartoons
Daily Mail:
The kamikaze doodlebug: Secret variant of Hitler's V1 was designed to let pilot fly it to British targets (but surprisingly not enough volunteered)
Urgan Ghosts:
Top Secret Tombs: The Classified Stealth Aircraft Burial Grounds of Area 51
January 9, 2013
Discovery News:
Curiosity Scrubs a Mars Rock Clean
Daily Mail:
Watch out for Apophis: Asteroid named after an Egyptian demon set to pass by Earth tomorrow
Space.com:
Potentially Dangerous Asteroid Apophis Spotted - Video
New Scientist:
Mock Mars mission reveals salty surprise
Daily Mail:
The icebergs of Titan: Astronomers say hydrocarbon blocks could contain 'exotic form of life'
Live Science:
Ancient Maya Predicted 1991 Solar Eclipse
Space.com:
Nixon's Space Legacy Unveiled at National Archives
Jalopnik:
How To Fly A U-2 Spy Plane
January 8, 2013
The Guardian:
Apophis - a 'potentially hazardous' asteroid - flies by Earth on Wednesday
Astrobiology Magazine:
Sutter's Mill Meteorite Triggered a Scientific Gold Rush
Emirates 24/7:
'Meteor' found by Saudi man near his house
Daily Mail:
The lunar 'three amigos': Mystery of the triple impact craters spotted on the surface of the moon
New Scientist:
Mars Mission Could Turn Astronauts Into Couch Potatoes
NASA News:
NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers 461 New Planet Candidates
Discovery News:
Earth-Sized Alien Worlds Orbit One in Six Stars
Space.com:
17 Billion Earth-Size Alien Planets Inhabit Milky Way
Space.com:
17 Billion Earths of the Milky Way Explained (Infographic)
New Scientist:
Only the toughest would survive on Tatooine worlds
Space.com:
'Exocomets' Common Across Milky Way Galaxy
Daily Mail:
Thunderbird 2 flies again: The astonishing airship set to revolutionise haulage, tourism... and warfare
Cape Cod Times:
January UFO sightings in the early seventies
January 7, 2013
Space.com:
Mars Rover Curiosity Finds Martian 'Flower' and Snake-Like Rock
Discovery News:
Curiosity Spots Mystery Mars 'Flower'
Spaceflight Now:
Scientists losing hope of reviving French telescope
Spaceflight Now:
Vietnamese satellite booked for second Vega launch
Cosmos:
Celestial flybys set to thrill in 2013
New Scientist:
Titan holds clue to faint young sun paradox
io9:
Why you really don't want to live in a wide binary solar system
Space Daily:
NASA Kepler hints at over 250 new potentially habitable worlds
Dvice:
Billions of planets in every galaxy the norm, says new study
Space.com:
Double-Star Systems Can Be Dangerous for Exoplanets
Daily Mail:
Astronaut's view of a sleeping giant: Incredible image from International Space Station shows Mount Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples
Dvice:
Want to see all passenger airplanes flying right now?
