Algae Caviar, Anyone? What We’ll Eat on the Journey to Mars

Related Stories The 12 Greatest Challenges for Space Exploration Chew on This Matt Simon It’s Time to Rethink Who’s Best Suited for Space Travel Even in the near term, this is not a frivolous concern. A one-way trip to Mars will take about nine months, which is a long time...
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Going the Distance (and Beyond) to Catch Marathon Cheaters

Related Stories How the Boston Marathon Messes With Runners to Slow Them Down The Final Frames Gloria Dickie The Teens Who Hacked a Videogame Empire—And Went Too Far That night, Murphy set up his gear, and for two hours, using editing software that he'd bought online for $50, he spliced...
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The New Arms Race Threatening to Explode in Space

But if space is indeed becoming a war-­fighting domain, it’s important to understand the stakes, not just for America’s strategic standing but for the species. A Russo-Sino-American space war could very well end with a crippled global economy, inoperable infrastructure, and a planet shrouded by the orbiting fragments of pulverized...
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