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Donald Whithead, executive director for the National Coalition for the Homeless, has experienced being without a home twice in his life. (Courtesy Donald Whitehead)

Homeless Champion Brings Lived Experiences To Bear

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Overcoming his own homelessness and addictions, Donald Whitehead is at the forefront of a movement to make housing a human right.
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University of Virginia Health neurosurgeon Jeff Elias, PhD, has been a pioneer in the development of focused ultrasound for the treatment of essential tremor, a common movement disorder, and Parkinson's disease. (UVA Health)

FDA Approves Incisionless Ultrasound Brain Surgery For Parkinson’s Symptoms

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A new ultrasound technique avoids invasive brain surgery for Parkinson’s symptoms in patients who don’t respond to medication.
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An advanced X-ray technique has allowed conservators to determine what substances are eating away at the wreck of the warship Mary Rose, which sank in 1545 and was salvaged in 1981. (Courtesy Mary Rose Museum)

Shrivel Me Timbers: Henry VIII’s Salvaged Flagship Being Eaten Up By Acid

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Experts find preserved wood on the Tudor ship has been attacked by a reaction between traces of its metal fittings and bacteria.
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At 84, Mr. Felipe Espinosa, a produce vendor, managed to graduate as an engineer from a Mexican university. (Courtesy of BUAP)

Olding On: 84-Year-Old Student Graduates In Engineering

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Market worker Felipe had to travel three hours a day on the bus just to get to college and then get back to do his day job.�
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The daily weather reports by NASA's rovers provide important information not only for scientists to learn more about Mars but also for supporting the operations of other craft collecting samples and data on the Martian surface. (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Zenger)

VIDEO: Is There Strife On Mars? NASA’s Red Planet Rovers Monitor Weather, ‘Marsquakes’

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Both NASA’s rovers deliver daily weather reports from the north and the south of Mars to guide the mission.�
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The excavation trench shows a pillar of the unfinished Roman aqueduct in Artaxata, Armenia. (Artaxata Project/Zenger)

Water Surprise: Ancient Aqueduct Unearthed At Edge Of Roman Empire

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Experts say the structure was originally built nearly 2,000 years ago.�
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Gasoline prices above $5 per gallon are displayed at a gas station on Nov. 15, 2021, in Los Angeles. According to AAA, the average price statewide for one gallon of regular unleaded gas hit $4.68 Tuesday, an all-time record high. The price spike is being blamed on the increasing cost of crude oil, higher demand, and other factors. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Will Gasoline Prices Move Even Higher On Holiday-Driven Demand?

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The average retail price of gasoline is stuck at around $3.40 per gallon and several factors help explain why.
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A rendering of an envisioned lunar mining facility where miners harvest oxygen from the volcanic soil of Mare Serenitatis. A new study has confirmed the presence of large carbon dioxide cold traps at the moon's southern pole, which could host frozen CO2, another valuable resource for future missions. (NASA)

N-Ice-A We Have A Breakthrough: How Frozen CO2 Could Help Create Moon Colonies

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Solid carbon dioxide on the dark side of the moon could be used in rocket fuel and even steel for construction, say experts.�
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This rare stone toilet is 2,700 years old and was most likely used by one of the Jewish dignitaries of ancient Jerusalem. (Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority Authority)

News Flush! How To Celebrate World Toilet Day

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Lifting the lid on 10 secrets from the humble toilet’s history showing where man has been — and where he’s going.
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Remains of the extinct megalodon shark, including these huge teeth, were recently found in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. (CIAHN-ATACAMA/Zenger)

Some-Fin Scary: Giant Prehistoric Shark Teeth From 60-Foot Ocean Monster Unearthed In Desert

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A single tooth from this fearsome megalodon predator is bigger than a man’s hand.�
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