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Justine Calma

Justine Calma

Senior Science Reporter

Senior Science Reporter

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    Four volunteers spent more than a month pretending to be stuck on Mars.

    Their simulated mission to Mars tested “how future astronauts may react to isolation and confinement during deep-space journeys,” according to NASA. The crew of four went through 18 health studies during their stint at a 650-square-foot habitat at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

    Outside of each other’s company, the crew kept four pet triops shrimp: Buzz, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore.

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    Justine Calma
    This is what climate change is doing to the US.

    The Environmental Protection Agency updated its climate change indicators, a comprehensive report on extreme weather, shifting seasons, ocean impacts, and greenhouse gas emissions in the US.

    Heatwave season is 46 days longer for Americans now than it was in the 1960s, for instance.

    “The climate crisis is affecting every American right now and with increasing intensity,” EPA administrator Michael Regan said in a press release.

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    Justine Calma
    What are Trump’s environmental numbers?

    He says he had the best. He tried to roll back more than 100 environmental protections while in office. Is that what he’s bragging about in the debate?

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    Justine Calma
    NOAA’s latest weather satellite launched.

    The GOES-U satellite launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday.

    It’s one of four National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites equipped with powerful new tools to monitor weather in space and on Earth. They’ll provide advanced imagery to inform forecasts, map lightning activity in real time, and detect solar flares.