Launch facilities built during the Apollo era are no longer adequate for the technical demands of lunar missions and the expanding commercial space industry.
NASA's launch facilities date from the Apollo era and no longer meet Artemis requirements.
Modernising the launch centres requires significant funding, with no confirmed figures yet.
The technical gap poses a genuine risk to the lunar mission schedule.
A woman in her fifties became the subject of an extremely rare medical case after a parasitic infection triggered a congenital anomaly she had carried silently for decades.
A latent congenital malformation became symptomatic following a parasitic infection.
The woman had passed the age of 50 with no visible signs of the underlying anomaly.
The case highlights the risk of silent structural defects activated by infectious triggers.
Researchers have announced that no male skeleton has been identified among the remains recovered from the Rising Star cave system in South Africa — a puzzle with far-reaching implications.
Every Homo naledi individual discovered so far is female, with no male skeletons identified.
The fossils come from the Rising Star cave system in South Africa, dated to 236,000–335,000 years ago.
The absence of male remains raises questions about the species' social structure and burial practices.