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In this image made from video provided by NASA, Kelly Haston, a crew member of the first CHAPEA mission, speaks in front of other members, from left to right, Ross Brockwell, Nathan Jones, and Anca Selariu, Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth. The four volunteers crew members spent more than 12 months inside NASA&#039;s first simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Center in Houston, coming out of the artificial alien environment Saturday.

Crew of NASA’s earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year

In this image made from video provided by NASA, Kelly Haston, a crew member of the first CHAPEA mission, speaks in front of other members, from left to right, Ross Brockwell, Nathan Jones, and Anca Selariu, Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth. The four volunteers crew members spent more than 12 months inside NASA&#039;s first simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Center in Houston, coming out of the artificial alien environment Saturday.

July 7, 2024, 3:02pm Latest News

The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth. Read story

In this photo taken Oct. 30, 2012, Bruce Sherry, a contract engineer at the Living Computer Museum in Seattle, manually programs a DEC PDP-10 computer from the early 1970s next to a photograph of Microsoft co-founders Paul Allen, seated, and Bill Gates, standing at Allen&rsquo;s left, working on a teletype machine. Allen has just opened the Living Computer Museum, which features working models of old computers. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Paul Allen’s Living Computers: Museum + Labs will close permanently

In this photo taken Oct. 30, 2012, Bruce Sherry, a contract engineer at the Living Computer Museum in Seattle, manually programs a DEC PDP-10 computer from the early 1970s next to a photograph of Microsoft co-founders Paul Allen, seated, and Bill Gates, standing at Allen&rsquo;s left, working on a teletype machine. Allen has just opened the Living Computer Museum, which features working models of old computers. (AP Photo/Ted S.

July 7, 2024, 6:00am Life

While most museums protect their collections under glass, the vintage computers and other electronic artifacts at the Living Computers: Museum + Labs were open for guests to play, code and educate themselves. Read story

A fossilized coprolite in a casting is displayed on June 7 at the &ldquo;Poozeum&rdquo; in Williams, Ariz. The museum in northern Arizona along Route 66 features the fossilized feces of prehistoric animals.

Fossilized feces on display

A fossilized coprolite in a casting is displayed on June 7 at the &ldquo;Poozeum&rdquo; in Williams, Ariz. The museum in northern Arizona along Route 66 features the fossilized feces of prehistoric animals.

July 6, 2024, 5:50am Life

One way to help tell how a Tyrannosaurus rex digested food is to look at its poop. Read story

This July 2, 2018 image provided by Claudia Marsicano shows an image of the nearly complete skeleton from fossils recovered in Namibia of a giant salamander-like creature at the Paleontology lab in Cape Town, South Africa.

Fossils show huge salamanderlike predator with sharp fangs existed before the dinosaurs

This July 2, 2018 image provided by Claudia Marsicano shows an image of the nearly complete skeleton from fossils recovered in Namibia of a giant salamander-like creature at the Paleontology lab in Cape Town, South Africa.

July 3, 2024, 2:19pm Life

Scientists have revealed fossils of a giant salamanderlike beast with sharp fangs that ruled waters before the first dinosaurs arrived. Read story

The dating app Bumble is shown on a smart phone on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in New York. Plenty of happy couples can trace their meet-cute moment to an online dating app. But many others find the never-ending process of likes, swipes, taps and awkward DMs that go nowhere to be exhausting.

Ever feel exhausted by swiping through dating apps? You might be experiencing burnout

The dating app Bumble is shown on a smart phone on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in New York. Plenty of happy couples can trace their meet-cute moment to an online dating app. But many others find the never-ending process of likes, swipes, taps and awkward DMs that go nowhere to be exhausting.

July 1, 2024, 6:00am Business

While plenty of happy couples can trace their meet-cute moment to an online dating app, many others find the never-ending process of likes, swipes, taps and awkward DMs that go nowhere to be exhausting — leading to a phenomenon known as “dating app burnout.” Read story

Al Michaels returns to Olympics as AI voice

June 29, 2024, 6:04am Life

As legendary sportscaster Al Michaels would say, you can’t make this up. Or maybe you can. Read story

Research finds heat kills bird flu

June 28, 2024, 4:16pm Nation & World

A new study that recreated commercial pasteurization in a government lab provides reassurance that heat treatment kills bird flu virus in cow’s milk, U.S. officials said Friday. Read story

This photo provided by NASA shows the Starliner spacecraft docked to the Harmony module of the International Space Station, orbiting 262 miles above Egypt&#039;s Mediterranean coast, on June 13, 2024.

Why NASA astronauts are delayed at the space station after Boeing Starliner launch

This photo provided by NASA shows the Starliner spacecraft docked to the Harmony module of the International Space Station, orbiting 262 miles above Egypt&#039;s Mediterranean coast, on June 13, 2024.

June 26, 2024, 2:56pm Latest News

When two veteran NASA astronauts blasted off on a test drive of Boeing's new capsule, they expected to head home from the International Space Station in a week or so. Read story

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the return capsule of the Chang&rsquo;e 6 probe is seen in Siziwang Banner, northern China&rsquo;s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. China&rsquo;s Chang&rsquo;e 6 probe has returned on Earth with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first.

A Chinese lunar probe returns to Earth with the world’s first samples from the far side of the moon

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the return capsule of the Chang&rsquo;e 6 probe is seen in Siziwang Banner, northern China&rsquo;s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. China&rsquo;s Chang&rsquo;e 6 probe has returned on Earth with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first.

June 25, 2024, 8:33am Life

China’s Chang’e 6 probe returned on Earth with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first. Read story

Chad Cogburn, of the Nashville Zoo, holds a Nashville crayfish during an annual census of the endangered species June 11 in Nashville, Tenn. (Kristin M.

Crayfish rebound may be both good and bad news

Chad Cogburn, of the Nashville Zoo, holds a Nashville crayfish during an annual census of the endangered species June 11 in Nashville, Tenn. (Kristin M.

June 24, 2024, 6:03am Life

Dale McGinnity has been turning over rocks in Mill Creek to study the endangered Nashville crayfish for a decade. He hopes to learn whether this little crustacean that makes its home mainly in the urbanized area around its namesake city is being harmed by all the development surrounding it. The… Read story