Daily Mail:
Nazis secretly developed plot to drop radioactive bomb on New York from supersonic space rocket
Smithsonian Magazine:
Hugh L. Dryden and the American Space Program
Space.com:
Neil Armstrong Didn't Lie About 'One Small Step' Moon Speech, Historian Says
WEEKEND EDITION: January 5 through 6, 2013
NY Times:
The Life of Pi, and Other Infinities
The Guardian:
Higgs boson was just a start for Cern's atom smasher - other mysteries await
The Guardian:
The Earth is nearly flat, and other scientific truths
Space.com:
Atoms Reach Record Temperature, Colder than Absolute Zero
New Scientist:
Cloud of atoms goes beyond absolute zero
Popular Science:
Favorite Science Infographics of 2012
The Economist:
Babbage Awards - Wackier than thou
Popular Science:
The Most Mind-Blowing 3-D Printed Objects Of 2012
The Economist:
Machine Translation: Conquering Babel
Live Science:
How Early Earth Kept Warm Despite Faint Sun
Daily Mail:
The world's oldest fossils: Researchers claim bacteria existed on Earth before OXYGEN
Live Science:
Volcano's 30-Year Eruption Bursting with Discoveries
io9:
Megapiranha was real and it could bite harder than a T. rex
Daily Mail:
Did Lucy walk or climb? How honey hunters in Uganda could help researchers shed new light on one of our most famous ancestors
Daily Mail:
'Peking Man' wore animal hides as clothes and was an expert fire builder: New excavation of Chinese caves discovers fascinating new details about early humans
Science Daily:
'Peking Man' Was a Fashion Plate
Daily Mail:
The first carpenters? 7,000 year old German water wells found to be earliest use of wood for construction
Live Science:
Ancient Carving Shows Stylishly Plump African Princess
Smithsonian Magazine:
Antigua's Disputed Slave Conspiracy of 1736
io9:
The Truth About the Culper Ring, the First U.S. Spy Family - and the Real Agent 355
The Atlantic:
Going to the Gym Today? Thank This 19th-Century Orthopedist
Daily Mail:
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines: Black and white photos show plane acrobats in the 1920s risking their lives in a quest for thrills
Dvice:
WWII-era military files reveal testing of a tsunami bomb
Daily Mail:
Death of the Desert Fox: Rommel's son's account of his father's last moments after Hitler ordered him to take a cyanide pill or be arrested
Live Science:
Scientologists' Alleged Apocalypse Bunker Found
Danger Room:
Military Must Prep Now for 'Mutant' Future, Researchers Warn
io9:
77 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies to Watch Out For in 2013
The Economist:
Triumph of the nerds
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Tolkien Nerd's Guide to The Hobbit
Smithsonian Magazine:
George Jetson Gets A Check-Up
January 4, 2013
Spaceflight Now:
Stacking of Atlas 5 rocket begins for NASA launch
Nature:
Meteorite carries ancient water from Mars
Universe Today:
Meteorite From Mars is Water-Rich
New Scientist:
Unique meteorite hints Mars stayed moist for longer
Space.com:
Meet the Spacecraft Exploring the Solar System
The Atlantic:
Those Other Martian Rovers Celebrate 9 Years on the Red Planet
MIT Technology Review:
Robot Hedgehogs on a Martian Moon
Science Daily:
Carbon in Vesta's Craters: Asteroid Impacts May Have Transferred Carbonaceous Material to Protoplanet and Inner Solar System
Los Angeles Times:
Dwarf galaxies around Andromeda pose questions for astronomers
Physics World:
Thorium could help alien life emerge
io9:
What happens if you get hit by a meteorite?
The Aviationist:
How many F-16 fighter jets can you spot in this impressive Elephant Walk photo?
Air & Space Magazine:
Rotary Rescue
Gizmodo:
Not a Blimp, Not a Plane: The Gigantic Aeroscraft Is Ready, and It's Awesome
io9:
The Woodward Effect allows for endless supplies of starship fuel
January 3, 2013
New Scientist:
NASA mulls plan to drag asteroid into moon's orbit
Discovery News:
Blue, Not Red: Did Ancient Mars Look Like This?
Discovery News:
Mission to Mars Could Mess With Your Brain
Space.com:
100 Billion Alien Planets Fill Our Milky Way Galaxy: Study
Daily Mail:
Astronomical growing pains: Researchers observe two baby planets guzzling gas from a 'parent' star for first time
New Scientist:
Simulators prepare newbie pilots for flying car era
Air & Space Magazine:
The Luna 1 Hoax Hoax
January 2, 2013
Space.com:
Space Radiation May Accelerate Alzheimer's in Astronauts
Universe Today:
New Study Shows Cosmic Rays Could Cause Alzheimer's
Daily Mail:
Australian scientists unveil Wallaby and Dingo, the radio telescope network in the outback they hope could discover 700,000 new galaxies in 2013
IEEE Spectrum:
Gaia Telescope Will Map the Milky Way
Space.com:
13 New Space Missions to Watch In 2013
IEEE Spectrum:
Virgin Galactic Space Planes Should Launch This Year
Smithsonian Magazine:
Do We Really Need to Take Vacations to Space?
