Farming in Ancient Lake Agassiz
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4893-4899: Drilling at Campo Marte and a Visit From the Psyche Spacecraft
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Johnson Photographers Honored for Award-Winning Portraits
Three photographers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center who inspire the world through visual storytelling earned top honors in the portrait category at the 2025 NASA Imagery Experts Program Annual Awards.…
Neanderthals dined on shellfish much earlier than humans
For decades, many paleoarchaeologists believed Neanderthals went extinct largely because they just weren’t intelligent enough to compete with their Homo sapien relatives. However, mounting historical evidence suggests this was far…
This Pompeii victim was likely a doctor trying to help survivors
The Garden of Fugitives is one of Pompeii’s most haunting sites. Discovered during archaeological excavations in 1961, the former vineyard quickly became a gravesite for over a dozen people who…
Mysterious giant sharks that outlived the dinosaurs lurking in Puget Sound
Most sharks have five gill slits on either side. But Hexanchus griseus, a giant and mysterious shark species, has an even six gill slits. These fish, appropriately called the sixgill…
Yes, you can be allergic to water
Your immune system has one job: to protect you. And most of the time, it does that job like a pro. But occasionally it gets a bit overzealous, even paranoid.…
Watch adorable animals compete for best chewer in 2026 Crunch-a-Thon
Social media is widely considered to be bad for one’s mental health, at least anecdotally. However, it can have some positive impacts, such as videos of animals chewing food very…
NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 34th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Dragon cargo spacecraft atop, launched Friday, May 15, 2026, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Credit:…
Why airplane toilets are tiny engineering marvels
There’s nothing quite like the sound of an airplane toilet flushing. But that incredibly loud sucking sound is actually something of an engineering marvel. These toilets flush, with no water,…