It took feats of engineering and deft piloting to map the planet’s topography, an achievement that continues to pay dividends decades later. In 2000, Commander Kevin Kregel led the Endeavour space shuttle mission, equipped with a 200-foot-long mast for the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) to create a detailed 3D map of Earth. Despite technical challenges like mast flexibility and frozen gas jets, innovative solutions like the fly-cast maneuver allowed the team to map over 80% of Earth’s landmass. Today, SRTM data continues to aid global environmental and economic studies.

NASA’s Daring Mission to 3D Map the Globe

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has provided groundbreaking data from near the edge of the solar system, revealing the cosmic optical background—the faint glow left by billions of galaxies since the Big Bang. This study, which meticulously subtracts interference from cosmic dust and other sources, confirms the lingering light...

From the Edge of the Solar System: NASA’s New Horizons Reveals the Universe’s True Glow

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft completed a three-month flight test to the ISS, landing safely in New Mexico. This uncrewed mission provided NASA and Boeing with essential data for future crewed missions. Despite challenges like helium leaks and thruster issues, the spacecraft demonstrated its capability for safe space travel. The mission’s insights are crucial for advancing NASA’s goals for space exploration and developing reliable, cost-effective transportation to the ISS.

Starliner’s Troubled Trek Through Space Concludes With Desert Touchdown

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Boeing’s Starliner completed its mission from the International Space Station with a successful deorbit burn, re-entry, and parachute-assisted landing in New Mexico. Its advanced heat shield and airbag system facilitated a safe landing, showcasing its capabilities as a reusable spacecraft. At 6:04 p.m. EDT on September 6, Starliner autonomously...

Boeing Starliner Undocks From Space Station, Lands in New Mexico

New evidence supports the hypothesis that a fragmented comet triggered a dramatic climate change 12,800 years ago, with findings across the U.S. indicating the occurrence of powerful “touchdown” airbursts without forming craters. Researchers are further strengthening the case for the Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis, which suggests that a...

Shocking Discovery: Cosmic Airburst May Have Sparked Global Cooling 12,800 Years Ago

MIT researchers have pioneered a method to observe and image the development of scales on butterfly wings during metamorphosis, revealing how the scales’ ridged structures form through a process called buckling. This discovery provides insights into the mechanical properties of scale formation and suggests potential applications in designing new...

Nature’s Engineering Wonders: Butterfly Wings Might Hold the Key to Revolutionary New Materials

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As the star of TV's Dr. Kildare (NBC, 1961-1966), Richard Chamberlain was a heartthrob for millions of female fans in America and the world. Decades later, the actor transformed into the charismatic king of TV-mini-series with acclaimed productions like the originalShogun (NBC, 1980), and The Thorn Birds (ABC, 1983, in which he played a sexually repressed priest).

The Once Secret Gay Life of Actor Richard Chamberlain ('Dr. Kildare'): 21 Years After He Came Out

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Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

Purdue University’s Dan Chavas uses computer models to study how geographic changes, such as flattening mountains or altering sea surfaces, could influence tornado occurrences in North America, providing insights into the climatic factors driving severe weather. During the warmer months in the Midwest, studying the sky for signs of...

Why Does the U.S. Have So Many Tornadoes? New Research Challenges 50-Year-Old Assumptions

A new study highlights the significant impacts of unprecedented heat waves in Antarctica, which are occurring even during winter months. These extreme temperatures, which are a result of climate change, not only melt glaciers and disrupt wildlife, particularly microorganisms, and invertebrates, but also pose challenges for species adapted to extreme cold and dry conditions. The research underscores the broad ecological consequences and the urgent need to monitor and understand these phenomena as they have implications far beyond the continent.

