All Articles

Due to the popularity of SmallSats, industry and government agencies have come aboard the SmallSat bus. However this attention has shed light on a major obstacle: the challenge of getting those SmallSats to space in a responsive and cost-effective manner.

Scheduled to air live November 3 — on YouTube — the 90-minute show will feature performances from those who gained fame on the video platform as well as those, such as Eminem, who became famous via more old-fashioned routes.

This video animation gives us a tantalizing glimpse into one proposed method for asteroid retrieval, which would serve as a stepping stone for future missions to asteroids.

On Monday (Sept. 30) the airline announced a plan to outfit its 11,000-strong pilot corps with Microsoft Surface 2 tablets. The new “electronic flight bag” will replace the traditional bag, which can weigh nearly 40 pounds.

Fabrizio Goldstein made a splash earlier this summer when offering homeless people Spin classes on freshly minted Citi Bikes in New York City. Comedian by trade—this Vice clip in which […]

An Oxford University study looked at how susceptible jobs are to computerization, and found that “about 47 percent of total US employment is at risk.”

As user interfaces grow more sophisticated, incidences of motion sickness — and the less-well-known simulation sickness — are expected to increase. Writer Christopher Mims says this may become the new normal.

All life starts fused with its parents.

Eric Siegel on IBM’s Watson: This is the first time I’ve ever had the feeling and the impulse to say, “You know what?  That’s intelligent.”

James Madison’s analysis of the American republic is often praised for its brilliance, but the 4th president could not have envisioned the chutzpah and anti-government zeal of the 2013 House Republicans.

The most striking thing you will notice is the peanut shape of the central bulge of the galaxy, as viewed from a different perspective than we get from Earth. 

So I thought I’d share with you  my contribution to a symposium sponsored by a fairly conservative organization on what to do to improve the teaching of the humanities.  The other contributions […]

The National Zoo tweeted that live cameras on animals – including the popular ‘Giant Panda Cam’ – have been deemed non-essential in the wake of the government shutdown. 

Drug companies are allowed to use (and do often use) active placebos in their studies. An active placebo is one that is biologically active, rather than inert.

An ordinance passed by the city council went into effect earlier this month, making West Hollywood the first municipality in the US, and possibly the world, to ban the selling of fur. Not surprisingly, high-end retailers aren’t happy.

When London’s Tate Gallery asked the French painter Balthus for some personal details to include in a 1968 retrospective exhibition, Balthus replied via telegram: “No biographical details. Begin: Balthus is […]

At the famously meat-heavy festivities, several beer tents are offering meat- and/or animal-free options on their menus. The new choices reflect the country’s changing diet demographic.

By not being in the same time zone as its neighbors, Spaniards are suffering issues ranging from low worker productivity to a persistent feeling of jet-lag brought on by not enough sleep.

Not only are such spaces — including a proposed park and bank — on the increase, demand for them is increasing as well. Opponents say that they represent a step backwards.

Officials in the Chinese city have put out an appeal to help them correct signs containing clumsy English translations. It’s part of a greater initiative designed to entice more foreigners to move to the area.

The wonderful time-lapse video below records Perseid meteors above Canada. But it also contains a mystery.

Not only is religion just as bad as an infectious disease, Mr. Dawkins also says it is a form of child abuse.

As technology and media continue to evolve at an exponential rate, marketers and consumers alike have started to adopt new practices and behaviors to ensure that they keep pace.

Maybe it’s truer and more useful to marvel at how we very nearly destroyed ourselves after discovering an unstable new energy source, then figured our way out of it. 

The success of an employee working from home depends on the person, on the job and on the training the organization provides to do that role remotely.

The emergence of freewill in the human species is a result of evolution, not a brute fact.

So what can you do if you tend to give a lot in a friendship and don’t always get what you need in return?

All the self-analyzing and, in turn, self-promotions, that we interact with through digital and social technologies has actually created a caring economy based on shared values. 

Studies show that students flourish best when under constantly under a moderate amount of stress. 

Conflict avoidance, reconciliation and cooperative problem solving could also have been altogether “biological” and positively selected for.