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Nancy Wexler had a 50/50 chance of developing the same fatal disease that took her mother. Instead of retreating, she spent decades in Venezuela and helped identify the gene responsible for Huntington's disease.
When flooding devastated La Ceiba, Honduras in 2017, Nancy Crane spent 12 weeks as a volunteer nurse in overwhelmed emergency rooms where patients waited days for surgery and resources were scarce. Her hands-on work helped thousands access care, and sparked similar healthcare improvements across Honduras that continue today.
On January 1st, works from 1930 became free to use, bringing classics by Franz Kafka, Langston Hughes, and four Nancy Drew mysteries into the public domain. Anyone can now freely read, reprint, remix, or build upon these cultural treasures without permission or payment.
Nancy Wexler discovered her mother's illness was hereditary and she had a 50% chance of getting it. Instead of retreating, she led the groundbreaking research that found the gene responsible for Huntington's disease.
Nancy Wexler spent 25 years hunting for the gene that caused Huntington's disease in her family. Now living with the condition herself, she's still leading research to help future generations.
Nancy Wexler helped find the gene for the disease killing her family, then learned she has it too. Her new memoir turns decades of groundbreaking research and personal courage into a story of scientific progress fueled by love.
FBI investigators found crucial DNA evidence on a glove near an 84-year-old Arizona woman's home, bringing new hope to solving her January disappearance. The discovery could finally identify the masked suspect caught on camera.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is heading to Florida for launch this September, eight months ahead of schedule. The observatory will map huge sections of the universe at once, revealing the invisible forces shaping our cosmos.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches in August after 20 years of development, ready to survey the cosmos at speeds never before possible. In its first five years alone, it will discover over 100,000 new planets and billions of galaxies.
At an Iowa tractor pull, cancer survivors rode in a special convoy while 83-year-old Nancy Meddings declared she won't let her new diagnosis stop her. The Midwest Pride in Your Ride event raised funds for the American Cancer Society while celebrating those who refuse to give up. ##
NASA just completed the final inspection of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's massive infrared mirror, clearing the way for a September 2026 launch. This $4 billion telescope will hunt for exoplanets and unlock mysteries of dark matter from its perch a million miles from Earth.
NASA just finished building a revolutionary space telescope that will scan 100 times more sky than Hubble, unlocking secrets about how our universe formed. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches as soon as fall 2026 to hunt distant planets and probe the mysteries of dark matter.
NASA's newest space telescope is ready to transform our understanding of the universe, with a launch planned between autumn 2026 and May 2027. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope can survey the sky 100 times wider than Hubble, unlocking mysteries about dark matter, dark energy, and distant planets.
NASA just completed fueling the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, marking the final major milestone before its August 30 launch to unlock mysteries of dark energy and thousands of distant planets. The telescope will work alongside James Webb to map how galaxies formed across billions of years.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launching as early as next month, will use groundbreaking mirror technology to photograph distant planets similar to those in our solar system for the first time. The innovation could be the critical stepping stone toward discovering Earth-like worlds beyond our solar system.
When Nancy Guthrie was abducted, investigators thought doorbell footage was lost forever. Google found it anyway, helping crack the case wide open.
When Mthwakazi Nancy Soqaka lost her teaching position during COVID, she built her own preschool in Khayelitsha. Four years later, she runs three classrooms serving 53 children and has created multiple jobs.
NASA's newest space telescope was built to unravel cosmic mysteries, but it might also save Earth from dangerous asteroids. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches this August with a surprising bonus mission.
Nancy Neff made history as the first breast cancer survivor to complete the 110-mile DONNA Ultra Marathon. Just days after finishing chemotherapy treatments, she also ran the DONNA Half Marathon in Jacksonville.
NASA has finished building its next major space observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and it's on track to launch this fall. The powerful new telescope will help scientists understand how galaxies, stars, and distant planets form and evolve.
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