Get ready for another exciting journey to the Moon! NASA is teaming up with Firefly Aerospace to send a lunar lander named Blue Ghost. This lander will study some cool things once it touches down on the far side of the Moon. It's part of a program called Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), whe
Have you ever felt like your nose was always stuffed up, no matter what you did? That's what people with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) deal with all the time. One treatment that's becoming more popular is a drug called Dupilumab. Let's dive into why this drug is getting so much a
NASA's recent announcement brings unwelcome news for astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore. Their trip back to Earth on Boeing's Starliner capsule has been delayed once more, pushing their return to late March or even April. This extends their mission to a whopping 10 months, which is quite a s
Barry Jenkins, the acclaimed director behind films like "Moonlight" and "If Beale Street Could Talk, " has surprised many by stepping into the world of big-budget, photorealistic animation with his latest project, "Mufasa: The Lion King. " Over the past four years, he's been asked countless times wh
The Perseverance rover, NASA's wheeled explorer on Mars, has finally reached the rim of the Jezero Crater after a tough climb. On December 10, it paused at "Lookout Hill" to snap some amazing photos. These pictures show a mix of hills, ridges, scattered rocks, and hazy skies. The rover also looked b
NASA has a fresh plan for exploring Mars. They want to send smaller missions more often, with a focus on key scientific questions. These missions could cost between $100 million and $300 million each. The idea is to gather important information before humans ever set foot on the planet. The plan ha
Imagine you're in a spaceship far from Earth, and something goes wrong. Back in 1970, NASA folk had to fix a problem on the Apollo 13 journey using only what they had onboard. They couldn't just pop over to the store for spare parts! So, they used something called a "digital twin" for help. It's lik
Do you know that Tourette Syndrome (TS) might be linked to changes in a specific part of the brain called the basal ganglia? Scientists have been trying to figure this out for a while now. The problem is, there aren't many studies on this, and the ones that exist often don't agree with each other. T
The brain is a complex and sensitive organ, protected from the outside world by a series of barriers. These barriers, like the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB), act like a fortress, letting only certain molecules in while keeping out potential threats—including
Eleven months after Ingenuity, a helicopter on Mars, made its last flight, engineers and scientists from NASA and a private company involved in its creation have found the probable cause of its crash. The problem? The chopper's sensors didn't see enough detail on Mars' smooth surface to figure out i
