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Dickson Despommier Dies at 84; Championed Farming in Skyscrapers

The World’s First Astronaut With a Physical Disability Is Cleared for Long-Duration Space Missions | Paralympian John McFall has passed all the required medical exams and is now eligible for future travel to the ISS with the European Space Agency

'Missing' Planet to Join a Rare Cosmic Lineup This Week

A Global Oxygen Crisis Is Putting Millions of Lives at Risk

Going Gluten Free Could Come at a Cost to Your Nutrition And Your Pocket

Flushing Sends Invisible Germ Clouds Into the Air – And You’re Breathing Them In

From Metal Rain to Roaring Jet Streams: The First 3D Look at an Alien Atmosphere

Scientists Put a Human Language Gene Into Mice And Changed Their Voice

A self-assembling nanoplatform for enhanced cancer photoimmunotherapy - EurekAlert

Trying to solve a key black hole mystery: Simulating magnetic flows around black holes - EurekAlert