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As the world watches the first all-female spacewalk, looking back at another glass-ceiling-busting milestone: The first all-female research expedition to Antarctica.

Channels: Geology, Environmental Science, Gender Issues,

As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, Wayne Schlingman, director of the Arne Slettebak Planetarium at The Ohio State University, explains what that first moon landing taught us and what we still have to learn about our moon. With video.

Channels: Particle Physics, Space and Astronomy,

Keywords: Astronomy, moon, Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong, buzz aldrin, Michael Collins, Moon landing, Apollo missions, NASA

On March 8, some Americans will send greeting cards to the important women in their lives to celebrate “International Women’s Day.” Little do most of them know about the radical origins of the holiday they are marking,

Channels: Arts and Entertainment, History,

Keywords: International Women's Day, History

The Ohio State University, along with Bowling Green State University, has been selected to conduct a first-of-its-kind national, five-year study of health in same-gender couples.

Channels: Gender Issues, In the Home, LGBTQ Issues, Sex and Relationships, Civil Liberties, Race and Ethnicity, Local - Ohio,

Keywords: Same Sex Couples, Survey, National Survey

For many people, the holidays mean spending time with family and friends who have fully embraced “fake news” – and are happy to share it with you. A researcher at The Ohio State University has some science-based methods for dealing with people who reject the truth.

Channels: Behavioral Science, Media and Journalism, Psychology and Psychiatry, Local - Ohio,

Keywords: Fake news, Confirmation bias, Reality, Truth, Persuasion

Ohio State University researcher Tim Berra would argue that Charles Darwin has a second legacy, marked by personal tragedy and highlighted by pride in accomplishment – the stories of the 10 children born to him and his wife, Emma Wedgwood, his first cousin.

Channels: Evolution and Darwin,

Keywords: Charles Darwin, Inbreeding, Book, Children, Legacy, Evolution

Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, is different from many female leaders around the world in at least one respect "“ her political career does not follow that of a male relative, according to an expert on women in global politics.

Channels: U.S. Politics,

Keywords: Sarah, Palin, VICE, President, Republican