Science & Engineering
May 2026
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Human Factors
Nobody talks about why public enthusiasm for space collapsed at almost exactly the…
Deep Space
The Earth's magnetic field has reversed itself completely roughly 183 times in the…
Science & Engineering
The most accurate atomic clocks in operation now lose less than one second every 30…
Psychology
People who are genuinely kind but feel virtually alone in the world have usually…
Space & Missions
The Mars helicopter Ingenuity completed 72 flights in an atmosphere less than one…
Space & Missions
Richard Nixon's White House had a speech prepared in case Neil Armstrong and Buzz…
Earth & Life
Astronauts who walked on the moon reported that the dust tracked back into the…
Science & Engineering
The Mars rovers carry no clocks set to Earth time, so the engineers driving them…
Military Space
A US Navy satellite launched in 1964 can still be heard by amateur radio observers
Space & Missions
The Senate just installed a deputy administrator who thinks NASA's job is beating…
Universe
Scott Kelly spent a year in orbit while his identical twin brother stayed on Earth…
Science & Engineering
Octopuses have nine brains, three hearts, and blue copper-based blood, with roughly…
Universe
The bacteria living in and on your body outnumber your own cells, which means that…
Space & Missions
In April 2019 the Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashed into the lunar surface…
Psychology