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Plane vanished in jungle near eastern border with Venezuela; search hindered by dense terrain and adverse weather., Plane vanished in remote jungle near eastern border with Venezuela; search hindered by dense terrain and adverse weather. Bogota, Colombia – Search and rescue teams in Colombia are searching for a passenger planeContinue Reading

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Straight dating culture has never been short on rules. From who texts first to who pays for dinner, many expectations are shaped by tradition rather than intention, often rooted in rigid gender roles that leave little room for nuance or conversation. Queer people, excluded from that framework by default, hadContinue Reading

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Last year’s 50th anniversary summer of Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” was accompanied by a feeding frenzy of hoopla. We were besieged with a slew of “making-of” documentaries, countless online articles and appreciations, Discovery Channel specials, features on the nightly news, museum exhibits and a nationwide theatrical rerelease. I suspect the breathlessContinue Reading

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nasa’s arcstone instrument successfully-completes primary-mission 

NASA’s Arcstone instrument, designed to improve the accuracy of lunar calibration, successfully completed its technology demonstration, and now begins extended operations.   Arcstone launched on June 23 on a SpaceX Transporter-14 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on a six-month mission to measure light reflected by the Moon, which is a stable and potentially highly-accurate calibration source, for satellite sensors.  The mission, led by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, uses a speciallyContinue Reading