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Months after aborted flight, U.S.-Russian crew makes smooth trip to space station
A Russian Soyuz rocket lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, sending three spacefliers to the International Space Station. (NASA Photo / Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin finally made it to...
Trump administration's 2020 Budget Request 'deeply troubling' for older Americans, AGS
(American Geriatrics Society) Trillions of dollars in cuts to everything from the nation's largest insurer to programs for training more health professionals already in short supply round out a 2020 budget proposal that is 'deeply troubling...
Edible Insect Breeding Led To Larger But Not Necessarily Better Larvae
Researchers aiming to lower the cost of mealworms were able to double the worms' size, but the larger larvae had fewer eggs and weaker offspring. Christopher Intagliata reports.-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Sources and sinks
(University of California - Santa Barbara) For the entire history of our species, humans have lived on a planet capped by a chunk of ice at each pole. But Earth has been ice-free for about 75 percent of the time since complex life first appeared. Thi...
Sources and sinks
(University of California - Santa Barbara) For the entire history of our species, humans have lived on a planet capped by a chunk of ice at each pole. But Earth has been ice-free for about 75 percent of the time since complex life first appeared. Thi...
Chemical innovation by relatives of the ice cream bean explains tropical biodiversity
(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) The back-and-forth relationship between insects and their food plants may drive tropical biodiversity evolution according to work on Barro Colorado Island's 50 hectare plot in Panama.
The Internet Knows You Better Than Your Spouse Does
The traces we leave on the Web and on our digital devices can give advertisers and others surprising, and sometimes disturbing, insights into our psychology-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
NASA catches Tropical Cyclone Idai making landfall in Mozambique
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Cyclone Idai was approaching landfall in Mozambique when NASA's Aqua satellite provided an infrared look at the cloud top temperatures to determine the strongest parts of the storm.
An Open Letter Endorsing the Global School Strike for Climate
More than 240 scientists have already signed a document supporting students around the world in their demand for bold action to make sure the world they grow up in is livable-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
An Hour of Light and Sound a Day Might Keep Alzheimer's at Bay
Playing a flashing white light and a trilling sound reversed signs of Alzheimer’s in mice. Researchers are now trying it in humans-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com