Interesting Bits of the Week - 3/18/2017

Scientists create ‘designer yeast’ in major step toward synthetic life

https://www.washingtonpost.com

America needs a space corps

http://www.thespacereview.com

Astronomers Just Found a Star Orbiting a Black Hole at 1 Percent the Speed of Light

https://www.sciencealert.com

Google Cloud Platform Free Tier

https://cloud.google.com/free/

Why Planes Don't Fly Faster

Off the Planet

Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir