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Spring melt along Alaska’s Kuskokwim River caused ice jams and flooding.

May 14, 2026 at 05:30AM
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“Rise,” the Artemis II zero gravity indicator, is seen sitting on the dais as NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen speak with congressional staff, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a nearly 10-day […]

May 13, 2026 at 05:30AM
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Expedition 74 astronauts aboard the International Space Station are uncovering how bacteria that causes pneumonia can lead to long-term damage in the heart. Researchers are leveraging the space environment to observe how stem cell derived heart tissues respond to bacterial infections, to discover new methods to manage cardiovascular health and infectious diseases. In space, bacteria […]

May 13, 2026 at 05:30AM
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A major global effort to improve awareness and treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has led experts to rename the condition as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). 

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Beaver Island is one in a string of verdant and scenic jewels in a northern Lake Michigan archipelago.

May 13, 2026 at 05:30AM
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At a busy airport, every aircraft in the area shares just a handful of radio frequencies. Spectrum and time are constrained and if multiple people speak at once, both messages can get lost. Communications like “clearance delivery,” which require long transmissions and readbacks, are challenging in high-traffic areas, particularly when weather or other factors require […]

May 12, 2026 at 05:30AM
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Nicholas Houghton always dreamed of working at NASA and one day becoming an astronaut. Today, he helps design systems that keep crews safe during missions aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft, including the successful Artemis II mission around the Moon. After joining NASA as a Pathways intern, Houghton later became a full-time engineer on the Orion Crew Survival Systems (OCSS) […]

May 11, 2026 at 05:30AM
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