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NASA Eyes Fusion Reactor Engines, Extraterrestrial Drilling, Other Far-Out Technologies with Latest Investment Selections NASA has selected 399 research and technology proposals from 277 American small businesses and 44 research institutions that will enable NASA's future missions into deep space, and advancements in aviation and science, while also benefiting the U.S. economy. Published April 19, 2017 Read more from NASA Manage this Applet

President Trump Makes Special Long-Distance Call to Record Breaking American Astronaut President Donald Trump, First Daughter Ivanka Trump, and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins will make a special Earth-to-space call Monday, April 24, from the Oval Office to personally congratulate NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson for her record-breaking stay aboard the International Space Station. Published April 19, 2017 Read more from NASA Manage this Applet

NASA Scientists to Discuss Search for Habitable Planets, Signs of Life off Earth NASA scientists from across the agency will present their latest findings and perspectives on topics ranging from the origins and evolution of life on Earth to the search for habitable environments and life in our solar system and beyond during the 2017 Astrobiology Science Conference, April 24-28 in Mesa, Arizona. Published April 19, 2017 Read more from NASA Manage this Applet

Laptop Ban? Things You Can Do With Just a Smartphone Maha Bali I recently had a conference in London, and I was flying I direct from Cairo. The laptop ban on this route came into effect shortly before my trip and it would have been really inconvenient for me to re-route. I also heard it's quite risky to check your laptop in the luggage (you risk theft, damage, or at least loss – until the airlines can guarantee these things won't happen, I won't check my laptop or iPad in checked luggage). I recently (before the laptop/iPad ban) contributed a light-hearted chapter to a book entitled EdTechRations (fun book, btw, edited by David Hopkins, and with contributions by several ed tech folks), explaining why I was addicted to my phone, and all the things I did on it. I thought some of the ideas in the chapter would be helpful for other academics who need to travel under the laptop ban...

Fridges and the (Home) Economics of Ed Tech Jason B. Jones A maxim even more famous than "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!" is "Never make analogies about technology adoption where scholars of refrigeration can find them." And yet, in "Is Your Edtech Product a Refrigerator or a Washing Machine?," Julia Freeland Fisher makes just this mistake, when she draws on what she takes to be the comparative adoption rates of these two appliances to argue for more disruptive innovation in educational technology. (Sigh.) The internet being what it is, the splendid Jonathan "Refrigeration Nation" Rees found the article, and has some fun with the accuracy of Julia Freeland Fisher's statistics , and the consequences for her argument. As he points out: The whole assumption behind that article is that one technology will always in...

NASA Space Station Cargo Launches aboard Orbital ATK Resupply Mission The International Space Station will be capable of dozens of new scientific investigations from NASA and around the world when Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft delivers more than 7,600 pounds of cargo Saturday, April 22. Published April 18, 2017 Read more from NASA Manage this Applet

NASA Celebrates Earth Day with Public Events, Online Activities This year, NASA will celebrate Earth Day, April 22, with a variety of live and online activities Thursday and Friday, April 20-21, to engage the public in the agency's mission to better understand and protect our home planet. Published April 17, 2017 Read more from NASA Manage this Applet