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For more than 25 years, Mark Elder has helped make human spaceflight safe and possible. As the International Space Station EVA hardware manager in the Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Office within the EVA and Human Surface Mobility Program, he leads the team responsible for the spacesuits, tools, and ...
Experts say it's not rude to ask if someone is feeling unwell before a holiday gathering, as mild symptoms can be serious for vulnerable individuals. Normalizing this conversation helps protect those at higher risk of severe illness from respiratory viruses like the flu, RSV, and common colds.
Brain researchers long knew that the model for studying memory oversimplified the complex processes that the brain uses to decide what to keep and for how long. A new study demonstrated a cascade of molecular timers unfolding across the brain regions to store long-term memory. For decades, memory re...
In Borneo’s dense rainforest, some communities of Punan people still find their medicine among the trees. For generations the forest has been their living pharmacy, with each medicinal plant tied to tradition. But as modern pressures grow, both the forest and the knowledge it shelters are slipping a...
Getting into the Christmas spirit can be a challenge for some people, but we have something that will make anyone smile. Julien Cohen is a celebrated French pianist and teacher who loves to make people smile. And he’s the king of the flash mob. For Christmas, he put together one of the most touching...
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For generations, people have argued about one particular aspect of Christmas. No, we don’t mean Santa Claus. We aren’t talking about elves. And don’t even get us started on whether or not Rudolph really had help from any of those other reindeer. We want to settle the argument once and for all. Is Di...
Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry split in July after nearly a decade together. The pair has an on-again, off-again relationship that gave them a daughter, Daisy Dove, in August of 2020. Orlando also has a son, 14-year-old Flynn, whom he shares with his ex-wife, Miranda Kerr. Holidays can be challenging ...
Credit: Woman’s Weekly magazine / Fortune The readers of Woman’s Weekly magazine have a long tradition of coming together through knitting and crocheting—always to provide comfort and joy for others. This year’s crafty compassion project was their biggest ever, officially breaking a Guinness World R...
Labour knows it needs to win over the ‘sea wall’ cohort of coastal voters in the next election. But as anger over inequality grows, time is running out It is a lovely sunny autumn day in Ramsgate on Britain’s Kent coast, and quintessential seaside chippy Peter’s Fish Factory is doing a roaring lunch...
In preparation for an upcoming neo-Nazi march in the small Bavarian town of Wunsiedel, local residents decided to fight back in a hilariously perfect way: by sponsoring each of the 250 fascist participants. According to Heeb Magazine, "For every metre they walked, €10 went to a programme called EXIT...
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The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), held annually since 1959, is widely regarded as the world’s most prestigious maths competition, testing participants with problems that demand deep insight, creativity, and rigorous reasoning, according to Harvard AI researcher Huang Yichen and UCLA com...
Imagine a robot that doesn’t just follow commands but actually plans its actions, adjusts its movements on the go, and learns from feedback—much like a human would. This may sound like a far-fetched idea, but researchers at NYU Tandon School of Engineering have achieved this with their new algorithm...
Archaeologists are bringing to a close a long-running and award-winning excavation at the 12th-century historic center of Třebíč in Moravia. They are sharing the wealth of their findings, which are illuminating life at the settlement and its role in the region. As the archaeological survey on Karlov...
For what he called the "crowning achievement" of his career, French artist Henri Matisse abandoned the vibrant oil paints and pigments he was known to use in his work to build this unassuming, humble chapel in the village of Vence in the French Riviera. The chapel was built and decorated between 194...
Your happiness and self-fulfillment might have a direct impact on how creative you are, according to new research. Researchers from the University of Georgia Mary Frances Early College of Education found that positive emotions can translate to increased engagement in creative activities like drawing...
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MUSTANG, Nepal — Sudip Thakali now plans to change the roof of his family house from mud to blended cement concrete (BCC) to avoid water leakage during the rains. This is not the first time the 37-year-old is trying to make his ancestral home in the Trans-Himalayan village of Thini in Mustang distri...
About 360 million years ago, present-day Cleveland was home to a fearsome predator. But this giant did not stalk prey on land. Instead, the 14-foot-long Dunkleosteus terrelli swam through the region’s shallow Devonian sea. Covered in armor plates and featuring scalpel-sharp, bone blades for teeth, D...
About Today all across Holbrook one can find giant statues of dinosaurs in front of stores. They near Petrified Forest National Park, where dinosaur remains have also been found. (Such real dinosaurs are exhibited at the Rainbow Forest Museum inside the park.) Furthermore,...
Researchers from Wuhan University have developed a new framework that could help robots manipulate objects more easily. Introduced in a new paper on arXiv, this approach should enable humanoid robots to grasp and handle a greater variety of objects than is currently possible. At present, humanoid ro...
Founder s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. She moved slowly, as if time were something best savored. Visitors leaned over railings or knelt at the edge of her enclosure as she stretched her neck toward a leaf of...
