It’s just a cool animation, but I love this simulation of the proposed test flight of the first Orion capsule. Called Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1), Orion will reach an altitude higher than any other manned spacecraft since 1973. More »
Astrophysicists from the University of Zurich working with UCSC’s astronomers have created the world’s first realistic simulation of the formation of the Milky Way. It’s amazing that all this clockwork perfection came out of such a galactic Charlie Foxtrot. More »
The US east coast was just rocked by a 5.8 earthquake on Tuesday and is hunkering down for Hurricane Irene on Sunday. The only thing missing from this natural disaster trifecta: tornadoes. More »
It’s normal to see a dismembered, screaming, blood-soaked individual and be, to say the least, completely shocked. But if you’re a military medic, that costs lives. The solution? A training program that forces action in the face of (artificial) carnage. More »
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How do you determine how well houses will withstand catastrophic weather? If you’re the insurance industry, you spend $US40 million on a room that can simulate Category 3 cyclones. Then you huff and puff and you blow those suckers down. More »
