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    10 Extraordinary Facts About Katherine Johnson, the Groundbreaking 'Human Computer'

    10 Extraordinary Facts About Katherine Johnson, the Groundbreaking 'Human Computer'

    Mathematician Katherine Johnson passed away February 24th at 101 years old.

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    Buzz Aldrin's Memoir Reveals the Secret Struggles of a Space Race Hero

    By Carolyn Cox

    Space Exploration

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    9 Nonfiction Books About Space Travel

    By Sarah Mangiola

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    Mars Rover Touchdown Site Named 'Octavia E. Butler Landing' by NASA

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    14 Products You Need When Survival Prepping for Complete Peace of Mind

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    15 of the Weirdest Things People Have Left on the Moon

    15 of the Weirdest Things People Have Left on the Moon

    Golf balls, an original Warhol, and bags of poop — humans have left a lot of strange things on the lunar surface. 

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    Science

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    8 Physics and Math Books to Read for Pi Day

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    By Carolyn Cox

    Science

    5 Technologies from Neuromancer That Are Almost Here

    5 Technologies from Neuromancer That Are Almost Here

    The tech that Gibson predicted 30+ years ago in Neuromancer now feels closer to reality than fiction.

    By Chris Mahon

    Science

    How the Internet Amplifies Cognitive Errors

    How the Internet Amplifies Cognitive Errors

    The Internet has brought us many great things. But as author Sarah Tarkoff reveals, it also magnifies some common cognitive errors that are all too human.

    By Sarah Tarkoff

    Science Fiction Books

    Immortality Has a Steep Price in Joe Haldeman's Buying Time

    Immortality Has a Steep Price in Joe Haldeman's Buying Time

    From the award-winning author of "The Forever War" comes a sci-fi mystery set in a world where death is optional—as long as you can pay.

    By Carolyn Cox

    Space Exploration

    Colonizing Mars: Comparing the Facts and the Fiction

    Colonizing Mars: Comparing the Facts and the Fiction

    Here’s how the most popular of today’s Mars-set science fiction stories line up with today’s science.

    By Mika McKinnon

    Science

    Modern Cyborgs Aren't Waiting Around for Evolution

    Modern Cyborgs Aren't Waiting Around for Evolution

    "We realize that we have to be willing to build the future ourselves."

    By Maggie Grimason

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    Day 12: Science & Space Books

    Day 12: Science & Space Books

    Explore the mysteries of the natural world with these out-of-this-world nonfiction science books.

    By The Portalist Staff

    Space Exploration

    Out-of-This-World Space Gifts

    Out-of-This-World Space Gifts

    To the moon!

    By The Portalist Staff

    Science

    Rachel Ignotofsky on Celebrating Overlooked Women in Science

    Rachel Ignotofsky on Celebrating Overlooked Women in Science

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    By Carolyn Cox

    Science

    It's Only a Matter of Time: Time Travel in Fiction and Real Life

    It's Only a Matter of Time: Time Travel in Fiction and Real Life

    Time travel is more than just a far-fetched possibility—it's already a reality, in real life and in fiction.

    By David Bernstein

    Space Exploration

    The Voyager Golden Record: Humanity's Message to the Stars

    The Voyager Golden Record: Humanity's Message to the Stars

    In 1976, NASA and a crack team led by Carl Sagan had a message for aliens — and the people of Earth.

    By Mika McKinnon

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    The Science of Sci-Fi: How Fiction Predicted the Future of Genetics

    The Science of Sci-Fi: How Fiction Predicted the Future of Genetics

    Hold onto your butts.

    By Dan Koboldt

    Science

    Researchers Created a Working Star Trek Holodeck for Mice

    Researchers Created a Working Star Trek Holodeck for Mice

    The use of an altered reality brings new understanding to scientists.  

    By Matthew Loffhagen

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    Submit Your Work to The Portalist!

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    Space Exploration

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    Prepare for the Eclipse with Outer Places and The Portalist!

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    Space Exploration

    Elon Musk: "Until People See Robots Going Down the Street Killing People, They Don't Know How to React"

    Elon Musk: "Until People See Robots Going Down the Street Killing People, They Don't Know How to React"

    The SpaceX founder says the need to regulate artificial intelligence is now more urgent than ever.

    By Chelsea Gohd

    Space Exploration

    Titan's Alien Lakes Might Be Perfect Landing Spots for Colonization Probes

    Titan's Alien Lakes Might Be Perfect Landing Spots for Colonization Probes

    By Chelsea Gohd

    Science

    Watch What Happens When Lightning Misses the Earth

    Watch What Happens When Lightning Misses the Earth

    It's electrifying!

    By Chelsea Gohd

    Space Exploration

    NASA Announces the Discovery of 1,284 New Exoplanets

    NASA Announces the Discovery of 1,284 New Exoplanets

    And nine of them might support life!

    By Chris Mahon

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