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commentary Nikole Hannah-Jones’ controversial essay asks if you can fight for a better world while accepting the one you have Published September 23, 2026 9:00AM (EDT) There is often a gap between educational idealism and the hyper-competitive reality of schooling. (Getty Images) Digital journalism is as subject to fads asContinue Reading

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Award: The American Geophysical Union’s Eugene Shoemaker Lecture is presented annually and recognizes excellence in planetary exploration.   Awarded to: Kelsey Young, Artemis II lunar science lead, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.   Kelsey Young, Artemis II lunar science lead at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,Continue Reading

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Daily images of ice cover in the Arctic Ocean show sea ice melting around the pole from March 15, 2026 to Sept. 12, 2026. Trent Schindler/NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on Sept. 12, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice DataContinue Reading

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Explore This Section Overview ROSES FAQ Blog ROSES Budget Redaction Grant Stats No Due Date Programs OSDMP FAQ Suborbital Program Program Officer List Volunteer to Review Proposals Dual-Anonymous Peer Review PRC FAQ Solicitations Solicitations Help & Support Announcement of Opportunity SOMA Community & Career Advisory Committees Public Meetings Work-Life BalanceContinue Reading

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Astronaut Shannon W. Lucid checked on wheat plants aboard Russia’s Mir Space Station on Sept. 23, 1996. Lucid left Mir later that day along with the rest of the STS-79 crew except for John E. Blaha, who was beginning a four-month stay aboard the station. NASA Shannon Lucid’s Record-Setting MissionContinue Reading

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Income growth has changed radically in the past thirty years. Who do you think it’s benefitted the most? (Hint: It’s not the bottom 99% of us.) My course Wealth & Poverty discusses how our economy evolved into a system that overwhelmingly benefits the wealthy. Join me in class? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/wealth-and-poverty-class-1-the-problemContinue Reading

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Iran’s president said Wednesday that his people have been “victims of terrorism” by the United States, delivering a rare wartime speech at U.N. General Assembly a day after President Traitor 47 said he could “annihilate” the Islamic republic. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archiveContinue Reading

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Convey is a new Linux email client based on the code of Geary , remade with a GTK4/libadwaita UI and support for Microsoft 365 accounts. Somewhat like traditional mail, it arrives not long after I wrote about another new Linux email client, Postcard , which also draws its inspiration fromContinue Reading