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Fascinating read about an atomic receiver for AM and FM radio communication, able to operate from the C- to the Q-bands, which may someday bring quantum physics into the world of satcom receiver...

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Cracker-jack job, mate! One of my favorite movies, mashed-up into a trailer with Fury Road… Many thanks to Ezequiel López.

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NASA’s timed announcement yesterday got quite the bump from social media. It’s only one of 1,030 exoplanets, so let’s not get too excited. NASA’s Kepler mission has confirmed the first ne...

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Both Atlas V and Ariane 5 rockets went up recently. Both were equipped with rocketcams, but the weather was better at The Cape than in Kourou, so the Atlas launch’s lookback was really cool.

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Old C-band dishes do make good skate park features, which showed up on this Mashable piece on skateboarders who never made to pro. Watch this documentary on skateboarding from Boston to New York.

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Brilliant time-lapse video covering NASA’s Mars Opportunity Rover’s 26-mile trip over the last 11 years.

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Yes, this has been around for a while, but it’s still very cool.

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Nice work by Hendo Hover, which people got to try at Smithsonian’s “The Future is Here 2015” festival last month. Here’s Tony Hawk’s go at it…

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Putting together a taco on the ISS is not a simple matter. With mackerel, leek cream, dried tomatoes and quinoa salad? Interesting.

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