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At 6:51 p.m. on April 18, a rocket carrying NASA latest space satellite, called the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), blasted off from Cape Canaveral. �Ͼ�Ʒ�� Assistant Professor Zach Berta-Thompson was there. He called the experience “terrifying but incredible.”

An extensive collection of Southwestern prehistoric sandals is housed in the Museum of Natural History at the �Ͼ�Ʒ��. Because the sandals are ancient artifacts, researchers can’t just strap them on to see how well they wear.

Artists, engineers, designers, chefs, elementary school students and teachers do not often work together. But Martha Russo, art instructor at the �Ͼ�Ʒ��, has found a way to get all sorts of people involved in a public art project centered on building a picnic table.

Older adults who take a novel antioxidant that specifically targets cellular powerhouses, or mitochondria, see aging of their blood vessels reverse by the equivalent of 15 to 20 years within six weeks, according to new �Ͼ�Ʒ�� research.

Researchers at �Ͼ�Ʒ�� have completed an unprecedented “dissection” of twin galaxies in the final stages of merging.

In his public lecture, “In Search of Turkey Jews,” Laurence Salzmann will explore the Sephardic communities of Turkey, using his extensive collection of photographs and notes about the people the Salzmanns met, places they visited, and lessons they learned along the way.

Elspeth Dusinberre will deliver the 112th Distinguished Research Lecture at �Ͼ�Ʒ�� on Tuesday, May 1, at 4 p.m. in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom. Her talk is titled “Archaeology, Imperialism and What it Means to Be Human.”

In the five decades since a landmark presidential commission on crime, cops and courts have begun taking domestic violence more seriously, but much work remains to be done, says Joanne Belknap, a �Ͼ�Ʒ�� professor of ethnic studies.

Giving opioids to animals to quell pain after surgery prolongs pain for more than three weeks and primes specialized immune cells in the spinal cord to be more reactive to pain, according to a new study by �Ͼ�Ʒ��.