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How Planets Survive Stellar Death and New Discoveries this week: Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team observed the Jupiter-sized exoplanet WD 1856 b; and This matters for Space Exploration because it gives a…

NASA’s Moon Base and Lunar Technology Plans this week: NASA has awarded nearly $600 million to Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines for four new CLPS; and NASA has announced a new solicitation under the NextSTEP-3 Omnibus…

Hubble and Webb’s Stunning Cosmic Fireworks this week: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has released a new image of the stellar nursery LH 95 in the Large Magellanic Cloud; and NASA released a Hubble Space Telescope image of globular cluster…

New Scientific Findings on Alzheimer’s and Stroke this week: Researchers at King’s College London have identified a new mechanism of brain cell death called karyoptosis, which; and Researchers at University of Utah Health have identified…

ISTAART RELAY Podcast Series on Dementia Research this week: This episode of the ISTAART Relay Podcast features Dr.

Neurodiversity, ADHD, Autism, and AuDHD this week: ASAN’s June update reports a series of federal actions harming disabled people: a CMS rule tying Medicaid expansion; and A therapist with ADHD describes using a single question—’What else…

Health, environment, and society this week: A new review of archaeological and historical evidence challenges the assumption that war is a permanent feature of; and Frances Kellor, a progressive reformer and lesbian activist, spearheaded…

Science and technology breakthroughs this week: Researchers at EPFL have demonstrated a high-pulse-energy femtosecond laser on a photonic chip, achieving 1; and A new paper by Sergey Ivliev proposes that the Fermi Paradox may be resolved…

Ancient discoveries and artifacts unearthed this week: A new taphonomic analysis of Stegodon bones from Liang Bua cave on Flores reveals that Homo floresiensis was a; and A large-scale DNA analysis of 85 Iron Age Scythians, published in…

NASA Programs & Infrastructure this week: NASA’s Launch Services Program at Vandenberg Space Force Base has converted a key telemetry engineering role from; and NASA’s Office of Inspector General reports that four canceled Artemis-related…