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After years of data collection, NASA’s InSight lander delivered the evidence scientists had been searching for. By listening to marsquakes, the probe was able to map the planet’s interior for the ...

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Katherine Johnson and other Black female scientists transformed NASA and STEM, overcoming segregation to calculate missions ...

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A Council Bluffs Community School District teacher was among those recently recognized for their work in science, technology, ...

Rory Barton-Grimley once had no interest in school. Today, he designs instruments for NASA — and traces it all back to Santa Barbara City College.

After graduating the University of Illinois with his bachelor's degree in 2012 and his master's in 2018, Cameron Jones went ...

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Michael McElroy, a pioneering atmospheric scientist and Harvard University professor, was a leading expert in atmospheric ...

Local theater pairs sci-fi films with science professionals to engage audiences.

Experts point to a lack of real-world exposure to STEM concepts and careers as a reason for that slide in interest. Several ...