Earth’s Last Frontier Burns: Record-Breaking Heat Strikes Antarctica in Winter

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Horoscope of the Day, Sunday, September 8th

Planet’s wild orbit offers clues to how such large, hot planets take shape. A team of astronomers has discovered a juvenile planet, TIC 241249530 b, which is transitioning into a hot Jupiter. This planet, in a unique eccentric and retrograde orbit, is a key to understanding the dynamic processes that transform distant, icy giants into blazing, star-hugging worlds.

Hot Jupiter Rising: A Planet’s Remarkable Transformation

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Cats of Kansas City

Could you and your family use an adorable companion that will bring you love and joy for years and years? These six cats are adoptable right now from local Kansas City shelters. Just click on the link provided with each to get in touch with their shelters.

Six wonderful cats to adopt this Labor Day weekend

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When I studied Anthropology in college, I learned that teeth have been indicators of economic status just about forever. Archaeologists look at the teeth in ancient skeletons and know who the rich were based on their tooth decay. During the Renaissance period, it became fashionable for women to blacken their teeth to look like they were better off than they were, because the royals and aristocrats, who could afford sugar and sweets, had more rotten and missing teeth than the poor.

Opinion: Stop Stereotyping Bad Teeth as a Sign of Drug Addiction

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‘Any meat items my dogs refuse to eat, I no longer eat.’ It’s said that animals have a “sixth sense,” which affords them an insight human beings cannot match. There are clips of security camera earthquake footage where pets can be seen wigging out seconds before tremors begin.

‘It ain’t food anymore.’: Dairy Queen customer warns against chicken after his dog refuses to eat it

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Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, has recently introduced a tiny six-pound dog named Alistair who is looking for his forever home. At only one year old, this little boy is a sweet dog who is thought to be a Maltese, "but we can’t make any guarantees that he would be suitable for those with allergies," explains the nonprofit animal rescue.

Meet The Tiny 6lb Dog Looking For Love

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A health policy expert from UMass Amherst provides insight based on findings from the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group. A comprehensive analysis conducted by scientists, including a public health researcher from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has pinpointed the top three methods for smoking cessation:. Varenicline – This prescription medication is...

Want To Quit Smoking? Scientists Say These 3 Methods Work Best

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The City of Aurora’s plan for a homeless navigation campus focusing on “work first” is coming together. The City Council will vote during its study session Monday on a resolution sponsored by council member Dustin Zvonek that spells out how the campus will operate. “The City of Aurora wishes to pursue an alternative to the ‘Housing First’ approach, by setting requirements and expectations for housing to include participation in addiction recovery, mental health, and job training programs to better address homelessness,” the resolution states. “It is inhumane and economically unwise to allow individuals experiencing homelessness to remain on the streets, or simply offer unconditional housing, rather than providing them with the necessary support services that offer a structured path to self-sufficiency and housing.”

Aurora’s ‘work first’ homeless plan: Instilling responsibility

Newly identified Antarctic dragonfish, Akarotaxis gouldae, displays unique traits and faces threats from climate change and fishing, underscoring conservation challenges. Researchers at William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) have discovered a new species of Antarctic dragonfish in waters off the western Antarctic Peninsula. The species, named Akarotaxis gouldae or Banded Dragonfish, exemplifies both the unknown biodiversity and fragile state of the Antarctic ecosystem.

Scientists Discover Peculiar New Species of Dragonfish in Antarctica

Discoveries in the Arctic point to potential antivirulence antibiotics that could help overcome bacterial resistance. Antibiotics are vital to modern healthcare; without them, anyone with open wounds or undergoing surgery would face a constant risk of dangerous infections. Yet, the rapid evolution of new resistant strains of bacteria has significantly outpaced the discovery of fundamentally new antibiotics, leading to today’s global antibiotic resistance crisis.

Scientists Discover Promising Antibiotic Compounds Deep in the Arctic Sea

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Data From the Heavens: The Space Shuttle Maps That Transformed Our View of Earth

This is the second installment of a two-part series about the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Read part one here. Elevation data collected during a space shuttle...

Data From the Heavens: The Space Shuttle Maps That Transformed Our View of Earth

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