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Now in its 26th year, the event brings teams of middle and high school students to the lab to compete with home-built contraptions. Teenagers wielding power tools and plywood demonstrated their engineering prowess at the annual Invention Challenge at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Friday…Continue Reading

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These are the key developments from day 1,382 of Russia’s war on Ukraine., These are the key developments from day 1,382 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. People stand near a destroyed building following Russian missile and drone strikes in the town of Slobozhanske in Ukraine’s Dnipro region [Mykola Synelnykov/Reuters] Here’sContinue Reading

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As the holidays approach, many focus on giving gifts, decorating, and festive cheer. But for LGBTQ+ youth across the United States, this season can be a reminder of isolation and struggle. Research shows that LGBTQ+ youth are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide compared to their peers,Continue Reading

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Scientists have discovered that complex life began evolving much earlier than traditional models suggested. Using an expanded molecular clock approach, the team showed that crucial cellular features emerged in ancient anoxic oceans long before oxygen became a major part of Earth’s atmosphere. Their results indicate that early complexity developed slowlyContinue Reading

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Negotiations fail to yield progress, while Moscow launches more than 700 drones and missiles across Ukrainian territory., Negotiations fail to yield progress, while Moscow launches over 700 drones and missiles across Ukrainian territory Three days of negotiations between Ukrainian and United States officials have ended without a breakthrough, as RussiaContinue Reading