Variety, nutrition, and taste are some considerations when developing food for astronauts. For NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge, students, chefs, small businesses, and others whipped up novel food technology designs to bring new solutions to the […]
NASA’s Lucy mission, the agency’s first to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, launched at 5:34am EDT Saturday, October 16, 2021, on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral […]
Crider Foods, a Stillmore, Georgia, establishment, is recalling approximately 525,717 pounds of canned beef with gravy products that may be contaminated with unsafe levels of lead, due to a spice mix used from an outside […]
On September 29, 2021, the US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to remove 22 animals and a plant from the endangered species list because of extinction. These 23 join the list of 650 US species […]
The NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ state Industrial Hemp Pilot Program is going away on January 1, 2022, and hemp growing will be overseen by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). To prepare […]
Dozens of concepts are being presented at this year’s NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium, including eight led by technologists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA missions make it seem like the future is now — […]
Chris Pugh, the founder of CB Pugh Enterprises LLC and the Pugh Builders General Contractors (GC) Academy located in Raleigh, North Carolina, commences the Pugh Builders GC Academy “Seminars Tour” to different cities in the […]
North Carolina is sending National Guard personnel to help Louisiana after the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Ida. The 113th Combat Support Sustainment Battalion (CSSB) Headquarters from Lenoir is deploying approximately 65 personnel to the Gulf […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is helping the legacy of inspiration, hope, and diversity fostered by the creator of Star Trek to live long and prosper. The agency will observe the late Gene […]
“Open a Book, Open the World” premieres Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021 Television viewers can see an inspiring introduction to the 2021 Library of Congress National Book Festival and its exciting lineup of authors, poets and […]
Interior Department Celebrates “Great American Outdoors Act” Anniversary with Fee Free Day on Public Lands Law’s historic investments in national parks and public lands are creating jobs and strengthening local economies On Wednesday, designated as […]
Ingenuity’s ninth flight provided imagery that will help the Perseverance rover team develop its science plan going forward. Images snapped on July 5, 2021 by NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on its ambitious ninth flight have […]
An unprecedented heat wave that started around June 26, 2021 smashed numerous all-time temperature records in the Pacific Northwest and western Canada. NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS), aboard the Aqua satellite, captured the progression of […]
While life isn’t entirely free of pandemic issues and the need for safety measures, vaccination numbers are rising and municipalities that canceled activities in 2020 are forging ahead with Fourth of July 2021 activities. Eastern […]
Outlines Path Forward on Troubled Legacy of Federal Boarding School Policies in Remarks to National Congress of American Indians In remarks to the National Congress of American Indians 2021 Mid Year Conference on June 22, […]
Agency to Review Underlying Analysis of Oil and Gas Leases on the Coastal Plain On June 1, 2021, the United States Department of the Interior suspended all activities related to the implementation of the Coastal […]
On May 26, 2021, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society Legislative Fund, and Sierra Club petitioned the US Fish and Wildlife Service to restore federal protection under the […]
Major milestone will propel America’s drive toward a clean energy future On May 11, 2021, US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced approval of the construction and operation […]
Collected and with Introduction by Joy Harjo, 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate; Foreword by Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress Edited by Joy Harjo, the first Native poet to serve as US Poet Laureate, LIVING NATIONS, LIVING […]
With unique traits, versatility and adaptability, heritage livestock breeds return us to our agricultural roots. The US Postal Service (USPS) pays homage to the priceless genetic diversity of heritage breeds with 10 different Forever stamps […]
On April 2, 2021, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper ordered all United States and North Carolina flags at state facilities to be lowered immediately to half-staff until sunset on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, as a […]
On Friday, February 26, 2021, NASA celebrated the agency’s first African American female engineer, Mary W. Jackson, with a ceremony to formally name the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, DC in her honor. Jackson began […]
The Library of Congress will continue its critically acclaimed season of Concerts from the Library of Congress with an offering of virtual concerts, interviews and conversations with artists and composers, lectures, curator talks and […]
US Fish and Wildlife Service Must Resume Release of Captive Wolves into Wild The US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ruled (read PDF) in a case brought by the Southern Environmental […]
Ayuree is America’s First Female South Asian American Story Time Animation Character Ayuree is the first Indian American or South Asian American character created by a North Carolina Indian-American artist. Ayuree is Heroine of Compassion, a […]
By Kay Whatley, Editor Across the United States each year, thousands of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings are reported. UFO reports cover close encounters of various types, range from blinking lights in the sky to […]
Nestlé Prepared Foods is recalling approximately 92,206 pounds of LEAN CUISINE Baked Chicken meal products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of white hard plastic, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety […]
Spinoff Highlights NASA Technology Paying Dividends in the US Economy Whether upgrading air traffic control software or honing the food safety practices that keep our dinner tables safe, NASA has worked for more than six […]
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