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First LookSpace Center University trains a growing crowd of aspiring astronautsA five-day space education program hosted by Space Center Houston has been opening its doors to curious high schoolers since 2000. Now, the center is expanding enrollment to middle school students as well.聽
First LookInSight spacecraft has a deep mission in Martian soilNASA will soon deploy the Mars InSight spacecraft from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California. The goal of the mission is to bore 16 feet into the Red Planet to investigate its geological composition.聽
How Kepler opened our eyes to the vastness of our galactic neighborhoodAs NASA's newest planet hunter, TESS, launches into space, scientists reflect on its predecessor. The Kepler space telescope revealed complexities of the universe that were previously beyond imagination.
First LookNASA's Tess spacecraft on a mission to find new planetsSet to lift off next week, the spacecraft's 'mission for the ages' will see Tess exploring other galactic neighborhoods for planets outside our solar system聽in the most extensive survey of its kind.
First Look$1 million grant will expand first large-scale, national study of transgender kidsThe National Science Foundation awarded a $1 million grant to psychologist Kristina Olson, the researcher behind the TransYouth Project. The study's early findings demonstrated the importance of familial support for transgender children's well-being.聽
What slime molds can teach us about thinkingThe extraordinary learning, memory, and pattern-recognition behavior of some non-animals such as plants and slime molds show that it鈥檚 possible to have smarts without having brains.
First LookNASA continues exploration of unknown planets orbiting stars outside our solar systemNASA will be launching a surveying satellite into space to search for exoplanets that could sustain life. Discoveries will be explored with larger telescopes which will search for water and atmospheric gases that are indicative of life.- First LookNASA continues exploration of unknown planets orbiting stars outside our solar systemNASA will be launching a surveying satellite into space to search for exoplanets that could sustain life. Discoveries will be explored with larger telescopes which will search for water and atmospheric gases that are indicative of life.
FocusFor women in science, busting barriers is just part of the jobAs awareness of bias has increased, so too have efforts to address the subtle ways in which women find their work devalued. But in many institutions, women still struggle to get male peers and supervisors to acknowledge the problem.
First LookGirl finds 65 million year old fossil in Oregon fieldTo 7-year-old Naomi Vaughan, her fossil find is her 'Moana rock' because of its resemblance to the spiral necklace in the Disney film. The pearlescent rock is an ammonite fossil, a marine invertebrate that became extinct more than 65 million years ago.聽
Remembering Stephen Hawking: Gifts from an unbounded mindStephen Hawking pushed everyone 鈥� scientists and non-scientists alike 鈥� to think beyond themselves and puzzle about the deepest mysteries of the cosmos.
An evolutionary spinoffSpiders may owe their evolutionary success to one unusual organ.
First LookBrazil emerges as partner for US satellite industryThe market for low-cost satellite launches is expanding rapidly and US companies are eyeing the Alcantara space center in Brazil. Launching near the equator dramatically cuts fuel costs, a fact the Latin American country emphasizes to draw new commercial contracts.- First LookBrazil emerges as partner for US satellite industryThe market for low-cost satellite launches is expanding rapidly and US companies are eyeing the Alcantara space center in Brazil. Launching near the equator dramatically cuts fuel costs, a fact the Latin American country emphasizes to draw new commercial contracts.
How to make science experiments as common at home as bedtime storiesA study released today suggests one hurdle to more science being shared in family rooms is the lack of expertise parents feel. Researchers say having all the answers doesn't matter, but the encouraging of curiosity does.聽
First LookAstronomers discover signal from 'cosmic dawn'Scientists have detected a faint radio signal from 13.6 billion years ago, when the earliest stars were first beginning to glow. The finding paints a picture of a formative moment in the universe's history and may offer the first ever confirmation of so-called 'dark matter.'聽
First LookNeanderthals had the brainpower to create art, according to new studiesThe artwork is rudimentary, but the new findings are a surprise聽that 'constitutes a major breakthrough in the field of human evolution studies.'聽
Can altruism exist without empathy? Lessons from the ant worldNew research shows that termite-hunting Matabele ants dress the wounds of injured comrades.聽It is the first time an insect has been shown to display healing behavior toward others.
First LookRemote Oman desert serves as stand-in for MarsThe Dhofar desert's resemblance to the landscape on Mars, with similar riverbeds and salt domes, makes it a perfect location for more than 200 scientists from 25 nations to test out technology for a manned mission to Mars.聽
First LookSpaceX sports car now racing toward asteroid belt between Mars and JupiterSpaceX's latest rocket was launched into orbit Tuesday with a sports car on board. 'You can tell it's real,' SpaceX chief Elon Musk said, 'because it looks so fake.'聽