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Healthy People

Of Mice, Astronauts and the Elderly

With funding from NASA, scientists from Oregon State are looking at how mice expend energy under weightless conditions. Specifically, they want to know if the manner in which animals regulate body temperature affects bone loss.

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Healthy Planet

Contributing to the Mars Mission

NASA’s quest for signs of life on Mars got a huge boost in August when Curiosity landed on the Red Planet.

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Healthy Planet Innovation

Space Dreams

When he’s on Earth, Don Pettit dreams about space. But when he’s in space, he dreams about walking on Earth.

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Earth Healthy Planet Marine Studies Initiative

Winter Storms Lead to Spring Bloom

If you separate predators from their prey, you get more prey. Now that simple relationship has been used to explain one of the most important annual events in the ocean: the North Atlantic spring phytoplankton bloom.