It can take years to fine tune this balance, but no matter how experienced you become, you will still always screw things up regardless and have to let an amazing opportunity pass by every now and then, don’t beat yourself up about it.If you absolutely have to fly, then use Google Fl...
The minimum qualifications necessary to become an astronaut are listed on NASA's website. In order to become a NASA astronaut, someone needs to be a U.S. citizen and must earn a master's degree in biological science, physical science, computer science, engineering or math...
The current version of the ThirdLove app (it’s still in private beta) features a tutorial in the voice of a polite but firm woman. For the first photo, women face a full-length mirror and put the phone’s camera at their belly button. The voice coaches them to position the phone cor...
How NASA Attracts Talented Minority Undergraduates: ARE YOU READY TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST?If you're a talented Latino or minority student, and NASA's space program has always fascinated...Stern, Gary M
Whether or not they have wings, some insects might get the chance to fly if selected to go in space and become part of the space-farming research. Though many plant parts are inedible for humans, they make a delicious meal for insects. Insects can convert much of this inedible material in...
by Scientist Neal Brown Director, Alaska Science Explained Fairbanks, Alaska, offers unique advantages for those who want to see and photograph the Northern Lights. The great east–west stretch of the Brooks Range to Fairbanks’ north and the Alaska Range to the south block movements of moist ai...
Watch this: Surviving a nuclear apocalypse in a luxury doomsday bunker 15:12 There are roughly 14,000 nuclear weapons in the world and 90% of them are in the hands of Russia and the US, according to atmospheric scientist and nuclear expert Professor Brian Toon. And even the smallest weapo...
NASA rocket scientist on how to find a career that brings you joy Adam Steltzner never imagined he would be the chief engineer of NASA's mission to Mars. He was a mediocre student in high school and he disliked physics. He wanted to pursue music and theater. But one glance at the...
If you know about the laws of motion, you'll know that the brilliant English scientist Isaac Newton defined acceleration in a different way by relating it to mass and force. If you have a certain force (say, the power in your leg as you kick it outward) and you apply it to a mass...
In 1746, Benjamin Robins, an English mathematician and scientist, attached a horizontal arm to a vertical pole, which he rotated, sending the arm spinning in a circle. At the end of the arm, he affixed a variety of objects and subjected them to the forces of his homemade centrifuge. ...