Celebrating 25 Years of Humanity in Space 

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In 2025, NASA and its international partners celebrate 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station. Since November 2, 2000, more than 290 people from 26 countries have lived and worked aboard the orbiting laboratory, conducting thousands of experiments that have advanced science and technology on EarthContinue Reading

‘A mad rush’: Federal workers return to backlogs – and another shutdown deadline

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When a government attorney for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration went to work after the 43-day government shutdown ended, a banner outside the building read: “Welcome back NOAA!” Someone had managed to put it up before employees arrived, despite the back-to-work notice arriving after 11 p.m. the night before.Continue Reading

Seattle is a city best explored via bike

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Seattle is known for its lush natural landscapes, its coffee and food scene, its grunge music, the Space Needle, and Grey’s Anatomy, but not everyone is aware of its enthusiastic cycling scene. In fact, during the 1890s, Seattle was among the first cities in the United States to construct dedicatedContinue Reading

10 Things So Rare They’ve Only Been Found Once

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Some discoveries are the first—and likely the only one—of their kind. But uniqueness is not their only trick. Extreme rarity often begets mystery, as human knowledge has nothing to compare these oddities against. Such cases make for fascinating reading, too. From an impossible stellar explosion to a glass brain, hereContinue Reading

10 Legends Whose Last Moments Undid Their Glory

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History loves heroes—but it also loves irony. For every tale of noble death or triumphant finale, there’s another where greatness collapses into absurdity at the finish line. From warriors who survived countless battles only to fall in ridiculous accidents to geniuses undone by their own obsessions, these are the storiesContinue Reading