This is the second half of our article on the Gemini Project, featuring some incredible newly-scanned images that the astronauts themselves took in orbit, straight from the original film. Previously, we looked at the first batch of manned missions, Gemini III through VII, and now we’ve got the stories of Gemini VIII through XII, featuring the debut of Neil Armstrong, an emergency in space and one very angry alligator.

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Even if you hated football, the Super Bowl used to be something to look forward to. After all, it’s an excuse to round up your friends, put out a sweet spread of snacks and get so drunk you miss work the next day.

Beyond the game, the chips and dips and the drinking, there was always an entertainment provided to the rest of us one that, thanks to the dear ol’ Internet, has now been ruined.

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Cue up your Pink Floyd records! NASA has just released the first ever video footage showing the dark side of the moon.

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I hate Facebook games with the fire of a thousand g-type main-sequence stars. But, I managed to put all that aside when I heard that NASA just released its first stab at a social network app, which gives you the chance to best other geeks in space trivia to earn meaningless rewards that I suddenly must have.

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Leigh Van Byran and Emily Banting were on their way to Los Angeles from England. Instead of partying like rockstars in Hollywood, they ended up in the back of a truck full of illegal immigrants and Mexican drug dealers because of some seemingly nefarious tweets that they sent out. Watch out, tweeting can land you in jail.

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Canada might not have much of a space program, but that could change once a couple of 17 year old schoolboys get into the workforce. Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad managed to send a Lego Minifig out to the edge of space, and they did it with a budget of just $400.

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Well, this is no good: testing has revealed cracks in the Soyuz landing capsule that Russia was supposed to launch to the ISS, rendering it decidedly un-spaceworthy. The launch date has been rescheduled until April or May, meaning that SpaceX’s Dragon capsule might be the next arrival at the ISS.

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Alcohol has long been revered for its power to get pretty anyone, after enough, to dance the “Macarena.” It turns out that the hormone oxytocin might do the same thing — help people feel more extroverted — without the problems associated with alcohol, such as drunk driving, physiological damage and ordering pizza at 3 A.M.

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Building on what little we already know about the Xbox 360′s successor, IGN claims that Microsoft’s next game console will be six times more powerful than the current gen and will best out this year’s Wii U by 20 percent.

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Optogenetics is a method of using light to control cells in the brain. It can be used to alter behavior, model diseases, and maybe even one day, deliver drugs right where you need them. And now, it’s wireless! With lasers!

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