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Jared Isaacman is donating a big chunk of change to help inspire the astronauts and space scientists of tomorrow. The billionaire tech entrepreneur and private astronaut, who until recently was on track to become NASA administrator, announced today (July 11) that he’s gifting $15 million to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Alabama for its Space Camp programs. The …

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The child’s skull has a mix of features that appear to align with both modern Homo sapiens and Neanderthals. (Image credit: Israel Hershkovitz/Tel Aviv University) One of the earliest known human burials — that of a young child — could have been a cross between modern humans and Neanderthals, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed a skull that was found …

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In a remarkable discovery off the western coast of the Galápagos Islands, scientists have pinpointed a previously unknown hydrothermal vent field, thanks to a trail of ghostly crabs. For over 20 years, researchers had suspected the presence of this underwater feature but had struggled to identify its exact location. However, a team of researchers recently followed a series of squat …

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Earth Is Spinning Faster and Days Are Getting Shorter, for Now  The New York Times For a few days this summer, your days will be just a smidge shorter  The Washington Post July 9 may be the shortest day ever in history, scientists say. How much time will we lose?  NOLA.com Did you feel it? Earth just had one of its shortest days …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌾 The Moon-Rice project is developing “super-dwarf” rice to support long-duration space missions and extreme Earth environments. 🛰️ Led by the Italian Space Agency, the project involves collaboration between three Italian universities specializing in rice genetics, crop physiology, and space crop production. 🔬 The research focuses on using CRISPR-Cas technology to create compact, productive rice varieties that …

Last month, the staff at Raven Ridge Wildlife Center (RRWC) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, received a distressing call from a man over an hour away in Halifax. The man seemed frantic as he described the tiny feathered baby he’d just spontaneously rescued from a dangerous situation. “A kind-hearted man named Michael spotted the tiny creature alongside the road and instinctively pulled …

Science museum discovers dinosaur fossils hidden under its parking lot  The Washington Post A Denver dino museum makes a find deep under own parking lot. Like ‘a hole in one from the moon.’  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Museum discovers rare 67-million-year-old dinosaur bone under its own parking lot  Fox News Denver museum discovers nearly 70-million-year-old fossil under parking …