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Colorful Aurora over Icelandic Waterfall
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 27 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Colorful Aurora over…
Rare, Widespread Snow in the Atacama Desert
Back-to-back winter storms in August 2026 brought snowfall to northern Chile, from the Andes to near the Pacific coast. The post Rare, Widespread Snow in the Atacama Desert appeared first on NASA Science.
Palestine: Ceasefire Remains Fragile as Gaza Crisis Deepens – Briefing | United Nations
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Little Loves & Co. Recalls Youth Clothing with Drawstrings Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Entrapment Hazard
The drawstrings in the recalled clothing can get caught on objects and cause death or serious injury to children due to an entrapment hazard.
Walmart Reannounces Recall of Mainstays Nine-Drawer Fabric Dressers Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Tip-Over and Entrapment Hazards; Walmart Distributed Recalled Dressers Post-Recall; Sold to Consumers Through Liquidators
The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in risk of serious injuries or death to children. The dressers violate the mandatory safety standard as required by the STURDY Act.
Kremlin confirms CIA Moscow visit as Trump plays it down | DW News
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Beyond music: Dolly Parton’s lifesaving gift to science | DW News
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Building Foresight for Earth Science, featuring Lindsey Jacobson
NASA’s Earth-observing satellite missions track dozens of features of a changing planet — aerosols, sea levels, land cover, cloud cover — over years and decades. Sustaining that record for the scientific and operational communities who depend on it requires more than engineering talent. It requires planning for an uncertain future: anticipating where a mission delay…
5 Facts – The Future of UN Peace Operations
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NLRB General Counsel Touts Casehandling First Approach, Informs Field About Further Priorities
August 26, 2026 Today, General Counsel Crystal S. Carey released GC Memorandum 26-04, which provides further guidance about her key enforcement and legal policy priorities. In the memo, General Counsel Carey touts the progress made under her leadership in reducing the historic backlog of aged cases. Elaborating on the memo and her tenure, Carey said:…
Meta to pay 47 states up to $17.1B in landmark child safety settlement
Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, on Wednesday agreed to pay 47 states, the District of Columbia, and a handful of U.S. territories, up to $17.1 billion in penalties over claims that its social media platforms are addictive and a danger to children. As part of the settlement, Meta also pledged to make changes…
NASA Johnson Pilots Chase Moon’s Shadow for Eclipse Science
During the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Europe, scientists aimed to study a long-standing mystery: why the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is far hotter than its visible surface. Capturing the data they needed meant being in exactly the right place at exactly the right time. Pilots from NASA’s Johnson Space Center flew the WB-57F high altitude research aircraft from Ellington Field in Houston to Iceland,…
