One place that I looked at a lot from space and which looks alluring is New Zealand, especially the North Island. It's a big broad valley with a river flowing through it, and you can see the wine-making dryness of the land. Chris Hadfield allurebigbroad share on social
String theory envisions a multiverse in which our universe is one slice of bread in a big cosmic loaf. The other slices would be displaced from ours in some extra dimension of space. Brian Greene bigbreadcosmic Change image and share on social
Relativity challenges your basic intuitions that you've built up from everyday experience. It says your experience of time is not what you think it is, that time is malleable. Your experience of space is not what you think it is; it can stretch and shrink. Brian Greene basicbuildchallenge share on social
A cigarette is a breathing space. It makes a parenthesis. The time of a cigarette is a parenthesis, and if it is shared, you are both in that parenthesis. It's like a proscenium arch for a dialogue. John Berger archbreathecigarette Change image and share on social
If you go on a journey to Mars and get into deep space, there is several hundred times, maybe 300 times the radiation. Scott Kelly deephundredjourney Change image and share on social
We're fortunate to have football on the space station. Scott Kelly footballfortunatespace Change image and share on social
Something people don't recognize is that being on the space station is probably a lot like being in some kind of confinement - like isolation. Scott Kelly confinementisolationkind Change image and share on social
Cyberpunk was really a reaction against old boy sci-fi which was about white guys in space who would come up with some kind of technological thing. Pat Cadigan boycyberpunkguy Change image and share on social
Starbucks is the last public space with chairs. It's a shower for homeless people. And it's a place you can write all day. The baristas don't glare at you. They don't even look at you. Mike Birbiglia baristaschairday Change image and share on social
They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn't happen. Valentina Tereshkova argumentbackdesperately Change image and share on social
