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Trump nominates Jared Isaacman, private astronaut and Shift4 CEO, for NASA chief
Inspiration4 mission commander Jared Isaacman, founder and chief executive officer of Shift4 Payments, stands for a portrait in front of…
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A Parasite That Eats Cattle Alive Is Creeping North Toward the US
On November 22, the United States Department of Agriculture temporarily halted the import of cattle from Mexico after a flesh-eating…
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Lasers Are Making It Easier to Find Buried Land Mines
scientists in the US have developed a technology that can detect land mines from far away and with high accuracy,…
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The Mystery of How Supermassive Black Holes Merge
However, modeling has shown that it is difficult to scatter enough stars toward the black holes to solve the final-parsec…
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France accuses countries of ‘obstruction’ at plastic talks
BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA — France on Sunday accused a handful of countries of obstructing negotiations in South Korea to reach…
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In the new space race, hackers are hitching a ride into orbit
The unoccupied space-facing port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module is pictured several hours before the SpaceX Dragon Freedom…
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How the World Can Cope Better With Extreme Rainfall and Flooding
According to Bodoque, we need to improve flood-risk mapping too. There is a need to characterize vulnerability holistically, which implies…
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Tryptophan Isn’t What Puts You Under on Thanksgiving. It’s the Carbs
Every year, I promise myself I’m not going to eat myself into a food coma: I’ll eat responsibly, front-load my…
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Northern lights may be faintly visible across parts of the US on Thanksgiving
NEW YORK — This Thanksgiving, solar storms may produce faint auroras across the northern rim of the United States. Pale…
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The Physics of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons
If you double the radius of a balloon, you increase the volume by a factor of eight (since volume is…
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