Science

Wanna Know What Spaceflight Feels Like? Strap On This Patch

There are plenty of elements of spaceflight astronauts can prepare for, but the disorienting return back into our atmosphere has long been hard to replicate. This patch, which sends an electrical current to nerves behind the ears, gets it right.


February 21, 2010
Science

Fake Mars Mission Befallen By Real Drama

The Mars Society is a group that prepares for man’s eventual exploration of Mars with simulations in the Utahan desert. But their mission logs, posted regularly on the group’s website, reveal a tension that is very real—and very funny.


January 4, 2009
Gaming

SkiGym Beats Wii Ski For Realism, Simulated Danger

The SkiGym simulator looks like it’s going for realism rather than the silly fun offered by the Wii, but some people probably want an accurate depiction of brief exhilaration before the inevitable faceplant.


December 27, 2008
Science

Badass Asteroid Destroys Earth in High Definition

A hundred years ago a large meteor exploded ten kilometers above the Earth’s surface in Tunguska, obliterating 830 square miles of woods. It was the largest impact in recent history, but nothing compared to this.