Why scheduling naps is one of NASA’s most important jobs; Dear Science: Is yawning really contagious?; Why a billion dollar spacecraft just nose dived into a comet – on purpose; Ask a MacArthur genius: What do ancient rocks and cystic fibrosis have in common?;
 
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Rachel Feltman and Sarah Kaplan on Science
 
 
Why scheduling naps is one of NASA’s most important jobs
In space, sleep is a matter of life and death.
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Gravitational wave detection is a favorite for the 2016 physics Nobel Prize
The LIGO team's discovery was the culmination of many decades of theoretical labor and then elaborate, exquisite and expensive engineering.
 
Dear Science: Is yawning really contagious?
Why do humans yawn, anyway?
 
Why a billion dollar spacecraft just nose dived into a comet – on purpose
Rosetta sent back data throughout its deadly crash: Mission accomplished.
 
Ask a MacArthur genius: What do ancient rocks and cystic fibrosis have in common?
Bacteria that thrive without oxygen can help us learn about the Earth's origins.
 
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