Arsia Mons, one of the Red Planet’s largest volcanoes, peeks through a blanket of water ice clouds in this image captured by NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter on May 2, 2025. Odyssey used a camera called the Thermal Emission Imaging System (
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John Casani
Keith’s note: According to a post on LinkedIn “legendary engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory” John R. Casani has died. Ad Astra.
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Clay Minerals From Mars’ Most Ancient Past?
Recent detections of clay-bearing bedrock on Jezero’s crater rim have the Perseverance Science Team excited and eager to sample.
Written by Alex Jones, Ph.D. candidate at Imperial College London
Since finishing its…
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Florida Republican Blames ‘Fearmongering’ Left After Doctors Hesitated to Treat Her Ectopic Pregnancy Over Abortion Laws
A Republican lawmaker in Florida blamed the “fearmongering” left after doctors hesitated to treat her life-threatening ectopic pregnancy due to the state’s strict abortion laws.
In May 2024, the same month Florida’s 6-week abortion…
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NASA Intern Took Career from Car Engines to Cockpits
Some career changes involve small shifts. But for one NASA engineering intern, the leap was much bigger –moving from under the hood of a car to helping air taxis take to the skies.
Saré Culbertson spent more than a decade in the auto industry…
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New AI Framework Evaluates Where AI Should Automate vs. Augment Jobs, Says Stanford Study
Redefining Job Execution with AI Agents
AI agents are reshaping how jobs are performed by offering tools that execute complex, goal-directed tasks. Unlike static algorithms, these agents combine multi-step planning with software…
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NASA Ignores The Amazing Rubin Observatory
Keith’s note: according to this NSF press release “From distant stars and galaxies to asteroids whizzing through the solar system, this next-generation facility unveils its first imagery and brings the night sky to life like never before.” This…
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This supermassive black hole is eating way too quickly — and ‘burping’ at near-light speeds
Astronomers have witnessed a distant supermassive black hole devouring its surrounding matter so rapidly that it is “burping” out excess mass at nearly a third of the speed of light.
The discovery was made when researchers studied the
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Cannabis Use Doubles Risk of Cardiovascular Death
As global cannabis consumption continues to rise amid shifting social norms and policy reforms, growing attention is being paid to its potential health implications—particularly its effects on cardiovascular…
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