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Members of NASA’s CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) mission 2 pose for a group photo. (From left to right: Ellen Ellis, Ross Elder, James Spicer, and Matthew Montgomery) Credit: NASA The four crew members of NASA’s Mars simulation recently marked 200 days into their 378-day Red Planet missionContinue Reading

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This story was originally published by Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet. Written by Hope Pisoni. Natalia Soloviova always knew she was putting herself at risk. As the chair of the Russian LGBT Network, the largest queer advocacy group in the country, she had spent years preparing detailedContinue Reading

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A Buddhist temple in Seoul introduced South Korea’s first humanoid robot monk., NewsFeed A Buddhist temple in Seoul introduced South Korea’s first humanoid robot monk ahead of celebrations for Buddha’s birthday. The robot, named Gabi, bowed, prayed and pledged to devote itself to Buddhism during an ordination ceremony at JogyeContinue Reading

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Lorne Michaels Lorne Warburton caught the hantavirus three years ago and says he was lucky to be alive. Lorne Warburton had never heard of the hantavirus until three years ago when he was taken to hospital and put on life support, describing the sickness as “torture” and “hell on earth”.Continue Reading