David Bowie himself Tweets to Chris Hadfield about his cover of “Space Oddity”
David Bowie Official @DavidBowieReal 12 May CHRIS HADFIELD SINGS SPACE ODDITY IN SPACE! “Hallo Spaceboy…” Commander Chris Hadfield, currently on… http://fb.me/24sZNW5ly Retweeted by David Bowie Official View media Chris Hadfield @Cmdr_Hadfield 12 May With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here’s Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo …
The New York Times reports on Chris Hadfield’s “Space Oddity” video
Astronaut Covers ‘Space Oddity’ From Space By Robert Mackey The Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who has documented his five months in charge of the International Space Station in great detail in Twitter photographs and YouTube videos, celebrated his last day aboard the craft by releasing an elaborately produced cover version of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” […]
David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” recorded on the International Space Station
This is so beautiful. I am bawling. By Lauren Davis from io9.com: Chris Hadfield sings “Space Oddity” in the first music video in space Tomorrow, Commander Chris Hadfield bids farewell to the International Space Station, meaning we won’t get our usual dose of his tweets and videos sent from space. But he’s signing off with […]
Barns Are Painted Red Because of the Physics of Dying Stars
From SmithsonianMag.com: Image: Loring Loding Have you ever noticed that almost every barn you have ever seen is red? There’s a reason for that, and it has to do with the chemistry of dying stars. Seriously. Yonatan Zunger is a Google employee who decided to explain this phenomenon on Google+ recently. The simple answer to […]
Birds and Dinosaurs
From the awesome xkcd.com.
Students create promising products, trying to help solve world problems
By Valerie Vande Panne from HarvardScience/HarvardGazette.com: Imagine spraying the nape of your neck with a skinlike substance that keeps you cool as you jog in the August heat. Imagine generating electric power with every step you take. Imagine stopping along the way to pick a container of refreshing water from a tree. This is the […]