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The Lunar Trailblazer mission to the moon officially ended on July 31, but it wasn’t a complete journey. NASA today that its teams lost contact with the satellite shortly after its launch several months prior. The NASA satellite was part of the IM-2 mission by Intuitive Machines, which took off from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center …

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The James Webb Space Telescope has returned to the scene of one of the Hubble Space Telescope’s most iconic images, the Ultra Deep Field, to capture galaxies throughout cosmic history. This new image was taken as part of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES), which is intent on further probing in infrared light two patches of sky that were …

Skygazers rejoice, the summer isn’t finished with delivering meteor showers to feast your eyes on. Last week saw dueling meteor showers taking over the sky, but the most popular meteor shower of the year won’t hit its peak until next week. The Perseids meteor shower is about to give you a real light show, provided you’re far enough away from light …

WASHINGTON — Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic. Sea stars – often known as starfish – typically have five arms and some species sport up to 24 arms. They range in color from solid orange to tapestries …

Three Score and Four Years Ago Today… Mr. and Mrs. Barack H. Obama 6085 Kalanianaole Hwy., son, Aug. 4 —Honolulu Advertiser, 1961 Remember during the ’08 campaign when the traditional media tried spinning the line that Obama was too young and wet-behind-the-huge-ears to be president?  I laughed, knowing that his accomplished POTUSmates in the 40-something club include Teddy Roosevelt, James K. Polk, John F. …

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One gene reveals clues to why humans thrived and Neanderthals didn’t  The Washington Post Tracing brain chemistry across humanity’s family tree  Phys.org Neanderthal Brains Developed Differently  MSN Source link

Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds  The New York Times Scientific Journals Can’t Keep Up With the Flood of Fake Papers From Paper Mills – WSJ  The Wall Street Journal Criminal gangs fake science papers for money  The Telegraph Fighting coordinated publication fraud is like ‘emptying an overflowing bathtub with a spoon,’ study coauthor says  Retraction Watch Organized scientific fraud is growing …

As a professional gardener, there are certain bulbs I return to every year without fail. Take ‘Apricot Beauty’ tulips, for example. These pastel peach blooms have followed me from garden to garden during different placements working in the UK and Italy. Importantly, however, popular bulb varieties, including ‘Apricot Beauty’, sell out fast, and gardeners seem to be ordering earlier and …