How astronomers compare telescopes
How can you fairly compare one telescope to another? It's all in the (angular) resolution.
Astronomy
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'Puppy blues': How to cope with the exhaustion and stress of raising a puppy
Caring for a new puppy can be wonderful, but it can also bring feelings of depression, extreme stress and exhaustion. This is sometimes referred to as "the puppy blues," and can begin anytime after the puppy arrives in the ...
Veterinary medicine
Apr 21, 2025
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Delivering payloads to Mars with CHAMPS
Through its "Moon to Mars" program, NASA plans to send the first crewed missions to Mars by the end of the next decade. To fulfill this bold vision, the agency is investigating advanced technologies through numerous programs. ...
Space Exploration
Apr 21, 2025
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Women are steadier leaders in times of crisis, but they are still being overlooked
As Canadians prepare to vote in a federal election during a period of global instability marked by trade disruptions, economic uncertainty, and armed conflict, the country's political leadership remains notably traditional ...
Social Sciences
Apr 21, 2025
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Scientists found a potential sign of life on a distant planet—an astronomer explains why many are still skeptical
A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that in the process of studying a planet around another star, they had found evidence for an unexpected atmospheric gas. On Earth, that gas—called dimethyl sulfide—is mostly ...
Astrobiology
Apr 21, 2025
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Crime is nonpartisan and the blame game on crime in cities is wrong—on both sides
Following George Floyd's death at the hands of police in Minneapolis in 2020, the U.S. has undergone a national reckoning over crime prevention and police reform.
Social Sciences
Apr 21, 2025
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As views on spanking shift worldwide, most US adults support it, and 19 states allow physical punishment in schools
Nearly a half-century after the Supreme Court ruled that school spankings are permissible and not "cruel and unusual punishment," many U.S. states allow physical punishment for students who have misbehaved.
Social Sciences
Apr 21, 2025
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Scientists can tell healthy and cancerous cells apart by how they move
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have found that the motion of unlabeled cells can be used to tell whether they are cancerous or healthy. They observed malignant fibrosarcoma cells and healthy fibroblasts on ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 21, 2025
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Astronomers uncover missing merger companion and dark matter bridge in the Perseus cluster
An international team of astronomers has solved one of the longstanding cosmic mysteries by uncovering direct evidence of a massive, long-lost object that collided with the Perseus cluster. Using high-resolution data from ...
Astronomy
Apr 21, 2025
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The evidence for ancient supernovae is buried underground
The solar system is currently embedded deep within the Local Bubble, a region of relatively low density stretching for a thousand light-years across. It was carved millions of years ago by a chain of supernova explosions. ...
Astronomy
Apr 21, 2025
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