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Technology makes bombs and it can put us on Mars. Technology is neither good nor bad. It is a reflection of us.

The race to build the world’s first 3D-printed house is on. Italian civil engineer Enrico Dini (the subject of an upcoming documentary called “The Man Who Prints Houses”) has plans to print […]

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 […]

Anyone on planet Earth can submit a haiku to be sent to Mars on the MAVEN mission. 

False coloring is used in this image to reveal greater detail. The image here depicts mystery martian morphology.

No bodies of water exist on Mars. But they used to, thousands or perhaps millions of years ago, as this photo attests.

Ganymede and Europa have many of the conditions that could support life as we know it. We’ll find out if and when an internationally-sponsored probe — Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE — gets there in 2030.

The video below shows Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo breaking the sound barrier.

The issue is solar radiation. A solution to the solar storms, which have the ability to decompose our DNA in a matter of days, would be a deflector shield much like the one used by the Starship Enterprise.

     Ideology often drives people to madness. History is full of frightening examples. The most recent may be California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, a member of the House Science Committee, which […]

Technology can bring us closer and then can also keep us farther apart from each other.

If just stay on the same pathway every single day that’s going to be a pretty predictable pathway of what you’re going down now.

We may soon find out: NASA just gave Systems & Materials Research Corporation a six-month, $125,000 grant to develop a working prototype of a food synthesizer.

Long-term antidepressant use may be an invitation to diabetes.

Caleb Henry Space is no stranger to attention. Pursuing the heavens in any form is sure to turn heads, and with the increased momentum of private ventures, NewSpace is no […]

Fearing for his marriage, a dentist fired an employee he deemed “irresistible.” The Iowa Supreme Court said that’s perfectly fine.

NASA has announced that its most recent Mars rover, Curiosity, recently found evidence of substantial water stores present on the planet’s surface billions of years ago. 

If we are to ever reach beyond our own planet, possibly colonizing asteroids and Jupiter’s moon Europa, we need a better propellant system. Rocket scientists recommend nuclear power. 

1. The Anti-drone Hoodie Some clothing is designed to make you stand out from the crowd. Then there are the clothes that are to designed to make you invisible to drones. […]

“Society 2.0” — the label writer Richard Hollingham gives to future space colonies — will probably be a lot messier and more complicated than what’s been modeled via the “Star Trek” franchise.

One reason, says the founder of the Inspiration Mars Foundation, is that participants are “going to need someone [they] can hug” given the length of the mission.

There is a reserve of extra performance that the body can be tricked into accessing in competition. 

At a conference titled “The Present-Day Habitability of Mars” scientists discussed the possible seasonal existence of liquid water as well as the survival tactics of Antarctic microbes, among other topics.

I’ve come up with many business ideas for my startups by attending conferences that are outside my realm.  

NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover. Big Data Predicts the Oscars. These are among the brainiest memes included in today’s Mind Memes.   

1. The Topless Revolution Targets Putin  “Putin leered like Benny Hill at a topless protester,” was the headline on The Reliable Source. Gawker has the video of Putin giving the thumb’s up. […]

The isotope has been used to power spacecraft for decades, but the US had been getting its supply from Russia since 1988. That agreement ended in 2010, and now some scientists say the stockpile is “alarmingly low.”

When Man of Steel opened in theaters on June 14, 2013, it pulled in $116.6 million USD that opening weekend alone. Superman remains a box office bonanza in his eighth […]

The gun debate in America may have “jumped the shark” with yesterday’s Mother’s Day Parade shooting in New Orleans that left 19 wounded, including two children. When something as universally […]

If you thought the Internet of Things was a big idea, what about an Internet that connects humans with apes, elephants and dolphins? In what has to be one of the most […]