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Science - Thursday, April 9, 2026
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Science headlines for Thursday, April 9, 2026
Science headlines for 2026-04-09 focused on 3 major developments: 1) E.P.A. Says It Will End Biden’s Coal Ash Disposal Rules (NYT Science) 2) Indoor Testing Facilities available at the NASA Unmanned Autonomy Research Complex (NUARC) (NASA Breaking News) 3) I Am Artemis: Dan Florez (NASA Breaking News) Across these stories, coverage emphasized high-impact updates, policy shifts, and events with broad audience relevance. Together they provide a representative view of the day in science news before diving into each full report.
Why it matters: This snapshot shows where science attention concentrated on 2026-04-09, highlighting the themes, entities, and geographies that dominated publisher coverage. Because ranking blends freshness, engagement, and source diversity, it helps separate signal from noise. Use it as a quick daily briefing and then open the top stories for fuller context.
Key Points
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E.P.A. Says It Will End Biden’s Coal Ash Disposal Rules
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Indoor Testing Facilities available at the NASA Unmanned Autonomy Research Complex (NUARC)
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I Am Artemis: Dan Florez
Sources: #3 NASA Breaking News
Top 10 Stories
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#1 Score 74E.P.A. Says It Will End Biden’s Coal Ash Disposal RulesLee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said the changes would help U.S. “energy dominance.” Environmentalists said they threaten drinking water.
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#2 Score 74Indoor Testing Facilities available at the NASA Unmanned Autonomy Research Complex (NUARC)Windshaper A large WindShaper fan array is available for dynamic low-speed and hovering flight research. The WindShaper is ideal for generating arbitrary wind gradients and wind gusts via a simple Python API. A companion WindProbe is also available for quick surveys of flows. The WindProbe utilizes the lab’s OptiTrack motion capture system to extract the […]
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#3 Score 67I Am Artemis: Dan FlorezListen to this audio excerpt from Dan Florez, test director for NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program: At 1:47 a.m. EST November 16, 2022, as the Artemis I engines ignited, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and Dan Florez, NASA test director for the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems, watched from Kennedy’s Launch Control Center roof as the midnight […]
- #4 Score 58Indoor Testing Facilities available at the NASA Unmanned Autonomy Research Complex (NUARC)
WindShaper A large WindShaper fan array is available for dynamic low-speed and hovering flight research. The WindShaper is ideal for generating arbitrary wind gradients and wind gusts via a simple Python API. A companion WindProbe is also available for quick surveys of flows. The WindProbe utilizes the lab’s OptiTrack motion capture system to extract the […]
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#5 Score 54StarstruckThe Artemis II crew captured this photo of our galaxy, the Milky Way, on April 7, 2026. The Milky Way’s elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Spanning more than 100,000 light-years, Earth is located along one of the galaxy’s spiral arms, about […]
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#6 Score 53For Artemis II, Returning to Earth May Be the Most Dangerous Part of the MissionAfter a successful flight around the moon, the astronauts are relying on a flawed heat shield to protect them as they re-enter Earth’s atmosphere.
- #7 Score 52Scientists just found a hidden “drain” inside the human brain
A hidden waste-removal pathway in the brain has finally been caught in action. Using cutting-edge MRI scans, researchers discovered that fluid flows along the middle meningeal artery in a slow, lymphatic-like pattern—very different from blood. This confirms the presence of a previously unknown drainage hub in humans. The finding could transform how scientists approach brain aging, injury, and diseases like Alzheimer’s.
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#8 Score 49Watching the Artemis II Mission Unfold at JPL’s Space Flight Operations FacilityDescription Staff at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California watch the agency’s Artemis II mission unfold soon after launch on April 1, 2026, at the Space Flight Operations Facility, which operates the Deep Space Network (DSN). The DSN comprises of three complexes in Goldstone, California; Madrid, Spain; and Canberra, Australia. Each complex has several […]
- #9 Score 43Your brain can trick you into liking artificial sweeteners
Your brain might be quietly deciding what tastes good before you even take a sip. Researchers found that simply changing what people thought they were drinking—sugar or artificial sweetener—could dramatically shift how much they enjoyed it. When participants believed a drink had artificial sweeteners, real sugar tasted less enjoyable, but when they expected sugar, even artificially sweetened drinks became more pleasurable.
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#10 Score 39Artemis II Astronauts Set New Distance Record in Moon Flyby: What to KnowThe journey around the moon of three Americans and one Canadian is going into its sixth day, but it’s not too late to get caught up on it.