• 8/12/2026, 7:51 PM
    Enterprise Technology
    NASA describes commercial lunar planning tools built from public mission data
    NASA described Lunar Station’s use of public mission archives and modeling for lunar terrain, resource indicators, communications and radiation planning, without announcing an operating mine.
    Julian Foster
  • 8/12/2026, 7:26 PM
    Chemistry
    MIT outlines materials research center selected for six-year NSF support
    MIT outlined a materials research center selected for an expected $18 million over six years, pending agreement, with research on X-ray detection and high-temperature sulfur-based materials.
    Natalie Morgan
  • 8/12/2026, 7:02 PM
    Travel
    A revisited place does not owe a traveler the same experience
    This opinion explores returning to a changed place without treating an earlier memory as a promise, using a fictional traveler’s encounter with a vanished bakery.
    Vanessa Richardson
  • 8/12/2026, 6:34 PM
    Public Health
    PAHO deploys technical teams to support Colombia’s health response after earthquake
    PAHO deployed specialists and supported health-service assessments after Colombia’s August 10 earthquake, with preliminary facility and water-system damage still being verified.
    Sophia Lawson
  • 8/12/2026, 6:10 PM
    Hardware
    NASA upgrades Ames simulator with digital visuals and removable cockpit inserts
    NASA described digital visual upgrades and removable cockpit inserts at Ames’ Vertical Motion Simulator, aimed at clearer simulated scenes and faster changes between vehicle configurations.
    Nathaniel Brooks
  • 8/12/2026, 5:49 PM
    Public Health
    WHO receives $3 million to integrate community evidence into Bundibugyo response
    WHO announced a $3 million Wellcome grant to integrate community experience into the Bundibugyo response, using repeated assessments alongside clinical, laboratory and epidemiological information.
    Audrey Sullivan
  • 8/12/2026, 5:13 PM
    Human Rights
    UNESCO says 2.4 million Afghan girls remain excluded from secondary education
    UNESCO reported an estimated 2.4 million Afghan girls excluded from secondary education and renewed its demand for restored access, while distinguishing alternative learning from formal schooling.
    Audrey Sullivan
  • 8/12/2026, 4:51 PM
    Healthcare
    NIH outlines career development award changes with a future application timetable
    NIH’s August 12 notice outlines future K Award consolidation, removal of a data-sharing-plan requirement and clinical trial spending limits, with general changes tied to October 2027 application due dates.
    Vanessa Richardson
  • 8/12/2026, 4:19 PM
    Political Ideologies
    Signing a party petition should not enroll someone as a member
    This opinion proposes keeping petition signatures separate from party membership and campaign subscriptions, alongside a costed people-funded platform and safeguards for immigration administration.
    Douglas Noorzadeh
  • 8/12/2026, 3:53 PM
    Biology
    Treefrog study separates a crowded choice of mating calls from background noise
    A Smithsonian-reported laboratory study found that more competing mating calls slowed female treefrogs’ decisions and reduced target selection, separating choice overload from background noise.
    Elena Mitchell
  • 8/12/2026, 3:22 PM
    Policy
    Grand Canyon announces August 13 campground water restrictions as reserves diminish
    Grand Canyon announced campground water and fire restrictions starting August 13, while keeping specified facilities open and reporting restored water at several inner-canyon locations.
    Audrey Sullivan
  • 8/12/2026, 1:22 PM
    Astronomy
    NASA’s eclipse coverage schedule pairs Iceland and Spain views with airborne and balloon research
    NASA’s August 12 eclipse schedule combines public coverage of Iceland and Spain with planned aircraft observations of the solar corona and student balloon studies of Earth’s atmosphere.
    Natalie Morgan
  • 8/12/2026, 12:57 PM
    Companies
    PodcastOne reports higher quarterly revenue while its net loss widens
    PodcastOne’s June-quarter revenue increased to $16.125 million while its net loss widened to $1.558 million; the release also reports positive adjusted EBITDA under a separate definition.
    Ethan Caldwell
  • 8/12/2026, 12:27 PM
    Space
    Mike Fincke departs NASA after four spaceflights and three decades of service
    NASA announced Mike Fincke’s departure after 30 years, four spaceflights and nine spacewalks, alongside development and ground-support work across several spacecraft programs.
    Natalie Morgan
  • 8/11/2026, 6:03 PM
    Television
    A television conversation can give the listener time on screen
    Keeping a television conversation with the listener can give dialogue another pace, allowing a response to develop before the next spoken line.
    Nathaniel Brooks
  • 8/11/2026, 5:22 PM
    Economy
    EIA forecasts October natural gas stocks at their highest pre-winter level since 2016
    EIA’s August outlook forecasts October natural gas inventories at 3,985 billion cubic feet and lowers its near-term price expectation, with actual outcomes still to be observed.
    Marcus Bennett
  • 8/11/2026, 4:59 PM
    Hardware
    NASA completes lunar seismic payload while its Artemis mission assignment remains ahead
    NASA says development and testing of its lunar seismic payload are complete, while mission assignment, delivery and deployment remain ahead.
    Julian Foster
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  • 8/12/2026, 5:13 PM
    Human Rights
    UNESCO says 2.4 million Afghan girls remain excluded from secondary education
    UNESCO reported an estimated 2.4 million Afghan girls excluded from secondary education and renewed its demand for restored access, while distinguishing alternative learning from formal schooling.
    Audrey Sullivan
  • 8/12/2026, 4:19 PM
    Political Ideologies
    Signing a party petition should not enroll someone as a member
    This opinion proposes keeping petition signatures separate from party membership and campaign subscriptions, alongside a costed people-funded platform and safeguards for immigration administration.
