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A two week journey to the International Space Station could become an eight month stay for two astronauts. What toll could it take on their bodies?

Astronauts may be stuck in space until 2025: What it could mean for their bodies

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Watch: NASA Shares Update On Two Astronauts Stranded In Space. might be down to earth, but they’re still stuck in space. NASA shared an update on their two crew members who have been stranded on the International Space Station since early June due to malfunctions on their spacecraft, Boeing’s Starliner.

NASA Shares Update on Astronauts Stuck Indefinitely in Space

Doritos has launched a new version of their cool ranch tortilla chips that are designed to be taken as a snack anywhere, even into space. Sure you’ve heard of space ice cream, but what about a savory snack too?. Doritos has finally made snacking on the moon an actual...

Doritos launch zero-gravity chips that are out of this world

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"Nothing is left to chance; all food is tested for safety and taste-tested by astronauts themselves."

Here Are The Specific Things Astronauts Avoid Eating And Drinking In Space, And Why

Ohio State

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On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

This is of course, the speech JFK made to a Joint Session of Congress 63 years ago, declaring a new national initiative that was meant to unite all Americans in a common purpose. Everyone remembers his words at the 0:30 mark where he declares, "First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon." While we tend to gloss over the secondary, but by no means less important part of the plan, which was "... and returning him safely to the earth."

For Those of You Keeping Score on Earth, the Astronauts Boeing Stranded in Space Have Passed the 50 Day Mark, With 'No End in Sight'

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. On July 28, 2024, a TikTok video posted by Erica W., known as @tasteofmelanin on the platform, garnered significant attention after she exposed disturbing racist decorations in an Airbnb rental. The incident occurred in a rental property that Erica had booked, although the exact location remains unspecified. The video has since gone viral, prompting widespread concern and leading to the removal of the listing from Airbnb's platform.

Airbnb Listing Taken Down After Black Woman Finds Hanging Monkeys and Cotton Used As Decor

WyoFile

The woman who shot a video of a hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday morning told WyoFile she and her family were terrified as the blast sent boiling water and rocks skyward, destroying parts of a boardwalk, its guardrail and a nearby bench.

Yellowstone hydrothermal explosion: ‘We were terrified’

For months now, Tesla customers have been complaining about taking possession of grimy and muddy Cybertrucks. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the sorry state of the vehicle often comes as a big disappointment, particularly considering the Cybertruck's outsize price tag. "It wasn’t clean like a new car should be...

Tesla Fans Alarmed When Brand New Cybertrucks Arrive Filthy, Covered in Mud and Grime

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

A deadly infection responsible for wiping out a commercial variety of bananas back in the 1950s and 1960s has once again reared its ugly head in recent years, threatening to make extinct the entire supply of the world's most popular fruit. To eradicate this banana disease, dubbed fusarium wilt, scientists...

Bananas May Go Extinct From Deadly Disease, Scientists Warn

Denver, CO

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

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Four spacefarers, including billionaire Jared Isaacman, are about to embark on what could become a defining mission to Earth's orbit.

Polaris Dawn: SpaceX is about to launch a billionaire and 3 others into orbit on civilian mission

Cooking With Maryann

Made famous in 2000 by former First Lady Laura Bush, these cowboy cookies are an updated twist on a traditional oatmeal cookie, trading raisins for chocolate chips, pecans, and shredded coconut. (We've swapped out the shortening as well!) To take it a step further, you can also toast the coconut and pecans for enhanced nuttiness. Here's what you'll need for about 18 cookies:

Cowboy Cookies

The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) is about to slingshot past Earth and our Moon on its way to the outer solar system in what the agency is calling a "double world first." As Euronews reports, the ESA announced that its spacecraft, which was launched last year...

Spacecraft to Scream Past Earth in a "Double World First" Slingshot Flyby

Trapped in a small but high-tech habitat, stranded on a cold desert world completely alien to our own, what would you do to decompress after a laborious day of scientific fact-finding and on-foot exploration?. Thanks to NASA's simulated Mars habitat experiment — the Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA)...

Crew Who Spent a Year in Simulated NASA Mars Base Say They Spent a Lot of Time Watching TV

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Actor Buddy Ebsen, who died at age 95 in 2003, found fame by starring in two of the most popular classic television shows in history: The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS, 1962 to 1971) and Barnaby Jones (CBS, 1973 to 1980). On the Hillbillies, he played former Tennessee country mountain-folk-turned-wealthy Beverly Hills resident Jed Clampett. On Barnaby Jones, he was one of TV's most senior, slyest, health-conscious detectives. Ebsen, however, almost became even more famous for a certain big-screen classic film in which he ultimately did not appear.

'Beverly Hillbillies" Actor Buddy Ebsen Was "Bitter" about not playing the Tin Man in 'Wizard of Oz'

Los Angeles, CA

Adam Rich was born on October 12, 1968, lived a troubled life, and died on January 7, 2023, at only 54 years old. This is his story. He lived in the Granada Hills area of Los Angeles with his parents and younger brother. The Rich family resided for a time in Florida where Adam studied acting at the local gym.

A Look Back at the Tragic Life and Death of Former Child Star Adam Rich (TV's 'Eight is Enough')

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To increase the genetic diversity of an island population of grizzly bears , Wyoming and Montana wildlife managers recently worked together to import fresh bloodlines into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Two Montana grizzly bears trucked to Wyoming to bolster genetic diversity, help states’ delisting case

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SpaceX Tourists Will Test New Space Doritos Coated in Extra Oil

SpaceX's latest space tourists, who are attempting to become the first civilians to go on a spacewalk later this month, are raising money for a good...

SpaceX Tourists Will Test New Space Doritos Coated in Extra Oil

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