In the following video, you’ll see an animated photo montage by NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, who while in orbit, took a series of shots of an Aurora Borealis in Earth’s atmosphere, to later assemble them to recreate the impressive phenomenon.
After five days of work, astronauts aboard the Endeavour shuttle have succeeded in the ultimate feat of recycling—turning urine into water. This is thanks to a new machine that should help more people live aboard the International space station at one time. The urine recycler will be part of a more widely used water recycling […]
Who knew drinking coffee in space, without having to sip it from a bag, could be so complicated?
Did you know that like many other interesting scientific discoveries, the first LED was discovered by accident? The following documentary will give a brief tour through the world of the light-emitting diode. Learn who invented it, how to use it, and how to make your own. [Via Make]
In the following 28-minute video presentation, Charles Elachi shares stories from NASA’s legendary Jet Propulsion Lab — including tales and videos from the Mars Rover project.
By Stephanie Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] Opening the door to a new understanding of the physics underlying astrophysical phenomena like black holes and gamma ray bursts, scientists recently figured out how to create billions of particles of anti-matter in a laboratory. They took a gold sample the size of a head of a push pin, […]
In the following presentation, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play — with many examples you can try at home (and one that maybe you shouldn’t).
If you think this sounds like the premise of a sci-fi movie, you’re not alone. Time travel is a topic that has been addressed ad nauseum in fiction, but it’s never come even close to being reality. Until now – or so says University of Connecticut physics professor Ronald Mallett, who intends to travel not […]
In the following video presentation, the Inventables guys, Zach Kaplan and Keith Schacht, demo some amazing new materials and how we might use them in the near future. Look for squishy magnets, odor-detecting ink, “dry” liquid and a very surprising 10-foot pole. Enjoy the show!
by Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Epsilon Eridani was already special, even before today. It is one of only four stars that scientists have found to have an icy ring of debris, which indicates that it has begun the process of forming planets. Additionally, at about 62 trillion miles away, it is our closest known […]