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Boeing's Starliner is being prepared to leave the International Space Station
The beleaguered Starliner spacecraft will head home on Friday, but its astronauts won't.
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Environment
When birds build nests, they're also building a culture
Nest-building isn’t just instinct. Birds can learn from others, letting groups within one species develop their own distinctive nest-building traditions.
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Science
NASA will bring stranded astronauts back on SpaceX — not Boeing's Starliner
NASA had been weighing whether it would be safe enough to return two astronauts to Earth on Boeing's Starliner.
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Science
NASA will bring stranded astronauts back on SpaceX — not Boeing's Starliner
Boeing's troubled Starliner remains docked at the International Space Station as NASA decides it is too risky to bring the astronauts home on the spacecraft. The two astronauts will return in February.
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Environment
Meet the ManhattAnt, the ant that's taken New York's streets by storm
The ManhattAnt has become the dominant ant species in the Big Apple, and scientists aren't sure why.
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Science
The ant that's taken over Manhattan
A decade ago, a new ant showed up in NYC. Now, it's everywhere in the city and is spreading at a rate of about a mile a year. Scientists are trying to understand why this ant has been so successful.
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Science
The beloved Perseid meteor shower peaks next week
The meteor shower creates an opportunity to sit outside at night and watch shooting stars. It's also an opportunity for researchers to do some science.
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Science
NASA still doesn't know when two astronauts will be able to come home
NASA still is not sure when two astronauts might come home in Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft.
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Science
The fate of the most powerful X-ray telescope is in doubt
NASA's budget proposal would basically axe the most powerful X-ray telescope in the world, and astronomers are scrambling to save it.
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Science
Astronomers are scrambling to save the world's most powerful X-ray space telescope
NASA is facing a tight budget and wants to wrap up the Chandra X-ray Observatory, but astronomers don't want to see the 25-year-old X-ray space telescope mission go.
