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February 7, 2024
The longest spaceflight up to that time ended on Feb. 8, 1974, when Skylab 4 astronauts Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after their 84-day mission aboard Skylab, America’s first space station. During their stay, they carried out a challenging research program, including biomedical investigations […]
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September 6, 2024
Worker exposure to vinyl chloride became tightly regulated after the chemical was linked with liver cancer. Now, its use may be on the chopping block.
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November 11, 2022
In 1972, scientists thought Stonehenge may have been a calendar. Today, we still don’t know its purpose, but we have gained insight on its origin.
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March 18, 2024
Superconducting temperatures have risen by about 250 degrees since the 1970s, but are still too cold to enable practical technologies.
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November 8, 2023
In the 1970s, NASA’s Mariner 10 became the first spacecraft to visit Mercury. Only one other probe has made the journey and another one is on its way.
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April 8, 2022
In the 1970s, scientists and engineers were coming around to the idea of “farming” the sun’s energy on a large scale.
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June 18, 2024
The solar wind and sunspots seem to give lightning a boost. But exactly how solar activity stimulates strikes is an enduring mystery.
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June 3, 2022
In 1972, U.S. and Soviet leaders agreed to work together on science. Now, Russia’s war in Ukraine is straining that decades-long partnership.
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December 21, 2023
Today, dolphins and sea lions in the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program protect harbors and participate in research on animal health and well-being.
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February 2, 2024
Decades of research has confirmed that for such simple creatures, trilobites had astoundingly complex eyes.
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