Scientists are growing crops with salt water that could help save us from starvation

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SaliCrop team poses in branded shirts in front of a farm field
The SaliCrop team from left to right: Oron Bet Or, Carmit Oron, Ṛcā Godbole, Sharon Devir, Shimon Rachmilevitch.

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A NASA astronaut, former SpaceX flight surgeon, and father of 2 says parenting is by far his hardest job

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Astronaut Anil Menon wearing his space suit poses for a photo next to his young son and his wife, Anna Menon, who is holding their young daughter.
NASA astronaut Anil Menon with his wife, SpaceX lead space operations engineer Anna Menon, and their two children, Grace and James.

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Human activities are changing Earth's spin so much that it might affect how we keep time

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You can't tell from standing on it, but Earth's rotation rate is changing.

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NASA map shows where and when to see the total solar eclipse of April 2024, as the path of totality crosses the US

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A total solar eclipse at 100% totality.

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Netflix's hit sci-fi series '3 Body Problem' is based on a real math problem that is so complex it's impossible to solve

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Netflix's show "3 Body Problem" involves a three-star system.

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Meet California's new state bat that eats scorpions and lizards

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The fuzzy, golden pallid bat officially became California's state bat in 2024. Here's why it's celebrated by farmers, conservationists, and bat enthusiasts.

Cities are at war with rats. Flaco the owl and other animals pay the price.

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Flaco, a Eurasian eagle owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo, continues to roost and hunt in Central Park, February 15, 2023 in New York City, New York
Flaco, a Eurasian eagle owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo.

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This new photo of a supermassive black hole is unlike any before, showing powerful magnetic fields spiraling around it

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The Event Horizon Telescope's polarized view of Sagittarius A*. The lines mark the orientation of polarization, which is related to the magnetic field around the shadow of the black hole.

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Neuralink patient said he asked about reports of botched brain-chip surgeries on monkeys

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Elon Musk's neural interface technology company Neuralink euthanized a monkey (not pictured) after their implants ruptured her brain, per records obtained by Wired.
Elon Musk's company has faced criticism from an animal rights group for animal testing of its brain implant.

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Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin passes 4 key milestones for its $172 million NASA contract to build a new space station

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Orbital Reef
Orbital Reef is one of multiple space stations NASA hopes to replace the ISS with after retirement.

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