- — NASA’s first medical evacuation from space ends with on-target splashdown
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at 1/15/26 1:19pmThis is the first time NASA has called an early end to a space mission for medical reasons.- — A British redcoat’s lost memoir resurfaces
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- — Scientists sequence a woolly rhino genome from a 14,400-year-old wolf’s stomach
- at 1/14/26 10:01amFortunately for paleogeneticists, wolf puppies don't chew their food thoroughly.
- — EPA makes it harder for states, tribes to block pipelines
- at 1/14/26 7:01amA new rule aims to speed up and streamline the permitting process.
- — EPA moves to stop considering economic benefits of cleaner air
- at 1/13/26 11:56amNew language criticizes “uncertainties” in longstanding EPA practice.
- — Switching water sources improved hygiene of Pompeii’s public baths
- at 1/12/26 1:00pmScientists analyzed carbonate deposits from baths, aqueduct to learn more about city's changing water supply.
- — NASA launches new mission to get the most out of the James Webb Space Telescope
- at 1/12/26 12:25pm"It was not recognized how serious a problem that is until... about 2017 or 2018."
- — That time Will Smith helped discover new species of anaconda
- at 1/11/26 1:35pmFootage of the 2024 discovery appears in NatGeo's new documentary series Pole to Pole with Will Smith.
- — The oceans just keep getting hotter
- at 1/11/26 5:00amFor the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025.
- — These 60,000-year-old poison arrows are oldest yet found
- at 1/9/26 9:49amHunter-gatherers probably derived the poison from the milky bulb extract of a Boophone disticha plant.
- — NASA orders “controlled medical evacuation” from the International Space Station
- at 1/8/26 9:26pm"The crew is highly trained, and they came to the aid of their colleague right away."
- — These dogs eavesdrop on their owners to learn new words
- at 1/8/26 12:00pm“Under the right conditions, some dogs present behaviors strikingly similar to those of young children.”
- — Trump withdraws US from world’s most important climate treaty
- at 1/8/26 7:51amUS also pulling out of pacts promoting development, democracy, and human rights.
- — NASA considers evacuating ailing crew member from International Space Station
- at 1/7/26 6:58pm"The matter involved a single crew member who is stable," NASA said in a statement.
- — Japanese nuclear plant operator fabricated seismic risk data
- at 1/7/26 10:17amCompany staff were very selective about how they modeled earthquake dangers.
- — New battery idea gets lots of power out of unusual sulfur chemistry
- at 1/7/26 9:02amRather than being used as a storage material, the sulfur gives up electrons.
- — We have a fossil closer to our split with Neanderthals and Denisovans
- at 1/7/26 9:00amA recent study suggests that North Africa may be a key place to look.
- — Here are the launches and landings we’re most excited about in 2026
- at 1/7/26 5:00amA lot could happen in space this year, but let's get real about what actually will.
- — Appeals court agrees that Congress blocked cuts to research costs
- at 1/6/26 11:05amThe Trump admin can't arbitrarily set university reimbursements to a low flat rate.
- — Ørsted seeks injunction against US government over project freeze
- at 1/6/26 8:55amTrump administration had suspended Danish group’s work on major wind farm off coast of Rhode Island.
- — Under anti-vaccine RFK Jr., CDC slashes childhood vaccine schedule
- at 1/5/26 2:57pmThe changes are modeled after a small country with universal health care.
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