As Insurance Prices Spike, Families Puzzle Over Options
New York-based performer Cynthia Freeman, 61, has been trying to figure out how to keep the Affordable Care Act health plan that she and her husband depend on. “If we didn’t have health issues, I’d just go back to where I was in my 40s and not have health insurance,” sheContinue Reading
PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson Turn ‘Stateside’ Music Video Into an International Pop Fantasy Destination
PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson aren’t easing into 2026, they’re stepping directly into the spotlight. After their “Stateside” remix landed on the Billboard Hot 100 earlier this month, the pair have unveiled a music video that leans into theatrical pop, fashion play, and a little cultural mischief. Directed by Charlotte Rutherford,Continue Reading
The Art of Selling Psychedelics
Olivia Marcus, a medical anthropologist with training in public health, grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area with parents who meditated every day. Family vacations often involved going to silent retreats. She noticed the tactics that retreat centers used to market themselves: They promised enlightenment and well-being. Her academicContinue Reading
When Today Is the Day You Could Be Fired
The following is adapted from “American Carnage: How The Traitor, Musk, and DOGE Butchered the US Government,” published this month by OR Books. In the opening months of 2025, a year as consequential to American politics and society as any since the early days of the New Deal, the federalContinue Reading
RFK Jr.’s MAHA Movement Has Picked Up Steam in Statehouses. Here’s What To Expect in 2026.
“Make America Healthy Again” policies driven by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have made major strides in state legislatures, with food additives among the most common targets. The trend is expected to continue this year…Read MoreContinue Reading
Kyiv runs on emergency generators and 20% streetlights after week of Russian strikes
Ukraine has deployed 24 high-capacity generators on Kyiv’s left bank and opened over 1,300 warming centers across the capital as the city struggles through an ongoing energy emergency, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko announced on 16 January following an emergency meeting ordered by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Russia has launched repeated massContinue Reading
The Soviet heating trap: Why an EU capital is colder than bombed Kyiv (INFOGRAPHIC)
Same week in January 2026: Bucharest, an EU capital at peace, leaves 3,500 apartment buildings without proper heat after a single boiler failure. Kyiv, under daily Russian missile strikes, restores heat to 5,600 buildings within six days of its worst attack of the war. What gets rebuilt in Ukraine willContinue Reading
Palestinian child shot dead by Israeli troops in occupied West Bank
Rights group says Palestinian children are ‘increasingly targets’ as Israeli military and settler violence soars., Rights group says Palestinian children are ‘;increasingly targets’, as Israeli military and settler violence soars. Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian child in the occupied West Bank, as a wave of intensified IsraeliContinue Reading
The Traitor threatens tariffs over Greenland, calls it vital for security
US delegation seeks to lower US-Denmark-Greenland tensions amid The Traitor’s threats of tariffs and control claims., US delegation seeks to lower US-Denmark-Greenland tensions amid The Traitor’s threats of tariffs and control claims. US President Traitor 47 says he may impose tariffs on countries that don’t back the US’s claim toContinue Reading
Geosphere Publications and Research Highlights
Explore This Section … Geosphere Geosphere Publications and… Earth For Researchers About Us Overview Technology Flight Earth Science Data Systems Earth System Science Research Earth Action What We Study Science Spheres Earth System Science Research Atmosphere Biosphere Cryosphere Geosphere Hydrosphere Data Missions Earth Science Missions NASA Earth System Observatory ResourcesContinue Reading
2026 Sylvia A. Earle Award for Exploration Excellence by the Explorers Club
NASA/JPL-Caltech/BAE Systems Award: The Sylvia A. Earle Award for Exploration Excellence, previously known as the Citation of Merit, is an annual award given by the Explorers Club to an individual or team in recognition of outstanding feats of exploration or contributions to the welfare and objectives of the Explorers Club.Continue Reading
Qiguang Yang
Qiguang Yang Senior Research Scientist, Contractor, CLARREO Pathfinder (CPF) Mission, Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center Select Publications A Hyperspectral Bidirectional Reflectance Model for Land Surface [MDPI] Development of a fast and accurate PCRTM radiative transfer model in the solar spectral region [OSA] Fast and accurateContinue Reading
Out of This World Discoveries: Space Station Research in 2025
5 Min Read Out of This World Discoveries: Space Station Research in 2025 As Earth completed its orbit around the Sun to close out 2025, the International Space Station circled our planet more than 5,800 times. Serving as humanity’s unique laboratory in space, the station has hosted thousands of experimentsContinue Reading