HPR4715: friedcamp interviews part 2: Thomas Farstrike
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Ancient shark 'graveyard' uncovered in Egyptian desert
Fossilized teeth from at least seven shark species have been discovered in the Egyptian desert, hinting at its complex, watery past.…
James Webb Space Telescope observes 72 stars and finds planet formation is a race against time
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have studied 72 young sun-like stars to discover that forming planets is a real race against time.…
A startup claims it’s found a drug to make your blood young
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Your dislike of eating bugs may be 9,000 years old
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How Certain Are We That Plato Was Plato?
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle are regarded as historical figures that shaped philosophy. Socrates taught Plato; Plato founded the Academy and taught Aristotle;…
NASA Invites Media to Turkey Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony
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'This is such a clear story': Climate change is supercharging El Niño to unprecedented strengths, study finds
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Astronaut Jonny Kim leaves NASA, will return to active military duty
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim is leaving the space agency to continue his military career. Kim, who's also a medical doctor, completed one spaceflight during his NAS…
The Download: inside OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack, and a new EV takes on the US
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Astronomers have captured their clearest image yet of Betelgeuse’s long-suspected companion, potentially ending a search that lasted about 100 years. The surpri…
Why Do Some People React So Badly to Mosquito Bites?
Two people spend an evening in the same garden and receive roughly the same number of mosquito bites. By morning, one barely notices them – while the other is c…
Civil Servants Sworn in at NASA Ames
New civil servants and guests pose for a group photo with NASA and center leadership in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) 80-by-120-foot test …
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Science Overview News Conference (Aug. 29, 2026)
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch this weekend. When will we see its first photos?
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida Sunday morning (Aug. 30). The state-of-the-art spacecraft will help …
After failure of private rescue mission, NASA's Swift space telescope will crash back to Earth. But when and where?
A private spacecraft failed to rescue NASA's Swift space telescope, meaning the big observatory will come crashing back to Earth in the near future. But details…
Is Slate Auto’s new electric truck the EV Americans need?
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Vitamin C won’t prevent most colds, but it may do one small thing
The belief that huge doses of vitamin C can ward off colds was popularized more than 50 years ago by Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling. Since then, larger studie…
9 Things to Know About NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch at 7:26 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 30. While you wait to watch the launch, brush up on some key facts ab…
'Wildfire smoke is the fastest-growing environmental threat in the US': How a warming world will poison the air we breathe
Wildfires are projected to increase dramatically due to climate change. That could trigger a massive increase in heart attacks, premature births and early death…
Starship is coming home! SpaceX loads floating spacecraft onto huge ship in the Indian Ocean (photos)
SpaceX has loaded Flight 13's Starship upper stage onto a ship in the Indian Ocean, more than a month after the vehicle splashed down. It is now headed home to …









