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The Expedition 73 astronauts and cosmonauts focused on medical and physiological data collection, as well as Earth observations and servicing spacesuit cameras this week aboard the International Space Station. Orbital observation In 2011, on his third mission, Mike Fincke set a new record for cumulative time in space by an American astronaut — 381 days. That record has since been …

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A new study led by the University of Oxford in collaboration with Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, University of Greenwich, and the Technical University of Denmark could provide a cost-effective and sustainable solution to help tackle the devastating decline in honeybees. An engineered food supplement, designed to provide essential compounds found in plant pollen, was found to significantly enhance colony reproduction. …

QUICK FACTS Name: Pallas’s cat (Otocolobus manul) Where it lives: Steppes and high-elevation grasslands in Central Asia, particularly Mongolia and China What it eats: Small rodents, including gerbils, hamsters and pikas, small lizards and birds Pallas’s cat, also known as a manul, is a feline from Central Asia that yelps like a small dog and has such short legs that …

Aug 22, 2025Dwayne Page A Liberty man was found with Fentanyl during a probation search at his home on Monday 46-year-old Ricky Allen Ashford, II of East Main Street, Liberty is charged with simple possession of a schedule II drug. His bond is $10,000 and he will be in court September 11. Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on August 18 …

Have you ever wondered what is at co-ordinate 0° latitude and 0° longitude? Or how these co-ordinates were set in the first place? Well, wonder no more as we take a look. Prior to the agreement on a coordinate system, navigation was a bit of a mess. It was still possible, of course, but countries disagreed where the “Prime Meridian” …

A toxic chemical that pollutes groundwater originates high in Earth’s atmosphere, a scientific flight has revealed. Perchlorates, a group of chlorine-containing chemicals that can disrupt thyroid function, form on particles of smoke and organic material in the stratosphere, between 6 and 31 miles (10 to 50 kilometers) above the planet’s surface, according to a new study. Scientists already knew that …

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SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Aug. 22). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink craft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in coastal California today at 1:04 p.m. EDT (1704 GMT; 10:04 a.m. local time). The rocket’s first stage came back to Earth about 8.5 minutes later, touching down in the …

A recent report by BBC reveals that Australia’s treasured coral reefs are suffering from unprecedented damage due to a marine heatwave, exacerbating the effects of climate change. Known for its extraordinary biodiversity, Ningaloo Reef, situated on Australia’s north-western coast, has been particularly affected by this phenomenon, marking an alarming milestone in the ongoing battle to preserve global marine ecosystems. This …