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NASA's Artemis I rocket sits on launch pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 1, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

An astrophysicist on 65 years of NASA

Stephen G. Alexander - The Conversation
The 2011 GOCE model of the Earth's geoid. The colors in the image represent deviations in height (–100 m to +100 m) from an ideal geoid. (European Space Agency/HPF/DLR)

Indian Ocean gravity hole explained

Matthew Rozsa
A view of the parched river bed of the Gardon near the Saint-Nicolas de Campagnac bridge in Saint-Anastasie, France on July 20, 2023. France is faced with the risk of drought as heat waves sweep over Europe. (Mohamad Salaheldin Abdelg Alsayed/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Heatwaves due to climate change: study

Matthew Rozsa
Illustration based on a transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (red) (Getty Images/JUAN GAERTNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Signs of an increase in COVID-19 cases?

Troy Farah
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(Mint Images/Getty Images)

More sustainable waste management

Michaela Barnett, Leidy Klotz, Patrick I. Hancock, Shahzeen Attari - The Conversation
At the centre of this image is the young star V960 Mon, located over 5000 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros. Dusty material with potential to form planets surrounds the star. (ESO/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Weber et al.)

New image hints how planets form

Nicole Karlis
Melting icebergs are seen on Horseshoe Island in Antarctica, on February 26, 2023. (Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Antarctica melting faster than thought

Matthew Rozsa
'The London Bathing Season,' from Punch, or the London Charivari, June 18, 1859. (The Cartoon Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Climate change could make a Great Stink

Matthew Rozsa
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Newborn Baby (Getty Images/Roc Canals)

Breastfeeding cuts infant deaths: study

Nicole Karlis
Red Evil Artificial Intelligence, concept (Getty Images/tampatra)

AI can make politics more deceptive

David E. Clementson
Close-up of yellow crazy ant on green leaf (Getty Images/afe207)

Crazy ants with crazier genetics

Pamela Appea
Birthday Cake With A Ton Of Candles (Getty Images/Ziviani)

Why our longer lifespans pose a problem

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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An aerial picture shows bergy bits and growlers floating in front of the Apusiajik glacier, near Kulusuk (aslo spelled Qulusuk), a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality located on the island of the same name on the southeastern shore of Greenland. (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)

When Greenland was green

Paul Bierman, Tammy Rittenour - The Conversation
Passion in bed (Getty Images/Prostock-Studio)

The science of better orgasms

Rae Hodge
A 4 month old baby girl yawning (Catherine Delahaye via Getty Images)

Is white noise bad for sleepy babies?

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/PhonlamaiPhoto)

Alien contact could be a disaster

William Lempert, Kim TallBear, David Delgado Shorter - The Conversation
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The view from Kowloon Peak shows apartment buildings and office blocks lights at night on November 3, 2016 in Hong Kong. (Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images)

Why won't we fix light pollution?

Matthew Rozsa
J Robert Oppenheimer Standing at Blackboard (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

The atomic truth behind "Oppenheimer"

Matthew Rozsa
U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) participates in a meeting of the House Oversight and Reform Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on January 31, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

House UFO hearing to grill Pentagon

Rae Hodge
CAPITOL BUILDING, ALBANY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2023/01/31: Participants seen holding signs at the event. VOCAL-NY gathered at The War Room in the New York State Capitol with allies, including members of Drug Policy Alliance, OnPoint NYC, P.A.I.N Sackler, Housing Works and staff from the nations first Overdose Prevention Centers, for a press conference to push back against Governor Hochuls proposed plans to increase criminalization to address the overdose crisis, and demand lawmakers implement harm reduction strategies that -in their opinion- will actually save lives. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images) (Getty Images )

Criminalization makes the drug war worse

Jennifer Carroll
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An Aedes Aegypti mosquito (Afp/getty Images)

Mosquitos bringing malaria north

Mary Katherine Wildeman - Grist
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf attends a hearing of U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., the United States, on April 28, 2022. (Ting Shen/Xinhua via Getty Images)

FDA head's misinformation battle fizzles

Darius Tahir - KFF Health News
Coral Reef (Getty Images/by wildestanimal)

Combating coral bleaching with curcumin

Matthew Rozsa
A person cools off amid searing heat that was forecast to reach 115 degrees Fahrenheit on July 16, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

History's hottest heatwave worsens

Matthew Rozsa
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