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2 days ago | 
seattletimes.com | Joel Achenbach |Carolyn Johnson |Kate Brady
Kartik Sheth is an astrophysicist and, until a few weeks ago, was the associate chief scientist at NASA. On March 10, he got an unexpected email: “I regret to inform you that you are being affected by a [reduction-in-force] action. … Therefore, you will be separated from NASA at the close of business on April 10, 2025.”One of 23 NASA employees laid off that day, including everyone in the Office of the Chief Scientist, Sheth is now looking for a job — anywhere.
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1 week ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Joel Achenbach
SpaceX Starship failure casts further doubt on NASA’s moon landing timeline (washingtonpost.com) SpaceX Starship failure casts further doubt on NASA’s moon landing timeline By Joel Achenbach 2025052911003700 NASA hopes to put astronauts on the moon in just two years, but a critical spacecraft required for the mission keeps exploding or disintegrating: SpaceX's Starship, the largest rocket ever built.
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2 weeks ago | 
adn.com | Joel Achenbach |Carolyn Johnson |Kate Brady
Kartik Sheth, 53, is an astrophysicist and, until a few weeks ago, was the associate chief scientist at NASA. On March 10, he got an unexpected email: “I regret to inform you that you are being affected by a (reduction-in-force) action. … Therefore, you will be separated from NASA at the close of business on April 10, 2025.”One of 23 NASA employees laid off that day, including everyone in the Office of the Chief Scientist, Sheth is now looking for a job - anywhere.
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2 weeks ago | 
newsindiatimes.com | Ela Dutt |Joel Achenbach |Carolyn Johnson
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2 weeks ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Joel Achenbach
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Joel Achenbach |Carolyn Johnson |Kate Brady
Kartik Sheth, 53, is an astrophysicist and, until a few weeks ago, was the associate chief scientist at NASA. On March 10, he got an unexpected email: “I regret to inform you that you are being affected by a [reduction-in-force] action. … Therefore, you will be separated from NASA at the close of business on April 10, 2025.”One of 23 NASA employees laid off that day, including everyone in the Office of the Chief Scientist, Sheth is now looking for a job - anywhere.
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2 weeks ago | 
inquirer.com | Ariana Eunjung Cha |Joel Achenbach
Former president Joe Biden’s newly diagnosed prostate cancer, an aggressive form that has spread to his bones, has renewed the debate about who should receive annual screenings for signs of the disease. Prostate cancer, the second most common cause of cancer deaths for men, kills 35,000 a year. Sunday’s announcement of Biden’s illness incited unsubstantiated speculation online that the former president could have known long ago, perhaps through testing or symptoms, that he had cancer.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Joel Achenbach |Carolyn Johnson |Kate Brady
As Trump cuts science budgets, some researchers look abroad (washingtonpost.com) As Trump cuts science budgets, some researchers look abroad By Joel Achenbach; Carolyn Y. Johnson; Karla Adam; Kate Brady 2025052110002200 Kartik Sheth, 53, is an astrophysicist and, until a few weeks ago, was the associate chief scientist at NASA. On March 10, he got an unexpected email: "I regret to inform you that you are being affected by a [reduction-in-force] action.
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2 weeks ago | 
adn.com | Naftali Bendavid |Matt Viser |Joel Achenbach |Patrick Svitek
When a former president receives a serious medical diagnosis, the traditional response has been to set aside political differences, offer warm praise and wish the individual a speedy recovery and complete return to health. In many cases, that’s exactly what happened Sunday after former president Joe Biden disclosed that he has an aggressive form of prostate cancer.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Ariana Eunjung Cha |Joel Achenbach
Biden’s cancer renews debate about prostate screenings for older men (washingtonpost.com) Biden’s cancer renews debate about prostate screenings for older men By Ariana Eunjung Cha; Joel Achenbach 2025051919135900 Former president Joe Biden's newly diagnosed prostate cancer, an aggressive form that has spread to his bones, has renewed the debate about who should receive annual screenings for signs of the disease.
