Fiction Pick of the Week: "The First Expedition"
A trip to the moon is not what it seems.
A trip to the moon is not what it seems.
Amy Shearn Human Parts Aug 2020 10min Permalink
How moonlight drives life in the ocean.
Ferris Jabr Hakai Magazine Jun 2017 10min Permalink
Experiencing the first moon walk with a wide range of New Yorkers.
E. B. White New Yorker Jul 1969 20min Permalink
Women are swayed by the moon's pull in a world dominated by consumerism.
"It was a depressing sight. We went out in the crowds, our arms laden with parcels, coming and going from the big department stores that were open day and night, and while we were scanning the neon signs that climbed higher and higher up the skyscrapers and notified us constantly of new products that had been launched, we’d suddenly see it advancing, pale amid those dazzling lights, slow and sick, and we could not get it out of our heads that every new thing, each product that we had just bought, could similarly wear out, deteriorate, fade away, and we would lose our enthusiasm for running around buying things and working like crazy—a loss that was not without consequences for industry and commerce."
Italo Calvino The New Yorker Feb 2009 15min Permalink
Competing teams, some powered by billionaires and some by open-sourced code and volunteers, race to land a robot on the surface and claim a massive prize from Google.
Wade Roush Xconomy Apr 2012 20min Permalink