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Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, wearing a blue shirt and black athletic pants, performs a deadlift exercise using the advanced Resistive Exercise Device (aRED) aboard the International Space Station. The aRED machine, equipped with metal bars and vacuum cylinders, provides resistance training to help astronauts maintain muscle and bone strength in microgravity. The surrounding area is filled with white padded walls, equipment, and storage bags, characteristic of the ISS interior.

Space exploration

Workouts in space

Published Feb 13, 2025

Jumping workouts could help astronauts on the moon and Mars, study in mice suggests

Seismology

Study debunks nuclear test misinformation

Published Feb 4, 2025

JHU-led study on 2024 Iran earthquake shows potential consequences of mishandling and misinterpreting scientific information, particularly during periods of international conflict

Animal cognition

Don't know something? Apes can tell

Published Feb 3, 2025

Bonobos realize when humans miss information and communicate accordingly

Undergraduate honors

Two sophomores named Ethan M. Posner Fellows

Published Jan 27, 2025

Established in Posner's memory, the annual fellowship supports students who demonstrate a passion for research and the desire to help others

Voices

Conversation series aims to foster dialogue on difficult topics

Published Jan 23, 2025

'Conflict in the Middle East: Contexts and Ramifications' will bring together experts from a variety of perspectives while demonstrating that civil discussions can take place around contentious and complex issues

Literature

Classical giant

Published Jan 23, 2025

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Christopher Cannon makes Chaucer's complete works available in a new scholarly-yet-accessible set

Film

Film series launches at Hopkins Bloomberg Center

Published Jan 21, 2025

Stories That Matter series opens with Oscar shortlisted documentary film 'Daughters' on Feb. 21

Rachel Williams, a Stern Center Curatorial Fellow, works with a 17th-century “paper supercomputer” created by Italian friar Vincenzo Maria Coronelli. By twisting its wheels, users can perform complex astrological and astronomical calculations, determine Catholic feast days, and more.

Arts+Culture

Browsing through history

Published Jan 17, 2025

The Johns Hopkins Virginia Fox Stern Center for the History of the Book in the Renaissance provides many opportunities for students and researchers to gain archival experience