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Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2019 April 30
 Meteor Misses Galaxy
Image Credit: Aman Chokshi Explanation: The galaxy was never in danger. For one thing, the Triangulum galaxy (M33), pictured, is much bigger than the tiny grain of rock at the head of the meteor. For another, the galaxy is much farther away -- in this instance 3 million light years as opposed to only about 0.0003 light seconds. Even so, the meteor's path took it angularly below the galaxy. Also the wind high in Earth's atmosphere blew the meteor's glowing evaporative molecule train away from the galaxy, in angular projection. Still, the astrophotographer was quite lucky to capture both a meteor and a galaxy in a single exposure -- which was subsequently added to two other images of M33 to bring up the spiral galaxy's colors. At the end, the meteor was gone in a second, but the galaxy will last billions of years. Follow APOD on: Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, or Twitter
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Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2019 April 29
 N11: Star Clouds of the LMC
Image Credit: NASA, ESA; Acknowledgement: Josh Lake Explanation: Massive stars, abrasive winds, mountains of dust, and energetic light sculpt one of the largest and most picturesque regions of star formation in the Local Group of Galaxies. Known as N11, the region is visible on the upper right of many images of its home galaxy, the Milky Way neighbor known as the Large Magellanic Clouds (LMC). The featured image was taken for scientific purposes by the Hubble Space Telescope and reprocessed for artistry by an amateur to win a Hubble's Hidden Treasures competition. Although the section imaged above is known as NGC 1763, the entire N11 emission nebula is second in LMC size only to the Tarantula Nebula. Compact globules of dark dust housing emerging young stars are also visible around the image. A new study of variable stars in the LMC with Hubble has helped to recalibrate the distance scale of the observable universe, but resulted in a slightly different scale than found using the pervasive cosmic microwave background. Astrophysicists: Browse 1,900+ codes in the Astrophysics Source Code Library
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Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2019 April 28
All of Mercury
Image Credit: NASA/JHU Applied Physics Lab/Carnegie Inst. Washington Explanation: Only six years ago, the entire surface of planet Mercury was finally mapped. Detailed observations of the innermost planet's surprising crust began when the robotic have been ongoing since the robotic MESSENGER spacecraft first passed Mercury in 2008 and continued until its controlled crash landing in 2015. Previously, much of the Mercury's surface was unknown as it is too far for Earth-bound telescopes to see clearly, while the Mariner 10 flybys in the 1970s observed only about half. The featured video is a compilation of thousands of images of Mercury rendered in exaggerated colors to better contrast different surface features. Visible on the rotating world are rays emanating from a northern impact that stretch across much of the planet, while about half-way through the video the light colored Caloris Basin rotates into view, a northern ancient impact feature that filled with lava. Recent analysis of MESSENGER data indicates that Mercury has a solid inner core. Surf the Universe: Click here to see a randomly selected APOD!
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| | | | Scientists have long sought a way to help people whose vocal apparatus is paralyzed easily speak without having to painstakingly spell out words on a computer keyboard.
Restoring speech is “one of the great challenges of neuroscience,” says one leader in the field.
Researchers in San Francisco may be on the right track.
They’ve created an algorithm that, in preliminary tests among several silent volunteers, accurately detected and translated brain signals into intelligible sentences.
LEARN why this is different from reading thoughts.
BONUS READ: Curious about what your voice says about you? Reporter Laura Starecheski not long ago looked into gender’s effect on voice, and met people working hard to change the way they sound.
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Advice is so plentiful, much of it bad. At least that was the experience of NPR producer Selena Simmons-Duffin when she set out on the good ship parenthood several years ago. Even deciding how and when to start her daughter on solid food seemed fraught.
“If I do this wrong, will my baby be malnourished or end up a picky eater or not succeed in life somehow?” the new mom wondered.
Enter Brown University economics professor Emily Oster and her latest book, Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, From Birth to Preschool.
Oster turns a critical eye on advice and the advice givers, and teaches readers how to identify the best evidence. (Hint: Look for big, randomized studies.)
And if there isn’t a preponderance of data either way -- as there isn’t, Oster notes, for the pacifier quandary or regarding he relative benefits of room-sharing with baby in the first year -- stand tall and improvise.
SEE WHAT YOU THINK of Oster's advice on common conundrums of raising babies.
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Dr. Sunita Puri is working to reshape medicine from within.
Trained as palliative care physician, Puri spends part of her days at the University of Southern California teaching doctors how to look beyond “fixing things” to become their patient’s ally in alleviating physical, emotional and spiritual suffering.
That’s crucial, she says. Even – or maybe especially – when the diagnosis is dire.
In her new book, That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour, Puri explains why "battle language" about disease can be hurtful and sometimes dangerous.
Choosing “not to fight” doesn’t mean giving up, she assures her patients.
In fact, Puri points out, a recent study of people who had metastatic lung cancer found that the patients who got palliative care (such as counseling, pain relief or other types of noncurative symptom-management) right alongside their cancer treatment “actually lived longer and had better quality-of-life scores" than people who only got cancer treatment.
READ our interview with Puri for tips on how to get better care from doctors.
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For decades, a group of top-secret scientists known as the Jasons has worked within the Defense Department to solve its thorniest problems. Now the Pentagon has suddenly decided it doesn’t need them any more. Some experts find the move confusing at a time the Defense Department needs as much advanced scientific expertise as it can get.
The city of Saginaw, Mich., like many others around the country, uses chalk to mark the tires of cars to enforce time limits on parking. An appeals court says that's trespassing against personal property, and therefore a violation of Constitutional rights
Steven T. Johnson owns the clothes on his back and almost nothing else — and that’s just how he likes it. More young people are moving toward minimalist lifestyles that rely heavily on “sharing” services and flexible rentals — and companies, including Ikea and REI, are hustling to keep up.
Alabama weatherman James Spann started to notice a few years ago that he was getting, to be blunt, more and more dumb questions. Many seemed unable to pinpoint their home, or even their town, on a map. This widespread geographic illiteracy could prove deadly when severe weather, such as tornadoes, strikes the U.S.
Any snoring from a partner is aggravating, but some types should get extra attention. Especially loud, erratic snoring can indicate sleep apnea. Hear the difference?
“Pick your spots, and bet big when you identify them.” That’s the advice from James Holzhauer, the professional sports bettor who appears to have broken Jeopardy! As of last week, he’d won 16 straight games and more than $1.2 million. |
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Big technological shifts can inspire both awe and trepidation. Throughline looks at how human have adapted to past world-altering innovations.
Ours is the first generation that’s persistently asked to prove they’re not robots. Planet Money explains the strange systems behind CAPTCHA, the bot-blocking system that guards the Internet.
Whitney Wolfe cut her teeth at Tinder, but found a workplace so toxic she wound up suing. She talked to How I Built This With Guy Raz about building Bumble, the dating app that gives more control to female users.
It's human nature to compare ourselves to others, the social psychologist Keith Payne tells Hidden Brain. But we compare ourselves to our peers, not to the world — so even the very rich might consider themselves impoverished alongside the absurdly wealthy. |
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