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1 day agoDaily briefing: How 400-year-old sharks keep their vision sharp
Greenland sharks retain functional vision into extreme old age, offering potential insights into human age-related vision loss.
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3 weeks agoJared Isaacman Confirmed to Head NASA at Pivotal Moment for the Space Agency
After a year of back and forth, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jared Isaacman, a tech billionaire who has paid to go to space twice, to head the space agency. His confirmation comes at a pivotal moment for NASA, which is under mounting pressure from both budget cuts and technical hurdles that together could scuttle its most ambitious missions.
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2 months agoJPL's rough ride: Can California's shining star of space science recover?
Designing the system to return Mars samples to Earth at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory - the Southern California lab that pioneered American rocketry and the scientific exploration of our solar system - was her dream job. As she worked toward degrees in mechanical engineering, she watched JPL launches and became enamored with the photos the lab took on Mars.
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