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Jared Isaacman, the nominee for next NASA administrator, has traveled to orbit on two commercial space missions. AP Photo/John Raoux

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Trump’s nomination for NASA leader boasts business and commercial spaceflight experience during a period of uncertainty for the agency

Staff Writer - April 11, 2025

The European Space Agency’s astronaut cohort includes a parastronaut, as part of a feasability project. AP Photo/Francois Mori

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Mission possible − parastronaut programs can make space travel more inclusive and attainable for all

The Sun’s distance from Earth allows it to be habitable for life. DrPixel/Moment via Getty Images

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Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted

The Aedes mosquito is a vector of several viral diseases, including eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, and West Nile fever. Lee Haines, CC BY-ND

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Some viruses prefer mosquitoes to humans, but people get sick anyway − a virologist and entomologist explain why

Assistant professor Frank Cackowski, left, and researcher Steven Zielske at Wayne State University in Detroit became suspicious of a paper on cancer research that was eventually retracted. Amy Sacka, CC BY-ND

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Bogus scientific papers are enriching fraudsters and slowing lifesaving medical research

The lunar south pole’s terrain is rugged, and it can reach extreme temperatures. Michael Karrer/Flickr, CC BY-NC

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Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon will need better...

Staff Writer - January 20, 2025

Neuroergonomics brings neuroscience into the workplace. David Crockett/Moment via Getty Images

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Brain monitoring may be the future of work – how it’s...

Staff Writer - January 7, 2025

A common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) off Croatia in the Mediterranean Sea. Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images

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Octopuses and their relatives are a new animal welfare frontier −...

Staff Writer - December 21, 2024

As this illustration of the Apollo VIII command module reentering Earth shows, heat shields protect the crew capsule from high temperatures. NASA Johnson Space Center

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NASA’s crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis I −...

Staff Writer - December 12, 2024

Excavating the new trackway site, with footprints from hominins, birds and other animals visible in foreground. Neil Roach

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Fossilized footprints reveal 2 extinct hominin species living side by side...

Staff Writer - November 28, 2024

RNA is more than just a transitional state between DNA and protein. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

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MicroRNA is the Nobel-winning master regulator of the genome – researchers...

Staff Writer - October 7, 2024

Flooding across North Carolina’s mountains left many residents with muddy, debris-strewn yards and flooded homes. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

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Health risks are growing in mountain areas flooded by Hurricane Helene...

Staff Writer - October 1, 2024

EXPLORING NATURE

Aid has only trickled into Gaza despite the Israeli government saying it would ease its blockade. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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Israelis have a skewed view on extent of Gaza’s hunger plight...

Staff Writer - May 26, 2025

Jori Breslawski, Tel Aviv University and Carlo Koos, University of Bergen Under mounting international pressure, Israel announced on May...

Sick animals often move to warmer places to raise their body temperature. GK Hart/Vikki Hart/Stone via Getty Images

From furry friends to fish, turning up the heat helps animals...

May 23, 2025

Many rural food businesses, like Daily Loaf Bakery in Hamburg, Pa., rely on farmers markets to reach customers. Susan L. Angstadt/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

Young food entrepreneurs are changing the face of rural America

May 22, 2025

‘The Martian’ protagonist Mark Watney contemplates his ordeal. 20th Century Fox

A decade after the release of ‘The Martian’ and a decade...

May 22, 2025

First lady Nancy Reagan kisses Mickey Mouse as President Ronald Reagan and Minnie Mouse watch 20 bands marching in the unofficial inaugural parade at Disney’s Epcot Center on Memorial Day, May 27, 1985. Bettmann/Getty Images

Independence Hall, Gettysburg and – Epcot? How Reagan helped elevate Disney...

May 20, 2025