discoverynews:

Milky Way Doomed to Crash with Andromeda

Four billion years from now, the Milky Way galaxy as we know it will cease to exist.

Our Milky Way is bound for a head-on collision with the similar-sized Andromeda galaxy, researchers announced today (May 31). Over time, the huge galactic smashup will create an entirely new hybrid galaxy, one likely bearing an elliptical shape rather than the Milky Way’s trademark spiral-armed disk.

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theweekmagazine:

A drink formulated by NASA scientists to protect astronauts from the sun’s radiation could become a hot-selling, age-defying beauty product. New research suggests that AS10, or “space drink,” can noticeably reduce facial wrinkles and obvious signs of aging in as little as four months.

Here’s what you need to know about the bottled up fountain of youth

I am so glad these new technologies are being put to good use.

(Source: theweek.com)

omololaoye:

The flag weighed 850lbs and took 250 ppl to lift up. Happy Memorial Day. Thank you to those who died protecting our freedom (Taken with instagram)

discoverynews:

A Head of State, and a Boy’s Touching Request

From the NYTimes:

For decades at the White House, photographs of the president at work and at play have hung throughout the West Wing, and each print soon gives way to a more recent shot. But one picture of President Obama remains after three years.

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