What new analysis of more than 300 bear encounters shows about the notion of dogs as early bear alarms or deterrents. The post Does your dog make you safer in bear country? appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
The span — known as Nero’s Bridge, named for the former Roman emperor — once connected Rome’s city center with the Tiber’s right bank.Continue Reading
Dogs may understand our emotions more deeply than scientists realized. Brain scans show that happy human faces activate regions in dogs linked to higher-level processing and reward, suggesting that smiles carry special emotional significance for them., Read MoreContinue Reading
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 14 – Total… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written byContinue Reading
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Jack Hathaway assists Anil Menon, both NASA astronauts, inside the Quest airlock as he tried on a spacesuit to verify its comfort, mobility, and functionality to prepare for a spacewalk. NASA/Jessica Meir The Expedition 75 crew continued studying procedures and checking out spacesuits on Thursday for a spacewalk to replaceContinue Reading
1 min read NASA’s 737 Reveals New Paint A newly painted NASA 737 aircraft sits on a ramp in Oklahoma on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. NASA/Carla Escamilla NASA’s 737 aircraft was painted this week in Oklahoma as it progresses with modifications for use as a reduced gravity test aircraft forContinue Reading
NASA’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility (IV&V) held a swearing-in ceremony for civil servants on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, at the facility in Fairmont, West Virginia. In total, 51 new employees were hired at IV&V as part of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s directive to strengthen NASA’s technical coreContinue Reading
A NASA Scientific Balloon Program annual campaign is getting ready to take flight at the agency’s balloon launch facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Six balloon flights carrying scientific experiments, technology demonstrations, and student payloads are scheduled to launch starting in mid-August. NASA’s high-altitude scientific balloon being prepared for launch at Fort Sumner,Continue Reading
Eric Gore Manager, Exploration Ground Systems Program Eric Gore is the program manager for NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program (EGS) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In this role, Gore leads the program responsible for developing, operating, and sustaining the ground infrastructure and systems that process, integrate, andContinue Reading
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Scientists probing life’s deepest origins have uncovered evidence that the first free-living cells may have emerged not once, but twice. The findings suggest a striking possibility: life may share one ancient genetic code, yet have undergone two separate transitions into free-living existence., Read MoreContinue Reading
Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community AGN SIG Spotlight Series,… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups Conferences Cosmic Pathfinders Early Career Workshop Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources AGN SIG Spotlight Series: August 18th 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT 13 August 2026 https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/community/agn-sig-spotlight-series-18-aug-2026 We invite everyone to joinContinue Reading