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SpaceX to Launch Crew-9 Mission for NASA: How to Watch

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Swimming Beneath Sand, It’s ‘the Hardest of All Animals to Find’

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Killer Asteroid Hunters Spot 27,500 Overlooked Space Rocks

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Edward Dwight Aims for Orbit at Last

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Honeybees Invaded My House, and No One Would Help

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They Shoot Owls in California, Don’t They?

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Beth Linker Is Turning Good Posture on Its Head

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NSF and USDA join forces to boost innovation in agricultural robotics

NSF and USDA join forces to boost innovation in agricultural robotics The U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) are teaming up to advance foundational research in agricultural robotics. The agencies are issuing a new Dear… Read more at nsf.gov

New center supported by NSF will catalyze data-driven insights in molecular and cellular biosciences

New center supported by NSF will catalyze data-driven insights in molecular and cellular biosciences The U.S. National Science Foundation has made a $20 million award to support the creation of the National Synthesis Center for Emergence in the Molecular and Cellular Sciences (NCEMS). The center will combine vast amounts of available data on… Read more at nsf.gov

NSF honors 3 outstanding early-career researchers with the Alan T. Waterman Award

NSF honors 3 outstanding early-career researchers with the Alan T. Waterman Award The U.S. National Science Foundation honored three researchers with the Alan T. Waterman Award, the nation's highest honor for early-career scientists and engineers. The 2024 recipients: Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell, a biomedical engineer at Johns Hopkins… Read more at nsf.gov

NSF invests $90M in innovative national scientific cyberinfrastructure for transforming STEM education

NSF invests $90M in innovative national scientific cyberinfrastructure for transforming STEM education The U.S. National Science Foundation announced today a strategic investment of $90 million over five years in SafeInsights, a unique national scientific cyberinfrastructure aimed at transforming learning research and STEM education. Funded through… Read more at nsf.gov

Cicadas Are Emerging Now. How Do They Know When to Come Out?

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In Coral Fossils, Searching for the First Glow of Bioluminescence

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Yellowstone’s Wolves: A Debate Over Their Role in the Park’s Ecosystem

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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan This week, US National Science Foundation Director worked to strengthen pathways into STEM and expand the agency’s reach in communities across the nation and world. At the Arctic Encounter Symposium, Director Panchanathan took center stage alongside… Read more at nsf.gov

Like Moths to a Flame? We May Need a New Phrase.

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Watch the Lyrid Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak

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The Dusty Magnets ofthe Milky Way

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Your Brain Waves Are Up for Sale. A New Law Wants to Change That.

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This Lava Tube in Saudi Arabia Has Been a Human Refuge for 7,000 Years

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NSF expands the NSF Convergence Accelerator to 10 regions nationwide

NSF expands the NSF Convergence Accelerator to 10 regions nationwide The U.S. National Science Foundation is excited to announce the expansion of the NSF Convergence Accelerator to 10 regions to enhance national and regional competitiveness in research, innovation and workforce development. These 10 regional… Read more at nsf.gov

New research centers will investigate effects of ocean-related problems on human health

New research centers will investigate effects of ocean-related problems on human health Millions of tons of small pieces of plastic are finding their way into the world's waters, and then into human beings. The plastics are often eaten by fish and shellfish and then passed to humans when they consume seafood. These plastic particles and… Read more at nsf.gov

In Australia, ‘Cats Are Just Catastrophic’

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NASA Searching for New Ideas for Its Mars Rocks Return Mission

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James Dean, Founding Director of NASA Art Program, Dies at 92

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A Surprising Shadow Was Created by the Total Solar Eclipse

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Four Wild Ways to Save the Koala (That Just Might Work)

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Should We Change Species to Save Them?

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No ‘Hippie Ape’: Bonobos Are Often Aggressive, Study Finds

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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan fielded a packed schedule this week, from welcoming international colleagues to NSF to embarking on a trip to Alaska. The director's visit to the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) coincided with the… Read more at nsf.gov

NSF announces a new EPSCoR Track-1 award to combat climate change in Alaska

NSF announces a new EPSCoR Track-1 award to combat climate change in Alaska The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded Alaska with $20 million through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program, which is designed to build research and development capacity, competitiveness and education… Read more at nsf.gov

She Dreams of Pink Planets and Alien Dinosaurs

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Ancient Foxes Lived and Died Alongside Humans

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As crowds gathered around New York City, there was a quiet spot.

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Can’t Find Eclipse Glasses? Here’s What to Do.

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Anticipation and Anxiety Build Ahead of the Total Solar Eclipse

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Prestigious Medical Journal Ignored Nazi Atrocities, Historians Find

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The Eclipse That Ended a War and Shook the Gods Forever

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In 2008, researchers highlighted the seismic hazards faced by New York.

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A seismograph near New York City captured the moment of the earthquake.

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Back in the ’90s, This Eclipse Webcast Put the Cosmos on Demand

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Up to a Trillion Cicadas Are About to Emerge in the U.S.

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A Tantalizing ‘Hint’ That Astronomers Got Dark Energy All Wrong

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NASA Picks 3 Companies to Help Astronauts Drive Around the Moon

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NSF Director visits University at Buffalo alongside U.S. Senate Majority Leader

NSF Director visits University at Buffalo alongside U.S. Senate Majority Leader On April 2, U.S. National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan traveled to the University at Buffalo (UB), where he joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the launch of a new… Read more at nsf.gov

How a Snake Uses Its Sense of Smell

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Is Giving Farmers Millions to Kill Millions of Chickens the Way to Curb Bird Flu?

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A Lifetime Under the Moon’s Shadow

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A Solar Eclipse Means Big Science

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