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“Hubble became not just an observatory, but an icon for all of science. And Hubble has become part of our culture.” NASA plans to fly one final repair mission next August for the Hubble Space Telescope before leaving it to die in orbit. The telescope has endured a turbulent history, costing an estimated $9 billion since 1990 to launch and to repair, but has yielded some of the most spectacular images ever taken of distance stars and provided astronomers with unparalleled information about the origins of the universe.
“This mosaic of images opens up a window to the Antarctic that we just haven’t had before.” NASA and the United States Geological Survey unveil the most detailed satellite-image map of the continent ever created. The map will help researchers plan expeditions to monitor changes in Antarctic ice and should prove useful to the International Polar Year, a multinational effort to study environmental chance at the poles.
A new study financed by the National Institute of Mental Health finds that mental health problems among New Orleans residents in the wake of Hurricane Katrina were no more extensive than those after other natural disasters, but that the delayed government response likely exacerbated the problem.
Andrew C. Revkin joins James E. Hansen in lamenting the dearth of metaphors that might motivate large-scale action to avert climate change. Words alone may not be enough.
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