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- NASA astronauts are counting down to the Artemis II moon launch
on March 29, 2026 at 4:20 pmNASA is targeting April 1 to launch a crew of four astronauts on a journey around the moon that will set the tone for the agency’s lunar exploration ambitions
- Static electricity has baffled scientists for centuries. Can new research solve the puzzle?on March 29, 2026 at 12:00 pm
This familiar phenomenon has puzzled researchers for centuries, but experiments are finally making sense of its unruly behaviors
- Can you survive inside a tornado? This scientist did by accident—he’s lucky to be aliveon March 28, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Atmospheric scientist Perry Samson was doing fieldwork when he was unexpectedly caught inside a tornado—making him one of the few such people who have lived to tell the tale
- How to build self-control, according to psychologistson March 28, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Exercising self-control doesn’t need to be unpleasant, research shows
- How ultraprecise ‘nuclear clocks’ could transform timekeepingon March 28, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Superprecise timekeepers based on atomic nuclei could be tested as soon as this year