Axiom is an aerospace company making new possibilities accessible to humanity. Watch as astronauts retell their experience launching from Earth and living in space. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/axiom-video-roundtable-astronauts-talk-about-being-in-space…
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‘Virtual Fistfight’ Created With Historic Collaboration of 40 Film Stars
DevNull127 writes: You probably remember Zoe Bell strapped to the hood of a speeding 1970 Dodge Challenger in the Death Proof half of Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse. (She also had parts in The Hateful Eight and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.) Today Zoe pulled together what may become a historic video — a massive online collaboration with 40 different film celebrities…
Former RadioShack CEO Became an Emergency Room Doctor, Now Fights COVID-19
RadioShack’s former CEO tells Canada’s National Post newspaper the surprising story of what happened after he left the company in 2004:
When it came, rather than being crestfallen, he felt liberated, and free to pursue an “itch” that he had always felt the need to scratch. So he applied to medical school at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario… “I don’t miss being…
Doom Eternal review: A welcome adrenaline-inducing distraction
Doom Eternal does contain gratuitous violence, but the evidence suggests violence in video games doesn’t affect people’s behaviour in the real world, says Jacob Aron Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237470-doom-eternal-review-a-welcome-adrenaline-inducing-distraction/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
For you, Valentine: 10 reasons we fall in love
On this Valentine’s Day 2020, what the world of science suggests about the mystery we call love. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/for-you-valentine-top-10-reasons-we-fall-in-love…
Scientists Discover ‘Why Stress Turns Hair White’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Scientists say they may have discovered why stress makes hair turn white, and a potential way of stopping it happening without reaching for the dye. Researchers behind the study, published in Nature, from the Universities of Sao Paulo and Harvard, believed the effects were linked to melanocyte stem cells, which produce melanin…
Here’s the secret to the ultimate thrill ride according to science
From roller coasters to spine-tingling virtual reality, Brendan Walker’s work is all about enhancing the enjoyment of an experience. But the perfect thrill does not come from adrenaline alone, he says Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532661-500-heres-the-secret-to-the-ultimate-thrill-ride-according-to-science/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…