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Axiom Space Names First Private Crew to Visit Space Station Robert Z. Pearlman The crew of the first entirely-private orbital space mission will include the second oldest person to launch into space, the second Israeli in space, the 11th Canadian to fly into space and the first former NASA astronaut to return to the International Space Station,…
Why Do We Assume Extraterrestrials Might Want to Visit Us? Avi Loeb It is presumptuous to assume that we are worthy of special attention from advanced species in the Milky Way. We may be a phenomenon as uninteresting to them as ants are to us; after all, when we’re walking down the sidewalk we rarely…
Google wants you to visit long-lasting AR experiences Sponsored Links SK Telecom/Google It’s still rare to see shared, long-lasting augmented reality — the experience tends to vanish the moment you close an app. Google is making it easier to come back, however. It’s widely releasing a new version of ARCore with persistent Cloud Anchors that…
How to Know If It’s OK to Visit Your Favorite Store or Restaurant Julie Appleby Just because many businesses are open again doesn’t mean the pandemic is over. The coronavirus is still on the loose — actually surging in many locations — which means people have to make serious choices about their health all day,…
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla made me want to visit East Anglia It’s hard to get a feel for a game in a couple of hours. It’s even harder when your screen is filled with streaming artifacts, but such is life in 2020. Ahead of Ubisoft’s Forward gaming event, the company offered us some remote demos of…