Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield just came back to earth after 146 days in space. During that time he kept his Twitter account updated with epic photos and captions. So what’s he going to do now that he’s back to the ho-hum existence of life on earth?

The guys at The Joy of Tech figure he’ll just keep on with exactly the same kind of Tweets whether he’s hundreds of miles from earth or just several inches…

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Despite being a little country, Ecuador is home to almost 9% of amphibian species in the world. And a third of these are endangered. The Catholic University of Ecuador has a program that aims to reverse the decline of as many of these animals as it can. The effort is called Balsa de los Sapos — Life raft of the frogs.

Photographer Peter Lipton worked with these conservationists to document some of the frogs and toads that the program is working with and for…

Male Gastrotheca Testudinea, last known specimen

Hyloscirtus Psarolaimus of unknown gender, last known specimen

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In his last video before coming home from being in orbit, astronaut Chris Hadfield sings and strums a remarkable version of David Bowie’s song “Space Oddity.” It’s already been viewed by over half a million people, including Bowie himself, who approves.

If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out…

Previously from astronaut Chris Hadfield…

• What happens when you wring out a soaking wet rag in space
• What happens when you cry in space?

Related…

• What Nixon would have said if the first manned moon landing had failed
• NASA astronaut demonstrates yo-yo tricks in space

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