Astronauts prepare for International Space Station launch; biomedical, materials, physical sciences work planned
Four crew members will embark on a new long-duration science expedition when they launch to the International Space Station ...
Sunita Williams to get 'baby feet' after returning to Earth. What does it mean?
The physical effects of spending time in space include losing balance while walking, according to a former NASA astronaut.
Physical effects of space life include dizziness and ‘baby feet’
Humans who spend a long time in space, like the two American astronauts expected to return to Earth later this month, can experience a variety of physical changes by the time they get back, two former ...
NASA Launches New Space Telescope and Suite of Solar Satellites
The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track ...
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‘Notoriously difficult to investigate and even more difficult to predict’: Thomas Stocker on tipping points
Thomas Stocker, a professor of Climate and Environmental Physics at the University of Bern, was the lead author of a 2024 ...
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Capitalizing on investments: 4 ways to use calculators beyond math class
Students can--and should--learn math concepts across subject matters, while maximizing their use of graphing calculators.
Increased rainfall and vegetation changes result in sediment shifts at the Roof of the World
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau occupies an enormous area of Asia and is known as the Roof of the World, owing to an average ...
The remote locale that shielded plants during Earth’s biggest mass extinction
About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...
Eco-friendly rare earth element separation: A bioinspired solution to an industry challenge
From smartphones to wind turbines, rare earth elements (REEs) are an essential part of the hardware in many advanced ...
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Topography and the Terrestrial Water Cycle
The relationship between topography and the terrestrial water cycle has been documented for thousands of years, yet there is ...
NASA launches newest space telescope to seek life’s key ingredients
NASA has launched the SPHEREx telescope to uncover the ingredients for life in our galaxy, as well as the PUNCH mission to study the sun’s mysteries.
NASA’s newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies
The $488 million Spherex mission aims to explain how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years, and how the universe ...