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This celestial image captured from a window on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station highlights the Milky Way rising above Earth’s atmospheric glow. NASA/Chris Williams The Expedition 74 crew spent the majority of their time maintaining science hardware and life support systems on Wednesday. The orbitalContinue Reading

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A newly discovered object may be a key to unlocking the true nature of a mysterious class of sources that astronomers have found in the early universe in recent years. NASA/CXC/SAO/M. Weiss; adapted by K. Arcand & J. Major A new “X-ray dot” found by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory –Continue Reading

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On May 1, organizers reported over 5,000 May Day Strong actions across the country — the most widespread distribution of U.S. May Day actions ever. Numbers are interesting, but they’re not nearly the whole story here. Because this May Day was even more important than you think. With No Kings, millions wereContinue Reading

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This story was originally published by Sentient. In the early 20th century, scientists discovered how to produce nitrate from air. This was key to the development of factory farming because nitrate is a very efficient fertilizer that is readily absorbed by crops. But the following decades revealed significant downsides to theContinue Reading

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The following story is co-published with Luke Savage’s Substack . There’s a viral clip of Russell Brand that’s recently been making the rounds on social media. If you haven’t seen it, Brand — who is facing multiple charges of sexual assault — was asked by Piers Morgan about a Bible he seemed toContinue Reading

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As farmers across the U.S. grapple with rising fuel costs, drought conditions in the south are pushing some to the brink. The USDA Farm Service Agency says 132 Texas counties are natural disaster areas because of drought. The latest Texas drought map shows 84% of the state is abnormally dryContinue Reading