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SCIENCE

At Long Last, New Horizons Makes a Historic Flyby of Pluto

Today at 7:49:58 AM Eastern time, the New Horizons space probe made its closest flyby of everyone's favorite dwarf planet, Pluto.

DESIGN

Concept Headphones That Won't Get You Killed While Biking

Safe + Sound uses bone conduction to play tunes through wearers' cheekbones, instead of directly into their eardrums, so they can still detect ambient noise.

GEAR

Stunning Sim Shows How Far Hit Songs Have Traveled in Space

Lightyear.fm simulates what you'd hear if tuning into terrestrial radio from different parts of the cosmos.

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