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William Rankin: The Man Who Jumped From An Airplane And Took 40 Minutes To Fall To The Ground
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William Rankin: The Man Who Jumped From An Airplane And Took 40 Minutes To Fall To The Ground

This would be harrowing enough even if your eyes, nose, and mouth weren't all bleeding at the same time.

Alexei Leonov And The Story Of How The First Ever Spacewalk Nearly Ended In Catastrophe
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Alexei Leonov And The Story Of How The First Ever Spacewalk Nearly Ended In Catastrophe

You're alone. You're freefloating in space. You can't get back through the airlock. What do you do?

Cosmonauts Breathed A Sigh Of Relief After The First Ever Spacewalk – But The Worst Was Yet To Come
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Cosmonauts Breathed A Sigh Of Relief After The First Ever Spacewalk – But The Worst Was Yet To Come

Alexei Leonov almost died in outer space. Then his day got even worse.

This Tiny Insect Should Freeze to Death but Somehow Doesn’t
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This Tiny Insect Should Freeze to Death but Somehow Doesn’t

Snow flies beat the cold by acting like a mashup of Arctic fish and polar bears. Snow flies may seem like ordinary insects, but their survival strategy is anything but typical. In a new study, researchers at Northwestern University examined how these tiny, wingless insects, which crawl across snowy surfaces to mate and lay eggs, [...]

Colorado River negotiations have stalled among 7 states and water is scarce. What happens next?
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Colorado River negotiations have stalled among 7 states and water is scarce. What happens next?

Two researchers explore how water rights for the Colorado river get negotiated and why these negotiations have stalled.