NPR News: A new federal plan to manage the Colorado river faces a possible future of water cuts

A new federal plan to manage the Colorado river faces a possible future of water cuts
Under a new federal plan out today to manage the Colorado river, Arizona, California and Nevada face potentially steep water cuts over the next decade. The plan by the Interior Department will impact communities and farms across those states. For now, the proposal spares Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming from mandatory water cuts. Legal battles are expected.

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NASA Opens New Flight Dynamics Research Facility in Virginia

NASA opened its newest wind tunnel, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, Friday, providing a critical resource for the agency and its partners to test the safety and performance of future generations of aircraft, rockets, and space exploration vehicles. Located at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility will support advances […]

July 30, 2026 at 08:00PM
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4961-4967: Approaching a Break in the Rock Record?

Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Earth planning date: Friday, July 24, 2026 Curiosity spent the week continuing to climb her way up through the layers of Mount Sharp, exploring the sedimentary rock strip chart of Martian history. The rover has reached a layer where the science […]

July 30, 2026 at 08:00PM
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NASA’s Roman Telescope to Carry 1.35 Million Names to Deep Space

On July 27, technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida installed a memory card containing 1,350,144 names as part of a commemorative plaque on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The names were submitted by people globally, including astronauts from Artemis II and Artemis III. The memory card will travel with the Roman observatory […]

July 30, 2026 at 08:00PM
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Destructive Fires Char Western Europe

Raging wildfires disrupted summer in Spain and France amid sweltering heat waves and prolonged drought.

July 30, 2026 at 08:00PM
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Students Take on Airborne Field Research with NASA

The gusty wind didn’t make it easy to hold tight to a balloon so large. The balloon, a scientific instrument called an ozonesonde, was about to be released into the atmosphere above the Texas Gulf Coast by students from NASA’s SARP (Student Airborne Research Program), which concluded its summer session July 27. The balloon’s job […]

July 29, 2026 at 08:00PM
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NPR News: After Fauci Senate hearing, experts worry about 'chilling effect' on public health

After Fauci Senate hearing, experts worry about 'chilling effect' on public health
The accusations against Dr. Anthony Fauci, once the nation's leading infectious disease expert, have some experts worrying that these events may further erode public health staffing in the U.S.

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