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Limitless: The Federal Reserve Takes on a New Age of CrisisBy Jeanna SmialekAlfred A. Knopf, 374 pages, $30 The Federal Reserve System, the United States central banking system, was established in conjunction with the…

by Mary Margaret Olohan   Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, denied the foundation of a Turning Point USA chapter, according to an email from the dean of students, because Turning Point USA’s messaging on biological sex does…

by Brian Lonergan One of the pitfalls of political extremism is that a few bad foundational ideas beget a host of even worse ideas and results. Such is the case with our immigration crisis, as what began with faculty lounge bull…

Seemingly out of nowhere, “reforming” Social Security has become a point of emphasis for some Washington Republicans. It began to bubble up with Sen. Rick Scott’s policy manifesto and now may take center stage in the fight…

Some of the Artemis 1 mission's cubesats are thriving after launching on a moon mission on Nov. 16, but a handful are struggling in deep space.Artemis 1, the first flight of the Artemis program, launched early in Wednesday morning (Nov.…

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NASA's Artemis 1 mission is poised to take a key step toward returning humans to the Moon after a half-century hiatus. The launch was initially scheduled for the morning of Aug. 29, 2022 but was postponed due to an…

At three metres tall, Nasa’s Orion capsule is roomier than Apollo’s capsule and seats four astronauts instead of three, but for Monday’s test flight it will have a payload ranging from a mannequin named Helga to bits of Apollo 11’s…

Pictured above: Ultraviolet light is seen in blue in a composite image of Barnard’s Galaxy captured by GALEX and the European Southern Observatory. NASA has selected the UltraViolet EXplorer (UVEX), led by Caltech’s…

WASHINGTON — NASA has selected four mission concepts for additional study in the latest round of an astrophysics program, but selected missions could face delays because of budget constraints. NASA announced Aug. 18 it…