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Sexual harassment and assault plague U.S. research bases in Antarctica, report says

9:20pm September 01, 2022

A new report commissioned by the National Science Foundation finds a culture of silence and fear among employees at U.S.-run facilities in Antarctica.

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The Corbevax vaccine was invented at the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children's Hospital and intended for countries that couldn't get access to more expensive COVID vaccines. India has inoculated millions of teens with Corbevax (above, a vacci

Whatever happened to the new no-patent COVID vaccine touted as a global game changer?

6:04pm August 31, 2022

by Joe Palca

The inventors of Corbevax said it was cheap, easy to make, effective and safe. They hoped it could bring vaccine equity to countries that can't access costlier shots. Has it lived up to its promise?

Flags at the Washington Monument commemorate Americans who died from COVID-19. In 2021, life expectancy in the U.S. fell for the second year in a row.

Life expectancy in the U.S. continues to drop, driven by COVID-19

5:18pm August 31, 2022

Americans' life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row and is the biggest drop since the 1920s. COVID-19 is driving the downward trend, according to CDC data.

Could the ocean contain alien technology? Astronomer Avi Loeb thinks there is a chance.

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An astronomer thinks alien tech could be on the ocean floor. Not everyone agrees

4:29pm August 31, 2022

by Kai McNamee

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb thinks alien technology could be on the ocean floor. And if he finds anything with buttons on it, he would very much like to press those buttons.

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Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, arrives in a hotel with a delegation in Zaporizhzia, Ukraine, on Aug. 31. The delegation will travel to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant amid the Russia-Ukraine war.

What inspectors will look for at Ukraine's war-damaged Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

1:56pm August 31, 2022

by Geoff Brumfiel

The international atomic watchdog has been to some of the world's toughest locations, but nothing quite like Europe's largest nuclear power plant in an active war zone.

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Tennis great Rafael Nadal of Spain might think twice about shaking off his beads of perspiration. It turns out that sweat leads to a surprising health benefit.

Why stinky sweat is good for you

4:20pm August 29, 2022

by Michaeleen Doucleff

So sweat doesn't really smell bad at all. But when bacteria eat the sweat — nostrils, look out! Only it turns out that these sweat-eating critters are responsible for a big health benefit.

NASA's Artemis I moon rocket sits at Launch Pad Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., in June.

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The launch of NASA's giant moon rocket is delayed after an issue with its engine

9:55am August 29, 2022

by Scott Neuman

The space agency's long-awaited Artemis I mission will have to wait until at least Friday, after a problem with one of the SLS rocket's engines was discovered.

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NASA'S pricey new moon rocket — is it worth the cost?

5:21pm August 28, 2022

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

NASA plans to test launch its newest rocket — one it hopes will eventually take astronauts back to the moon. But the rocket's big price tag has some critics skeptical about its future.

Storm clouds roll in over the NASA moon rocket as it stands ready for launch on Pad 39B for the Artemis 1 mission at the Kennedy Space Center, on Saturday in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Lightning strikes aren't stopping the planned Artemis I launch — yet

1:41pm August 28, 2022

by The Associated Press

NASA is sending an uncrewed spacecraft to circle the moon and return to Earth. It's set to launch Monday, despite thunderstorms over the weekend.

Astronaut Charlie M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site.

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NASA is set to return to the moon. Here are 4 reasons to go back

7:01am August 28, 2022

by Scott Neuman

NASA's Apollo missions already sent astronauts to the moon from 1969 to 1972. But scientists say there's still lots of good science to do there. The moon also could be an ideal stepping stone to Mars.