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NASA’s Crash Into an Asteroid May Have Altered Its Shape

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In 2022, when NASA’s $325 million spacecraft crashed into an asteroid named Dimorphos at 14,000 miles per hour, cheers and applause erupted back...
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NASA’s Crash Into an Asteroid May Have Altered Its Shape

Barbara Chase -
In 2022, when NASA’s $325 million spacecraft crashed into an asteroid named Dimorphos at 14,000 miles per hour, cheers and applause erupted back...
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Odysseus Sends Moon Landing Photos Home With Time Running Out

Barbara Chase -
Odysseus, the American robotic spacecraft that landed on the moon last week, is likely to die in the next day or so.Communications with...
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$1 Billion Donation Will Provide Free Tuition at a Bronx Medical School

Barbara Chase -
The 93-year-old widow of a Wall Street financier has donated $1 billion to a Bronx medical school, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine,...
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Your Inhalers and EpiPens Aren’t Very Healthy for the Environment

Barbara Chase -
Single-use insulin pens changed Brian Brandell’s life.Growing up with Type 1 diabetes in the 1970s, he had to carry glass syringes and vials...
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Can Your Personal Medical Devices Be Recycled?

Barbara Chase -
Most of the plastic in your medicine cabinet is high-quality, medical grade — and devilishly difficult to safely dispose of, let alone recycle.The...
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What to Know About Xolair and Food Allergies

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The Food and Drug Administration approved a drug this month that cuts the risk of severe reactions in children and adults exposed to...
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Drug Drastically Reduces Children’s Reactions to Traces of Food Allergens

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A drug that has been used for decades to treat allergic asthma and hives significantly reduced the risk of life-threatening reactions in children...
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A Fern’s ‘Zombie’ Fronds Sprout Unusual Roots

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In the rainforests of western Panama, the plant biologist Jim Dalling stumbled upon some tree ferns with six-foot-long leaves that bent to the...
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Can Humans Endure the Psychological Torment of Mars?

Barbara Chase -
What about the mission’s psychological aspect? The monotony? The loneliness?“I’m a hardware person first,” McCauley said. She is, to be precise, a solid-propulsion...
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