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Experienced Scientists: Become an ExoGuide with NASA and Help Shape the Next Generation of Exoplanet Explorers

NASA is looking for seasoned scientists and engineers to mentor the next wave of exoplanet researchers. The ExoExplorers program, sponsored by NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program Office and the ExoPAG Executive Committee, is now accepting nominations for ExoGuides. These senior…

2 Weeks, 130 Knots, and a Swept Wing: Inside NASA’s Inboard Model Test Campaign for Icing Data

In February 2015, NASA engineers spent two weeks doing something that sounds simple and requires careful precision: they froze a swept wing on purpose. The Inboard Model Test Campaign, part of the Swept-Wing Icing Research effort under the Common Research Model program, was buil…

Aerospace Engineers, Meet NASA’s CRM-HL: The High-Lift Research Model Shaping Safer Takeoffs and Landings

. For over a decade, NASA’s Common Research Model has been a quiet workhorse in aerodynamics. It gave researchers a shared shape to test, compare, and improve their computer models. Now NASA has expanded that idea into new territory. The CRM-HL is here, and it’s focused on the f…

See NASA's New Lunar Health Risk Data: What Changes for Astronauts on 30, 180, and 400+ Day Missions

. What happens when an astronaut needs medical help and Earth is more than 200,000 miles away? NASA has a simulation for that. The new Integrated Medical Model runs for lunar orbit and lunar surface missions give mission planners something they have wanted for a while: a numbers…

Solar Storms 101: What Dr. Richard Fisher Wants You to Know About Space Weather and Your Everyday Technology

You might picture the Sun as a steady golden disc. Up close, it never sits still. It constantly pushes charged particles and magnetic fields outward in all directions. When that stream reaches Earth, we call it space weather. Dr. Richard Fisher knows this landscape well. He spen…

Are We Betting on Alzheimer’s 'Protective' Genes? Christchurch Mutation Investigation Raises Troubling Questions

For years, the story of Aliria Rosa Piedrahita de Villegas carried a rare kind of hope. She came from a family where Alzheimer's tended to strike in middle age, and she stayed mentally sharp well into her 70s. Scientists pointed to a single genetic variation, the Christchurch mu…

What If Your Child Could See a Future as an Inventor? EPO’s New Free Youth Programme Turns Curiosity Into Creation

What does it take to turn a simple question into a new invention? The European Patent Office has a fresh answer. On August 12, International Youth Day, the EPO launched Inventions for Impact, a free e-learning programme that helps children understand the path from curiosity to d…

Your Brain’s Craving Center: How Ozempic Helped Researchers Find It

Picture this. You are walking down a familiar street, and the smell of fresh pizza drifts through the air. A memory appears, followed by a strong sense that you want some. That moment, when a thought becomes an urge, is one of the brain's most remarkable abilities. It helps us f…

Bamboo Toilet Paper: Eco-Friendly Promise or Invasive Risk? 4 Facts for Conscious Shoppers

Every time you reach for a roll of toilet paper, you're making a choice about the kind of world you want to support. Bamboo toilet paper has made its way into that decision with a simple promise: a soft, tree-free roll with a small environmental footprint. It sounds like a dream…

Meet the New Oral GLP-1 Pill That Matches Ozempic: 12.1% Weight Loss in 36 Weeks

What if one of the most powerful tools for weight loss came in the form of a simple daily pill? Researchers say that future is closer than ever. A new oral GLP-1 drug called aleniglipron has just shown impressive results in a randomized phase II trial, helping people lose up to…

Frequent Cannabis Users Have Higher Morning Cortisol: What This Means for Stress Health

For millions of Americans who use cannabis regularly, the morning routine is familiar: a cup of coffee, a glance at the inbox, a few quiet moments before the day begins. What many don't realize is that their bodies might be waking up in a state of heightened stress readiness. Ne…

A Meteorite Crashed Through a New Jersey Home. Here's What Its Ancient Salty Water Means for Life's Origins

On a clear summer afternoon, a fireball tore across the sky above the New York City metro area. Seconds later, a two-pound rock slammed into a home in Hillsborough, New Jersey. That ordinary roof became the landing site for an extraordinary visitor from the asteroid belt. The me…