NASA astronaut Chris Williams calls mission controllers during Crew Medical Officer training while inside the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. NASA/Jessica Meir Students in New York will hear from…
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In February, Tracie Young, director of the Raven Ridge Wildlife Center in Pennsylvania, received an unforgettable phone call. A game warden asked if the center in southeastern Pennsylvania had room…
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Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo craft, carrying over 11,000 pounds of new science and supplies for the Expedition 73 crew, is pictured moments before its capture with the International Space…
Perhaps one of life’s hardest tasks is deciding what to do with a loved one’s—or even your own—bodily remains. Do you go the cremation route? What about human composting or…