In space, tears don’t fall down because of zero gravity. Tears are still produced in the eyes, but they form a ball around the eyes and cheek. We’ve all gotten teary-eyed from time to time, and that’s bad enough down here on Earth, but what happens up there in space, with th...
Going to the bathroom in space is anything but an easy procedure. To explain what happens on the International Space Station and the Soyuz spacecraft, Space.com spoke with veteran astronaut Mike Fossum. The three-time space flier has spent time working with both types of toilets, particularly ...
What Really Happens in a Vacuum There are a number of things about being in space, in a vacuum, that can cause harm to the human body. The unfortunate space traveler wouldn't be able to hold their breath for long (if at all), because it would cause lung damage. The person would pro...
At least three types of redshift occur in the universe — from the universe's expansion, from the movement of galaxies relative to each other and from "gravitational redshift," which happens when light is shifted due to the massive amount of matter inside of a galaxy. This latter redshift...
As it happens, on that day NASA announced the end of the Mercury program, the small capsules with just a single astronaut. Next up, the much more sophisticated, and much more ambitious, missions of Gemini. But the last Mercury flight was May 1963, and the first manned Gemini...
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The whole world is a cyclone. But once you have found the center, the cyclone disappears. This nothingness is the ultimate peak of consciousness. —Osho 130 I don't have a burning desire to go out and document anything. It just happens when it happens. It's not a conscious effort, nor...
Hoteliers ponder the way ahead in the brave new world of social distancing. We look athonjok(solitary) Korean millennials, smart apps, staycations, virtual fashion shows, digital check-in, how tai chi is replacing gyms, and some2001 Space Odysseyairline crew uniforms. So what happens to those...
Steve: Just in case it happens someday. Okay. So a bit of a follow-up on the annoyingly named, but nicely functioning, Privacy Badger from EFF. While assembling today's podcast, I was greeted with this in the middle of a page at a news aggregation site. And in the show notes I'...
a day in the open in a spacesuit. That's also your limit, not just for spacesuits, but also, on travel in vehicles over the surface, and your time in greenhouses exposed to natural light, because the small amount of air in a greenhouse wouldn't provide much...