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The moon shines over radio antennas at the operations support facility of one of the worlds largest astronomy projects, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in the Atacama desert in northern Chile in this 2012 photo.

NASA is looking for a framework to better help you understand its deep space finds

A scientific discovery about extraterrestrial life can provide new insight, but it can be misunderstood or exaggerated into something else when it reaches the public. NASA is hoping to change that.

Howard University, pictured in Washington, D.C., in July, is investigating a ransomware attack that it detected ahead of the holiday weekend.

Howard University Partially Reopens As It Investigates A Cyberattack

The university was the victim of a ransomware attack over the weekend and has suspended online and hybrid undergraduate courses.

Aerial view of illegal deforestation at the Natural National Park in La Macarena, Meta Department, Colombia, in 2020.

Nations with 85% of Earth's forests pledge to reverse deforestation

More than 100 countries have pledged to reverse the loss of crucial forestland needed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Yalonda Chandler homeschools her children, Madison and Matthew. She co-founded Black Homeschoolers of Birmingham, in Alabama, and has seen the organization grow since the pandemic began.

More Black families are homeschooling their children, citing the pandemic and racism

In Alabama, the co-founders of Black Homeschoolers of Birmingham say membership is growing as parents try to shield their children from racism in education and teach them about their own heritage.

A survey finds that 19% of U.S. adults now say they do not intend to be vaccinated. That's down from 24% the month prior.

The Share Of U.S. Adults Willing To Get Vaccinated Ticks Up, A New Poll Finds

The NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey finds 19% of adults say they won't get vaccinated. That's down 5 points from the month prior, coinciding with the delta surge and FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has overturned a $465 million opioid ruling against drug-maker Johnson & Johnson, finding that a lower court wrongly interpreted the state's public nuisance law.

Oklahoma's Supreme Court tossed out a landmark $465 million opioid ruling

This ruling and a recent state court in California raise questions about thousands of opioid lawsuits filed against Big Pharma.

Kyle Rittenhouse at the Kenosha County Courthouse on Tuesday. Rittenhouse faces five felony counts for shooting three people in Kenosha, Wis., on the night of Aug. 25, 2020.

Jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial breaks for the night

After eight days of testimony and hours of closing arguments, the 12 jurors began deliberating Tuesday morning. Rittenhouse is charged with five felony counts and faces life in prison if convicted.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is under pressure over how its platform may be harmful to users and society at large.

Facebook is now revealing how often users see bullying or harassing posts

The social network is under pressure over how its platform may be harmful to users and society at large.

Chrystul Kizer (shown here with her lawyers in 2019) is arguing that it was self-defense when she killed the man who sexually abused her.

Rittenhouse's defense renews focus on the case of a 17-year-old who killed her abuser

As a teenager in 2018, Chrystul Kizer shot and killed the man who sexually assaulted and trafficked her. Advocates say given the Rittenhouse verdict, a self-defense argument should work in her favor.

Nurse Christina Garibay administers Johnson & Johnson's COVID vaccine to a man at a community outreach event in Los Angeles in August.

An FDA panel of experts backs J&J COVID vaccine booster

A panel of experts voted to recommend that the Food and Drug Administration authorize a booster dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine at least two months after the first shot.

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