Popular Science:
Next-Gen Space Rovers Do Acrobatics, Look Like Medieval Weapons
Space.com:
Look Up! 13 Must-See Stargazing Events in 2013
Space.com:
First Meteor Shower of 2013 Peaks This Week
Air & Space Magazine:
How Are Places On The Moon Named?
Universe Today:
How Long is a Day on Mercury?
Space Daily:
A stray planet
The Atlantic:
Astronomers Read the Shadows of the Universe's Earliest Stars
National Geographic:
Crazy Far
Space.com:
Jesco von Puttkamer, Von Braun Rocket Team Member, Dies at 79
Biloxi Sun Herald:
South Mississippi has long history of UFO intrigue
Northern Star Australia:
Strange UFO encounters
Gizmodo:
How America's First Delta Wing Fighter Prevented WWIII
Daily Mail:
Did Neil Armstrong lie about the origins of his 'one small step' speech? And did he still fluff his lines?
IEEE Spectrum:
Japanese Security Firm to Start Renting Surveillance Drones
Gizmodo:
This Tiny Hover-Disc Can Be Driven Around with Nothing but Lasers
Gizmag:
Surveillance quadrotor lets you keep tabs on your secret lair
Gizmodo:
Cockpit camera view from inside a Russian Air Force +20-ship formation
io9:
Must-Watch Video of the Day: Life-Size Superman Flies Over the Beach
io9:
A fun animated short about a guy with the most boring job in the Alien universe
Daily Mail:
Not sure how to get rid of your Christmas Tree? Inventors reveal how to turn it into a ROCKET
NEW YEAR'S WEEKEND EDITION: Dec 29, 2012 thru Jan 1, 2013
Nature:
2012 - The Year In Science
The Guardian:
Tooth fairy quantum mechanics
Science Daily:
The paths of photons are random - but coordinated
Discovery News:
Death By Black Hole Firewall Incineration It Shall Be
io9:
See a recreation of the experiment that discovered the electron
Popular Science:
The Sloppiest Sci-Fi Movie Science Violations of 2012
The Guardian:
The Observer science quiz 2012: part 1
The Observer science quiz 2012: part 2
The Observer science quiz 2012: part 3
Popular Science:
FYI: Which Computer Is Smarter, Watson Or Deep Blue?
Popular Science:
Robot Boy To Be 'Born' In 9 Months, And Programmed To Do All His Chores
Smithsonian Magazine:
Photos of the World's Oldest Living Things
National Geographic:
Two-Ton "Alien" Horned Dinosaur Found - "Different From Every Other"
Live Science:
Erratic Environment May Be Key to Human Evolution
The Guardian:
Alice Roberts: Rudolph and our early ancestors - a love story
Daily Mail:
How idolatry continued in the Kingdom of Judah:Israeli dig uncovers temple and icons dating back to Old Testament era
Gizmodo:
Archaeologists Think Hidden Imperial Tomb May Be Too Deadly to Explore
Daily Mail:
Unique 2,000-year-old Roman theatre discovered in back garden of archaeological school
io9:
Here's the earliest known map of the Gulf Stream, created by Benjamin Franklin
Daily Mail:
The incredible 200-year-old automaton: The jewel-studded clockwork caterpillar built to show off 19th Century high technology
Daily Mail:
The lost churches of Russia: Abandoned wooden buildings left forgotten in the forests are captured in haunting photographs
Daily Mail:
'A football was kicked out of our trenches and we played the Germans': Poignant letter recounting famous 1914 Christmas Day truce rediscovered nearly 100 years on
Smithsonian Magazine:
The Children Who Went Up In Smoke
Daily Mail:
A helping hand from the past: Photographer sells pictures of the boardwalk from 60 years ago for Hurricane Sandy victims
Daily Mail:
We bugged Princess Margaret's ashtrays, admit KGB
Smithsonian Magazine:
A History of Sequins from King Tut to the King of Pop
Gizmodo:
A Complete History of American Nuclear Explosions in 90 Seconds
Wired:
The 8 Craziest Job Openings in the Military-Industrial Complex
Smithsonian Magazine:
Seven Must-See Art and Science Exhibitions of 2013
Wired:
7 Codes You'll Never Ever Break
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