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Courtesy of BioDigital The muscles and bones around the spinal column, as seen in the BioDigital Human app for iPad. Thanks to 3D mapping technology you can peek at Central Park, walk the Great Wall of China or even zoom in on the Big Dipper without leaving your sofa. Now a new map lets you explore locations much, much closer ...

Orbiting high over the lunar surface is LADEE, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, with a mission to probe the moon’s exosphere and dust clouds. It will take readings using a number of spectrometers and specialized equipment, piling up stores of data as quickly as it can manage. In just 100 days of primary operation, it will compile enough ...