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When the CIA Spied on Planet Earth
In 1995, a few years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a top-secret, first-of-its-kind US spy satellite program was declassified, leading to the unexpected story of how former enemies would become scientific allies, and technology...
TED Talks
Clay Shirky: How social media can make history
While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing...
TED Talks
Erin Sullivan: Does photographing a moment steal the experience from you?
When we witness something amazing, many of us instinctively pull out our phones and snap pictures. Is this obsession with photographing everything impacting our experiences? In a meditative talk, Erin Sullivan reflects on how being more...
TED Talks
Seth Shostak: ET is (probably) out there -- get ready
SETI researcher Seth Shostak bets that we will find extraterrestrial life in the next twenty-four years, or he'll buy you a cup of coffee. He explains why new technologies and the laws of probability make the breakthrough so likely --...
Curated Video
How to Take Posed Wedding Pictures with a Digital Camera
Howcast - Learn how to take better posed wedding pictures from commercial photographer Dan Bracaglia in this digital photography lesson from Howcast.
Curated Video
How to Take Candids at a Party or Event
Howcast - Learn how to take candids at a party or event from professional photographer Luke Ballard in this Howcast video.
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Live from Space: Astronaut Photography
In a live recording from space, astronauts Randy "Komrade" Bresnik, Paolo Nespoli, Joe Acaba, and Mark "Sabot" Vande Hei talk about about photography and the view of Earth from the International Space Station. HWHAP Episode 15.
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Digital Space
Annette Moore, the Director of Information Resources and the Chief Information Officer at the Johnson Space Center, tells us about data and information in space as well as the tech we use for human spaceflight operations, including space...