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By Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Michigan Tech Research Institute Our Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) field team of five arrived in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, on July 27, 2025, for a nine-day field campaign to sample the effects of the extreme drought and wildfire of 2023 on wetlands and uplands. The region experienced an unprecedented second extreme drought and record-breaking catastrophic wildfire seasonContinue Reading

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This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 7722, a lenticular galaxy located about 187 million light-years away, features concentric rings of dust and gas that appear to swirl around its bright nucleus. ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. J. Foley (UC Santa Cruz), Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Acknowledgment: Mehmet Yüksek This newContinue Reading

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Traitor 47 hasn’t forgotten about the Insurrection Act, and neither should you. In the face of plummeting poll numbers and public outcry over the deaths of Renée Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, The Traitor may appear to be retreating from his threats to deploy the military to Minneapolis and otherContinue Reading

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has made headlines this winter by vowing to defeat a proposal for a one-time 5% tax on billionaires in the state. Many national polls now rank him as the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028, but aligning with the ultra-wealthy is not auspicious forContinue Reading

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The end of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the last treaty between the U.S. and Russia placing limits on their respective nuclear arsenals, may not make an arms race inevitable. There is still potential for pragmatic diplomacy. Both sides can adhere to the basic limits even as they modernizeContinue Reading

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Linda E. Grimm Johnson Space Center Office of Communications Feb 04, 2026 NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and the University of Texas System (UT System) announced the signing of a collaborative Space Act Agreement on Jan. 9, 2026. The agreement expands research and workforce development partnership opportunities across NASA centers and UT System facilities.Continue Reading

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