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JPL Workforce Update

JPL Workforce Update

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 28

Workforce statement and memo to employees. JPL statement issued on Feb. 6, 2024:...

First Artemis Moon Crew Trains for Return to Earth

First Artemis Moon Crew Trains for Return to Earth

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 50

NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman exits the side of a mockup ...

40 Years Ago: STS-41B, the First Flight of the Manned Maneuvering Unit

40 Years Ago: STS-41B, the First Flight of the Manned M...

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 51

On Feb. 3, 1984, space shuttle Challenger took off on its fourth flight, STS-41B...

This robot can figure out how to open almost any door on its own

This robot can figure out how to open almost any door o...

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 58

A robot that can learn to open most types of doors, cabinets, drawers and refrig...

Gamma-ray Bursts: Harvesting Knowledge From the Univers...

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 28

The most powerful events in the known universe – gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) – are s...

Sislyn ‘Pauline’ Barrett: Procuring the Perfect Engineering Services

Sislyn ‘Pauline’ Barrett: Procuring the Perfect Enginee...

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 31

Procurement manager Sislyn “Pauline” Barrett takes great joy in helping people g...

The science and side effects behind the semaglutide weight loss drugs

The science and side effects behind the semaglutide wei...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 41

From how well they work to side effects such as hair loss, here’s the skinny on ...

Ocean thunderstorms generate the most intense lightning ever observed

Ocean thunderstorms generate the most intense lightning...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 51

An analysis of satellite observations has identified some extreme thunderstorms ...

NASA Tests New Spacecraft Propellant Gauge on Lunar Lander

NASA Tests New Spacecraft Propellant Gauge on Lunar Lander

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 31

It’s easy to measure fuel in tanks on Earth, where gravity pulls the liquid to t...

Asteroid sampled by NASA may once have been part of an ocean world

Asteroid sampled by NASA may once have been part of an ...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 46

A sample from the asteroid Bennu, brought back by the OSIRIS-REx mission, featur...

Lager could get array of novel flavours thanks to new strains of yeast

Lager could get array of novel flavours thanks to new s...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 33

Researchers have recreated the hybridisation of two wild yeast species that led ...

Blue eyes may be better for reading in dim light than brown eyes

Blue eyes may be better for reading in dim light than b...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 33

People with blue eyes may have better sight in dim conditions than those with br...

What is Dark Energy? Inside our accelerating, expanding...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 32

Some 13.8 billion years ago, the universe began with a rapid expansion we call t...

The Universe is Expanding Faster These Days and Dark En...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 39

Some 13.8 billion years ago, the universe began with a rapid expansion we call t...

Ancient Herculaneum scroll piece revealed by AI – here's what it says

Ancient Herculaneum scroll piece revealed by AI – here'...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 41

A Greek philosopher’s musings on pleasure, contained in ancient papyrus scrolls ...

Extinct elk species had antlers that were too big to make sense

Extinct elk species had antlers that were too big to ma...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 33

For decades we thought the Irish elk’s body size alone explained why it had enor...

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