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- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4716-4722: Drilling Success at Nevado Sajama
on November 18, 2025 at 6:45 pmWritten by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework Earth planning date: Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 From Curiosity’s ridge-top perch among the boxwork unit, the highlight of the week was the successful drilling of the “Nevado Sajama” target. The data collected by APXS, ChemCam, and MAHLI from the rover workspace and its immediate vicinity
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4709-4715: Drilling High and Low in the Boxwork Unit
on November 18, 2025 at 6:41 pmWritten by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, Nov. 7, 2025 We are in the most intensive phase of the boxwork structures investigation — the drill campaign. The boxwork campaign group requested a pair of drilled targets — one in a hollow (the
- NASA Telescopes View Spiral Galaxy
by Monika Luabeya on November 18, 2025 at 5:45 pmNGC 1068, a relatively nearby spiral galaxy, appears in this image released on July 23, 2025. The galaxy contains a black hole at its center that is twice as massive as the Milky Way’s. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory data shows a million-mile-per-hour wind is being driven from NGC 1068’s black hole and lighting up the
- Guiding Artemis: Brian Alpert Turns Lessons Learned Into Lunar Progress
by Linda E. Grimm on November 18, 2025 at 10:00 amBrian Alpert’s path was always destined for the aerospace industry, but his journey turned toward NASA’s Johnson Space Center during his sophomore year in college. That was when Tricia Mack, who works in NASA’s Transportation Integration Office within the International Space Station Program, spoke to his aerospace seminar about planning spacewalks, training crews, and supporting
- La NASA invita a los medios al despegue de la misión lunar Artemis II
by Jessica Taveau on November 17, 2025 at 9:21 pmRead this press release in English here. Ya está abierto el plazo de acreditación de medios de comunicación para el lanzamiento de la primera misión lunar tripulada de la campaña Artemis de la NASA. Con un lanzamiento previsto para principios de 2026, el vuelo de prueba Artemis II enviará a los astronautas de la NASA Reid
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- The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic
on November 13, 2025 at 7:00 pmA retreat from investments in drugs and vaccines leaves U.S. less prepared for the next viral scourge, experts warn
- Research linking gut microbes to autism is deeply flawed, critics say
on November 13, 2025 at 4:00 pmAmid growing investment in the field, a new paper argues it rests on shaky foundations
- Align wildfire prevention with conservation | Science
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- Urban impact of rare earth elements | Science
on November 13, 2025 at 2:01 pmThe rapid growth of high-tech sectors, such as new energy generation and storage as well as electronic information, has stoked a global demand for rare earth elements (REEs), the critical raw materials for these sectors and others (1). Statistical data indicate that global rare earth mineral production, including mining, smelting, and application, skyrocketed from 124,000 metric tons in 2015 to 390,000 metric tons in 2024, a staggering 214% increase over the past decade (2). Moreover, large-scale mining, smelting, and industrial use of REEs have accelerated their biogeochemical cycling, leading to substantial enrichment in the atmosphere, water, soil, and organisms. Against this backdrop of expanding REE mining, processing, and consumption, the enrichment of these elements in urban environments and their potential health impacts demand urgent attention.
- Water aid requires global groundwater safety | Science
on November 13, 2025 at 2:01 pmGlobal water-aid projects have greatly expanded access to drinking water in underserved regions. The recent $40 million TeamWater campaign built hundreds of wells in more than 20 countries, including Bangladesh, Colombia, and Nigeria (1, 2). These gains are impressive, but wells may be drawing from shallow aquifers that are easily polluted by farm runoff, leaking septic tanks, industrial waste, and seawater intrusion. Today, at least 1.7 billion people use drinking-water sources contaminated with feces, which may include groundwater sources (3). Without safeguards, wells that are intended to improve health could instead deliver harm.
- Why MAGA is obsessed with Epstein − and why the files are unlikely to dent loyalty to Trump
by Alex Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University – Newark on November 18, 2025 at 8:03 pmPresident Donald Trump’s base has supported him through countless controversies. But they split from him over the release of the Epstein files. Why does MAGA care so much about this issue?
- How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple – the 8,000-year history of America’s only native major nut
by Shelley Mitchell, Senior Extension Specialist in Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Oklahoma State University on November 18, 2025 at 6:29 pmPecans are a truly American nut: They grew on George Washington’s estate, and they flew to space on an Apollo mission.
- Black families pay more to keep their houses warm than average American families
by George C. Homsy, Director of Environmental Studies, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy, Binghamton University, State University of New York on November 18, 2025 at 1:17 pmMore than 12 million US households keep their homes either too cold or too hot, sacrificing comfort because they can’t afford to pay their energy bills.
- Research breakthroughs often come through collaborations − attacks on academic freedom threaten this vital work
by Volha Chykina, Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond on November 18, 2025 at 1:17 pmAcademic freedom grew strongly after World War II, with greater university funding, protections and autonomy, yet global data now shows a decline.
- When fake data is a good thing – how synthetic data trains AI to solve real problems
by Ambuj Tewari, Professor of Statistics, University of Michigan on November 18, 2025 at 1:17 pmTo overcome two challenges in training AI – scarce or hard-to-get data and data privacy – researchers have come up with a counterintuitive technique: fake it.