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Books
Sara Zewde Sows, and Dia Beacon Reaps
On eight acres, a landscape architect challenges ideas about the legacy of the land, the museum’s history and climate change.
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Science
Why It’s So Challenging to Land Upright on the Moon
Two spacecraft have ended up askew on the lunar surface this year. It is easier to tip over in the weaker gravity on the moon than you may imagine.
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Science
Odysseus Sends Moon Landing Photos Home With Time Running Out
The privately built American spacecraft’s ability to send home images and other data has been limited by its sideways landing. On another part of the moon, a Japanese spacecraft woke up.
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Science
Moon Lander Is Lying on Its Side but Still Functional, Officials Say
The Odysseus spacecraft was drifting horizontally as it set down, and a landing strut may have hit an obstacle on the surface.
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Science
U.S. Moon Landing: How to Watch and What to Know
If all goes as planned, Odysseus, a private spacecraft, will touch down on the lunar surface on Thursday. It will be the first U.S. moon landing in more than 50 years.
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Kicking Native People Off Their Land Is a Horrible Way to Save the Planet
Over 600,000 tourists travel to Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area each year, and many will catch a glimpse of the Great Migration: the famed trek of more than one million wildebeests and thousands of zebras, gazelles and other animals crossing ...
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News
Is That Polar Bear Getting Enough to Eat? Try a Collar With a Camera.
Scientists collected video from 20 bears during ice-free months to understand whether the animals can survive longer periods on land in a warming world.
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World
Al Shabab Terrorist Group Captures U.N. Helicopter in Somalia
Somali officials said the helicopter was carrying nine passengers, one of whom was killed.
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Science
A Stunning Eclipse, a Moon Race and Other Space Events in 2024
India landed a robot on the moon and NASA brought pieces of an asteroid back to Earth to study. A green comet illuminated night skies and a “ring of fire” eclipse captivated spectators from Oregon to Brazil. SpaceX launched nearly 100 rockets, and ...
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World
‘There’s No Other Job’: The Colonial Roots of Philippine Poverty
Rodino Sawan stepped into the wire harness and dug his toes into the muddy track that threads the sweltering plantation. He pushed forward, straining against the cargo trailing behind him: 25 bunches of freshly harvested bananas strung from hooks ...
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