Explanation: The Buck Moon is a traditional name for the full moon of July. In this colorful Adriatic sea and skyscape captured on July 28 from Krk Island along the coast of Croatia, a full Buck Moon is just rising over distant mountains. Since a full moon rises as the Sun sets, Earth’s shadow also
Linda Kim, a nurse at the Washtenaw County Health Department in Michigan, has been helping to investigate more than 900 cases of cyclosporiasis locally. Foodborne illnesses are some of the most complex public health investigations, especially with the Cyclospora parasite. That’s because symptoms may not appear for up to two weeks after someone’s eaten contaminated
Moderna will soon learn the regulatory fate of its mRNA-based flu shot. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Maddie Meyer/Getty Images For the latest stories on the science of healthy living, subscribe to NPR’s Health newsletter. Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. has long questioned the value of mRNA vaccine technology. And soon the Food
NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham will embark on her first mission to the International Space Station, serving as flight engineer for Expedition 76. Burnham will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-30 spacecraft with cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Konstantin Borisov. Launch is scheduled for March 2027, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and the trio will spend
In this July 6, 2026 image, the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals the nearby galaxy Centauri A, exposing the dusty structures and hidden activity that shape this unusual system. Centaurus A is 11 million light years from Earth, relatively close in cosmic terms. However, unlike most nearby galaxies, it is
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