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Beth Linker Is Turning Good Posture on Its Head

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The Eclipse Was So Nice, They’re Doing It Twice

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NSF supporting once-in-a-generation science enabled by total solar eclipse

NSF supporting once-in-a-generation science enabled by total solar eclipse As the total solar eclipse on April 8 draws near, the U.S. National Science Foundation will be celebrating this celestial occasion — which won't be visible from North America again until 2044 — by sponsoring educational activities and experiments… Read more at nsf.gov

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan This week, NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan welcomed Chilean Ambassador Juan Gabriel Valdés to NSF headquarters, continuing NSF's work to foster international partnerships and strengthen high-impact global collaboration. NSF's continuous efforts… Read more at nsf.gov

They Can’t See the Eclipse, but This Device Will Help Them Hear It

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A Fiery Finale for a Rocket That Brings the Heat

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Jane Goodall Is More of a Dog Person, Actually

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All Orcas Are Classified as a Single Species. Should They Be?

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Do Birds Dream?

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Bird Flu Spreads to Dairy Cows

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Maps of the April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse

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Cosmic Forecast: Blurry With a Chance of Orbital Chaos

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A Lunar Eclipse Warms Up the Moon for April’s Solar Eclipse

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It’s a Golden Age for Shipwreck Discoveries. Why?

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Life After Asteroid Bennu

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Prehistoric Amphibian Ancestor Is Named for Kermit the Frog

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NSF announcement on JASON report: Safeguarding the Research Enterprise

NSF announcement on JASON report: Safeguarding the Research Enterprise Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation released the latest report by JASON, an independent science advisory group, Safeguarding the Research Enterprise. Building on the Fundamental Research Security report released in 2019, NSF commissioned this… Read more at nsf.gov

Smells Like Teen … Sandalwood?

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Long Before Amsterdam’s Coffee Shops, There Were Hallucinogenic Seeds

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Frans de Waal, Who Found the Origins of Morality in Apes, Dies at 75

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These Mobile Games Are for the Birds

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Abel Prize Awarded for Studies of Universe’s Randomness

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Study About Purported Ancient ‘Pyramid’ in Indonesia Is Retracted

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This Was Village Life in Britain 3,000 Years Ago

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The Unbearable Vagueness of Medical ‘Professionalism’

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Thomas Stafford, 93, Commander of First U.S.-Soviet Space Mission, Dies

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Where the Wild Things Went During the Pandemic

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Storing Renewable Energy, One Balloon at a Time

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For Ytasha Womack, the Afrofuture Is Now

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A Seal’s Spray Adds a Chapter to the Science of Spitting

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Statement by Director Sethuraman Panchanathan on the release of the National Strategy for Microelectronics Research

Statement by Director Sethuraman Panchanathan on the release of the National Strategy for Microelectronics Research “Microelectronics are essential to the economic and national security of the United States and the importance of this industry is evident through the passage of the ‘CHIPS and Science Act’ in 2022,” said U.S. National Science Foundation Director… Read more at nsf.gov

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan From engaging with national leaders on the importance of enhancing STEM innovation and education in the U.S. to welcoming international counterparts for discussions on deepening collaborative research, this week U.S. National Science Foundation… Read more at nsf.gov

A Columbia Surgeon’s Study Was Pulled. He Kept Publishing Flawed Data.

By Benjamin Mueller, Claire Hogan, Rebecca Suner and James Surdam from NYT Science https://ift.tt/HdbSRvG via IFTTT

What Is SpaceX’s Starship? It’s Really a Mars Ship.

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What went right and wrong during the 2nd Starship test flight.

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What is Starship?

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Why Do Whales Go Through Menopause?

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NSF launches Global Centers 2024 competition in partnership with five countries

NSF launches Global Centers 2024 competition in partnership with five countries Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) joined partner funding agencies from Canada, Finland, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom in announcing the launch of the Global… Read more at nsf.gov

For Some Mammals, Large Adult Daughters, Not Sons, Are the Norm

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This 1,000-Year-Old Smartphone Just Dialed In

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Subterranean ‘Baby Dragons’ Are Revealed to Sneak to the Surface

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Statement by the NSF Director on the President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget

Statement by the NSF Director on the President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget The U.S. National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 2025 budget request of $10.183 billion, an increase of $644 million or 8.9% above FY 2023, proposes a robust plan for investments in fundamental research and education across all fields of science… Read more at nsf.gov

With an Orange-Tufted Spiderhunter, Birder Breaks Record for Sightings

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Scientists Discover 100 New Marine Species in New Zealand

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A.I. Is Learning What It Means to Be Alive

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These May Be the Oldest Olive Trees in the World

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Richard Truly, 86, Dies; Shuttle Astronaut Who Went On to Lead NASA

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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan Partnerships advancing American innovation, collaborations with foreign delegations, exploring opportunities to open more doors to STEM — this week, NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan fielded a packed schedule. Director Panchanathan welcomed… Read more at nsf.gov

These Birds Are National Symbols but Getting Harder to See

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Good News and Bad News for Astronomers’ Biggest Dream

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Dr. Anthony Epstein, Pathologist Who Discovered Epstein-Barr Virus, Dies at 102

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Gray Whale, Long Absent From the Atlantic, Is Spotted Off Massachusetts

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Scientists Create Elephant Stem Cells in the Lab

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Atom Bombs in Space Are Back to Scare Us Again

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Seeing Stars, Sperm and Millions of Spawn After a Valentine’s Day Rendezvous

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Estella Bergere Leopold Dies at 97; Found Climate Clues in Ancient Pollen

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Rabbi Ellen Bernstein, Who Saw Ecology as God’s Work, Dies at 70

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