Much has been said about the healing power of nature. Now, some medical professionals in Canada, Japan, Scandanavia and the US are increasingly prescribing it. Doctors are instructing their patients to wander park trails, feel MORE
Three Democratic Senators have called for an investigation into a student loan cancellation program found not to be living up to its promise. There are 9 million borrowers currently enrolled in income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, MORE
55 Million per Passenger The trip was brokered by the Houston, Texas-based startup Axiom Space, which seeks to book rocket rides, provide all the necessary training, and coordinate flights to the ISS for anyone who can MORE
More than 1,000 books about race, racism, LGBTQ individuals and other issues have been banned in U.S. schools over the past nine months, according to a new report. A study from PEN America, a literary MORE
Engineers in England have achieved nuclear fusion by firing a giant gun at a fuel sample. Researchers at First Light Fusion designed the method to be as simple as possible, and a viable alternative to MORE
“Along with Ingenuity, intrepid helicopter Wing Man” The rover has racked up a series of accomplishments, including new distance records, as it reaches the end of the first of several planned science campaigns on the MORE
The big question surrounding 15-year-old Kamila Valieva is whether or not she’ll be allowed to skate in the Olympic women’s individual event. The International Testing Agency (ITA) said that Valieva, who helped the Russian women win the MORE
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis voiced his support for a bill that would prohibit the discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in the state’s primary schools. Asked by reporters at a Miami event Monday, he said it was “entirely MORE
A Texas teacher was placed on administrative leave amid an investigation after she was caught in a viral social media video stating that her junior high school students “utter morons.” In the audio of the video MORE
A profanity laced class introduction on video from a Michigan professor went viral when he called his students “vectors of disease.” Barry Mehler, a Ferris State University professor, opened the video for the class introduction MORE
The U.S. government hasn’t comprehensively studied UFOs in decades — but not all ufologists are excited about a new Pentagon investigative office. The U.S. government is finally getting back into the UFO business. And depending on MORE
Oops. Schedule change. NASA said Jan. 1 it would wait a day before beginning the process of tensioning the five-layer sunshield, getting it into its final form and ensuring the layers are separated from each MORE
Christina Sosbe, with her husband on their wedding day Christina Sosbe, 29, formerly of Salem, appeared in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court on Monday where she was ordered to spend one year in the Ohio MORE
An anxiety-ridden launch that’s been decades in the making On Christmas Day, NASA is gifting astronomers one of the greatest presents it can give by launching the most powerful space telescope ever created. Called the James MORE
Posed as a 22-Year-Old Today’s Sunday Sermon A Missouri woman has pleaded guilty to stealing her daughter’s identity to attend college and collect financial aid. Laura A. Oglesby, 48, ruined the younger woman’s credit, a MORE
CBS News reported that a new FDA-approved eye drop hitting the market could change the lives of millions of Americans with age-related blurred near vision, a condition affecting mostly people 40 and older. Vuity, which MORE
Using data from insurance claims along with genetics, researchers at the Cleveland Clinic found that Viagra (sildenafil) shows high promise as a drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease (source article: The Guardian). First, the researchers used MORE
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many people have now heard of – and have received – an mRNA vaccine. Now a game-changer, scientists are wondering if mRNA vaccines could provide a cure for cancers, HIV, MORE
Just released from Ars Technica, the James Webb space telescope’s “no earlier than” launch date will slip from December 18 to at least December 22 after an “incident” occurred during processing operations at the launch MORE
STATNews shared yesterday that a significant portion of vaccine opposition from right-wing legislators extends far beyond the Covid-19 shot, but their efforts are frequently disguised within rhetoric focused on Covid. [Emphasis added] In Idaho, a MORE
A partial lunar eclipse is on the way, taking place overnight on November 18th and 19th, when the Moon slips into Earth’s shadow for a couple of hours. Weather permitting, the eclipse will be visible MORE
The next astronauts to return to Earth on a SpaceX Dragon won’t be able use a crucial system on their trip home next month: the space potty. SpaceX’s toilet on its Crew Dragon Endeavour will MORE
The James Webb Space Telescope, the long-awaited successor to Hubble, is mired in controversy over its namesake. In 1999, Karen Knierman picked up a free mug at her first big astronomy conference, just before she MORE
Last week, Gina Peddy, director of Carroll school district’s executive director of curriculum and instruction told educators to make sure that “if they have a book about the Holocaust in their classroom, they should also MORE
On Wednesday, the FDA issued new guidelines that call on processed food manufactures and chain restaurants to reduce added sodium in their food products by at least twelve percent over the next 2 1/2 years. MORE