JPL Workforce Update - NASA

Workforce statement and memo to employees

Oral History with R. Walter Cunningham - NASA

Selected for NASA’s third astronaut class in 1963, Cunningham served as the backup Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 1. He piloted the 11-day flight of Apollo 7

Oral History with Karol J. Bobko - NASA

A veteran of three space flights, Karol J. "Bo" Bobko was selected as an astronaut in 1969 and served as a crewmember on the Skylab Medical Experiments

Colorado Students to Connect with NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station - NASA

Students from Colorado will have the opportunity to hear NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams answer their prerecorded questions aboard the

Kibo Robot Programming Challenge Breaks New Ground in Robotics  - NASA

On Sept. 20, 2024, four students experienced the wonder of space exploration at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, taking part in an international

Native American Seeds Flown Aboard Space Station - NASA

The Choctaw Heirloom Seeds investigation flew five varieties of heirloom seeds from the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma aboard the International Space Station in

NASA Funds New Studies Looking at Future of Sustainable Aircraft

Picture yourself at an airport a few decades from now. What does your airliner look like? It’s more efficient, with lower emissions than today’s aircraft –

NASA Armstrong Builds Sensor Pod for Autonomous Flight - NASA

The design and build of a unique NASA pod, produced to advance computer vision for autonomous aviation, was recently completed in-house at NASA’s Armstrong

NASA Funds New Studies Looking at Future of Sustainable Aircraft

Picture yourself at an airport a few decades from now. What does your airliner look like? It’s more efficient, with lower emissions than today’s aircraft –

Bridges & The Last Network Effect

We're in an exciting moment for the open social web. As Elon makes one bad decision after another on X, we've seen waves of users leave the platform for alternatives.

NASA Johnson Director to Speak at Space Institute Groundbreaking - NASA

Nov. 12, 2024

Inia Soto Ramos, From the Mountains of Puerto Rico to Mountains of NASA Earth Data - NASA

Dr. Inia Soto Ramos became fascinated by the mysteries of the ocean while growing up in Puerto Rico’s mountains. Today, she works at NASA as an oceanographer and data manager, where she can uncover these enigmas from space.

Matthew Kowalewski: Aerospace Engineer and Curious About Everything - NASA

Matthew Kowalewski describes himself as “curious about too many things,” but that curiosity comes in handy when engineering instrumentation scheduled to soar through the atmosphere of a moon of Saturn.

Peculiar Pale Pebbles - NASA Science

During its recent exploration of the crater rim, Perseverance diverted to explore a strange, scattered field of bright white rocks which sparked the interest of the team scientists.

Digital whiteboard for collaboration - Nextcloud Whiteboard - Nextcloud

Discover Nextcloud Whiteboard, a collaborative digital whiteboard that enables sketching, drawing, planning and brainstorming on a new level.

NASA’s BlueFlux Campaign Supports Blue Carbon Management in South Florida - NASA Science

Introduction Along the southernmost rim of the Florida Peninsula, the arching prop roots or “knees” of red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) line the coast – see Photo 1.

NASA-developed Technology Supports Ocean Wind Speed Measurements from Commercial Satellite - NASA Science

A science antenna developed with support from NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) is now in low-Earth orbit aboard MuSat2, a commercial remote-sensing satellite flown by the aerospace company Muon Space.

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Rivals of Aether II and more

Valve once again updated Proton Experimental giving you a good few fixes for various games on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux when running the Windows versions.

Summary of the Second OMI–TROPOMI Science Team Meeting - NASA Science

Introduction The second joint Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)–TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) Science Team (ST) meeting was held June 3–6, 2024.

Karate Survivor will have you kicking, punching, rolling over tables and throwing chairs at people

Continuing my quest to play every survivor-like there is, Karate Survivor is the latest I've been kicking and punching through and it's great and surprisingly different to the rest of the crop.

Is the red heart emoji MAGA? ❤️

Liberal TikTok users are abandoning the emoji over fear of its political implications. It's not the first time emojis have become political.

Support Good People

Good people in the world of tech populate the non-profit communities run by altruistic volunteers with no commercial interests, and therefore no interest in exploiting you, your work, or your data.

Artemis II Orion Spacecraft Undergoes Testing - NASA

Teams lifted NASA's Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II test flight out of the Final Assembly and System Testing cell and moved it to the altitude chamber to

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Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.

Openvibe — Town Square for Open Social Media

Interact With Anyone On The Open Internet. All Decentralised Social Networks, Single Timeline.

Claw machine deckbuilder Dungeon Clawler arrives November 21 and it's going to grab you

Dungeon Clawler from Stray Fawn Studio who also made The Wandering Village is a claw machine deckbuilder that's now planned to hit Early Access on November 21st.

Station Science Top News: Nov. 8, 2024 - NASA

Researchers demonstrated the feasibility of 3D bioprinting a meniscus or knee cartilage tissue in microgravity. This successful result advances technology for

Audiovisual Disruption

Post-digital art suggests a form of embodiment of digital technologies that unfolds in physical space through hands-on material approaches, and even the repurposing of older analogue media. Pedro Ferreira examines these aesthetics in...

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Fan-made Half-Life 2 Episode 3 demo arrives with Project Borealis: Prologue now on Steam

We may never get Half-Life 2: Episode 3 (basically Half-Life 3), but at least we have the first taster of Project Borealis out now with Project Borealis: Prologue.

Supernatural comedy point-and-click adventure A Vampyre Story: A Bat's Tale announced

The original A Vampyre Story released back in 2008 and now there's finally going to be a new one with A Vampyre Story: A Bat's Tale.

Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer DXVK v2.5 released with rewritten memory management

Another big release of the Direct3D 8/9/10/11 to Vulkan translation layer (used by Proton) has been released. With DXVK v2.5 bringing rewritten resource and memory management.

Valve dev details more on the work behind making Steam for Linux more stable

Steam Game Recording was recently released, which came as part of a big Stable Steam Client update that noted it had fixes for "miscellaneous common crashes" on Linux. Now we know a little more on what's happening behind the scenes.