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In orbit, power is free. But everything else is expensive.
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Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThere is public concern about health risks from the chemicals, especially from the Make America Healthy Again movement. The agency's move doesn't in itself guarantee regulation. -
Getty ImagesNASA's Artemis II crew has successfully launched on a mission that will take it around the moon and back to Earth. A key maneuver Thursday night sent them hurtling toward their lunar target.
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German scientists face a social media firestorm as they try to save a humpback whale in the Baltic Sea.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Shane Littrell of Cornell University, whose new study concludes that those who buy into corporate jargon may actually be worse at their jobs.
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NASA is set to send four astronauts around the moon with the Artemis II mission. The crew contains four people, including one woman and one Black man, both of whom will be the first on a lunar mission. But NASA hasn't been talking about these milestones much lately.
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Now, the Golden State is suing to shut it back down and continue towards its switch to renewable energy.
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Journalist Beth Gardiner says the fossil fuel industry is increasingly reliant upon plastic products. Her book is Plastic Inc.: The Secret History and Shocking Future of Big Oil's Biggest Bet.
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NASA's Artemis II mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. Eastern Wednesday. The mission aims to send four astronauts around the moon on a roughly 10-day journey. -
It's the first time in more than 50 years that NASA astronauts have ventured back toward the moon. -
Scientists say the little fish may hold broader lessons for raising other marine species in captivity. -
A new study genetically shows dogs existed almost 5,000 years earlier than scientists could prove.
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On Wednesday, the crew of NASA's Artemis II could blast off on a mission around the moon and back. No astronaut has ventured out to the moon since the 1970s.
