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The Last Time a Pope Resigned, Mass Media Was Called ... Mass
A pope hasn't stepped down from office for 600 years. What was the "media frenzy" like in 1415? Ulrich von Richental's Chronicle of the Council of Constance/Wikimedia Commons Within minutes of the...
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These 2 Guys in Brooklyn Want to Build the Space Suit of the Future
This is a story about Nik Moiseev and Ted Southern. It is also a story about a Russian engineer and an American artist. It is also a story about a Brooklyn startup. It is also a story about space...
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This Guy's Car Got Stuck at 125mph—for an Hour
A real-world screening of Speed ended with a small miracle of bureaucratic coordination. Shutterstock/Snvv It started with a trip to a supermarket. It ended with a high-speed chase, a frantic call to...
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The Fashion Line Inspired by ... Mars
"Space suits," made for wear on Earth Nanette Lepore debuts her otherworldly Fall 2013 collection. (nanettelepore.tumblr.com) Mars may not be the hottest planet ... but it is, apparently, the hottest...
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What It's Like for Astronauts to Sleep in Space
Strap yourself to a wall and relax. Your arms may float away like a zombie's, but "it's really comfortable," swears astronaut Mike Fincke. Zombies! (AP) It had been a long day on the International...
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How Live Video Could Ruin Fashion Week and Leave Us With Ugly Clothes
Critics are worried streaming runway shows will change the entire fashion system, from production to sales. Andrew Kelly/Reuters There's been an unusual amount of existential angst among fashion...
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The U.S. Just Got Its First Bionic Eye
"A game changer in sight-affecting diseases" Those afflicted with Retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease, undergo a very particular kind of medical trauma. They might experience night...
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Meteorite Strikes Are Actually Quite Common
Earth gets hit up to 10 times a year, experts say. AP/Chelyabinsk.ru Early this morning, a meteor exploded in the sky above Russia, causing a shockwave that blew out windows, crippled communications...
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What It Was Like to Be Human When the Russian Meteorite(s) Fell
"It was very strong. I am speechless. It was so strong." The Atlantic Wire The Emergencies Ministry of Russia described what took place over the Ural Mountains this morning as a "meteor shower in the...
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The Russian Meteorite Was an Early Glimpse of the End of the World
Think a tsunami is bad? Here's a giant rock. Barringer Meteor Crater, Arizona (Wikimedia Commons)This morning a meteorite burst over Chelyabinsk, Russia. It is an opening act for today's flyby of 2012...
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Wow, the Russian Meteor Was the Biggest in a Century
At least, that's what the early data suggests. The meteor we all saw streaking across YouTube from Russian dashboard cameras was the largest in a century, a scientist who studied the event told...
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Erewhon: The 1872 Novel About Robot Wars That Presages Thomas Nagel's...
It may be that the distance between educated amateur and scientific expert has widened since the 19th century, but the religious sensitivities Darwinism inflames seem to have remained fairly...
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Quitters Never Win: The Costs of Leaving Social Media
Forget Lolcats. If we quit using sites like Facebook, we'll miss opportunities for self-expression, personal growth, learning, support, and civic exchange. Birgerking/Flickr Simple solutions have been...
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Thunderstone: What People Thought About Meteorites Before Modern Astronomy
Imagine a rock falling from the sky ... and not knowing that it's a meteorite. Colored woodcut via www.meteoritecollector.org On November 7, 1492, people around the Alsatian city of Ensisheim heard an...
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How a DC Hockey Fan Site Got the Russian Meteorite Story Before the AP
When Russian Machine Never Breaks isn't rocking the red for the Washington Capitals, it keeps a close eye on skaters in places like meteorite-struck Chelyabinsk. If you were on Twitter last night your...
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Today's Asteroid Flyby Was Pretty Tame (Especially Relative to That Crazy...
Just a few pixels on a screen, moving slowly When I tuned into NASA's livestream of the asteroid 2012 DA14's closest approach to earth, I'm not sure what I expected. What I saw was this: a few pixels...
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The Asteroid That Just Grazed Earth: The Detailed, Colored Image
Way better than the Pong-like livestream NASA/MSFC/Aaron Kingery You watched the livestream -- or you totally missed the whole thing. Either way, you have survived: Asteroid 2012 DA14 has come and...
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Like a Swarm of Lethal Bugs: The Most Terrifying Drone Video Yet
An Air Force simulation says researchers are at work on killer robots so tiny that a group of them could blend into a cityscape. Science writer John Horgan's feature on the many ways drones will be...
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The 15th-Century Equivalent of Your Cat Walking on Your Keyboard
I'm in ur manuscript, making a mess. Emir O. Filipovic For cat owners, the scene is all too familiar: You sit down to finally (finally!) get some work done, and along comes kitty, here to stroll across...
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For 3 Hours This Morning, NASA Lost Communications With the International...
A scary break in communications between NASA on the ground and NASA in space comes during a routine software update. All on board are doing well. Wikimedia Commons Update 12:44 EST: NASA says that...
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