    Douglas Noorzadeh
  • 8/12/2026, 3:22 PM
    Policy
    Grand Canyon announces August 13 campground water restrictions as reserves diminish
    Grand Canyon announced campground water and fire restrictions starting August 13, while keeping specified facilities open and reporting restored water at several inner-canyon locations.
    Audrey Sullivan
  • 8/12/2026, 7:02 PM
    Travel
    A revisited place does not owe a traveler the same experience
    This opinion explores returning to a changed place without treating an earlier memory as a promise, using a fictional traveler’s encounter with a vanished bakery.
    Vanessa Richardson
  • 8/11/2026, 6:03 PM
    Television
    A television conversation can give the listener time on screen
    Keeping a television conversation with the listener can give dialogue another pace, allowing a response to develop before the next spoken line.
    Nathaniel Brooks
  • 8/11/2026, 3:40 PM
    Music
    Smithsonian and Music Unbound outline five-year partnership and planned Almaty exchange
    The Smithsonian and Music Unbound describe a five-year partnership and planned exchanges connecting musicians and cultural heritage practitioners in Kazakhstan and the United States.
    Adrian Hayes
  • 8/10/2026, 8:30 AM
    Tennis
    Osaka defeats Fernandez in straight sets to reach a fourth consecutive tour quarterfinal
    Naomi Osaka beat Leylah Fernandez 6–4, 6–4 in Toronto on Sunday, extending her run of quarterfinal appearances to four consecutive tour events entered.
    Adrian Hayes
  • 8/9/2026, 2:03 PM
    Tennis
    Eala’s three-set Toronto win over McNally extends her winning run to seven
    Alexandra Eala beat Caty McNally in three sets in Toronto on Friday, extending her winning run to seven and reaching the fourth round.
    Adrian Hayes
  • 8/8/2026, 8:19 AM
    Tennis
    Gauff holds off Sakkari’s late rally to reach Toronto’s round of sixteen
    Gauff beat Sakkari 6–1, 6–4 in Toronto after holding off a late second-set rally. The completed win puts her into the round of sixteen, with Korneeva scheduled as her next opponent.
    Adrian Hayes
  • 8/12/2026, 7:26 PM
    Chemistry
    MIT outlines materials research center selected for six-year NSF support
    MIT outlined a materials research center selected for an expected $18 million over six years, pending agreement, with research on X-ray detection and high-temperature sulfur-based materials.
    Natalie Morgan
  • 8/12/2026, 3:53 PM
    Biology
    Treefrog study separates a crowded choice of mating calls from background noise
    A Smithsonian-reported laboratory study found that more competing mating calls slowed female treefrogs’ decisions and reduced target selection, separating choice overload from background noise.
    Elena Mitchell
  • 8/12/2026, 1:22 PM
    Astronomy
    NASA’s eclipse coverage schedule pairs Iceland and Spain views with airborne and balloon research
    NASA’s August 12 eclipse schedule combines public coverage of Iceland and Spain with planned aircraft observations of the solar corona and student balloon studies of Earth’s atmosphere.
    Natalie Morgan
  • 8/12/2026, 12:57 PM
    Companies
    PodcastOne reports higher quarterly revenue while its net loss widens
    PodcastOne’s June-quarter revenue increased to $16.125 million while its net loss widened to $1.558 million; the release also reports positive adjusted EBITDA under a separate definition.
    Ethan Caldwell
  • 8/11/2026, 5:22 PM
    Economy
    EIA forecasts October natural gas stocks at their highest pre-winter level since 2016
    EIA’s August outlook forecasts October natural gas inventories at 3,985 billion cubic feet and lowers its near-term price expectation, with actual outcomes still to be observed.
    Marcus Bennett
  • 8/11/2026, 11:08 AM
    Companies
    Amentum reports higher quarterly profit as revenue falls two percent
    Amentum reported higher fiscal third-quarter profit despite a two percent revenue decline, with contract-accounting changes and prospective backlog shaping the comparison.
    Dominic Reed
  • 8/12/2026, 7:51 PM
    Enterprise Technology
    NASA describes commercial lunar planning tools built from public mission data
    NASA described Lunar Station’s use of public mission archives and modeling for lunar terrain, resource indicators, communications and radiation planning, without announcing an operating mine.
    Julian Foster
  • 8/12/2026, 6:10 PM
    Hardware
    NASA upgrades Ames simulator with digital visuals and removable cockpit inserts
    NASA described digital visual upgrades and removable cockpit inserts at Ames’ Vertical Motion Simulator, aimed at clearer simulated scenes and faster changes between vehicle configurations.
    Nathaniel Brooks
  • 8/11/2026, 4:59 PM
    Hardware
    NASA completes lunar seismic payload while its Artemis mission assignment remains ahead
    NASA says development and testing of its lunar seismic payload are complete, while mission assignment, delivery and deployment remain ahead.
    Julian Foster
  • 8/12/2026, 6:34 PM
    Public Health
    PAHO deploys technical teams to support Colombia’s health response after earthquake
    PAHO deployed specialists and supported health-service assessments after Colombia’s August 10 earthquake, with preliminary facility and water-system damage still being verified.
    Sophia Lawson
  • 8/12/2026, 5:49 PM
    Public Health
    WHO receives $3 million to integrate community evidence into Bundibugyo response
    WHO announced a $3 million Wellcome grant to integrate community experience into the Bundibugyo response, using repeated assessments alongside clinical, laboratory and epidemiological information.
    Audrey Sullivan
  • 8/12/2026, 4:51 PM
    Healthcare
    NIH outlines career development award changes with a future application timetable
    NIH’s August 12 notice outlines future K Award consolidation, removal of a data-sharing-plan requirement and clinical trial spending limits, with general changes tied to October 2027 application due dates.
    Vanessa Richardson