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Anti‐Astrotropik — Outer Space, Technology and Resistance in the Tropics

open access: yesSingapore Journal of Tropical Geography, EarlyView.
This paper traces an intellectual and geographical arc of thinking about outer space in the tropics, connecting Peter Redfield's Space in the Tropics: From Convicts to Rockets in French Guiana (2000), Sean T. Mitchell's Constellations of Inequality: Space, Race, and Utopia in Brazil (2017) and Asif Siddiqi's Cosmic Fragments: Dislocation and Discontent
Rob Krawczyk
wiley   +1 more source

The era of precision cosmology with voids. [PDF]

open access: yesAstron Astrophys Rev
Contarini S, Verza G, Pisani A.
europepmc   +1 more source

What's Hard Is Yet to Come: Critical Junctures and Changing Gender Beliefs at the Transition From College to Career

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on 71 interviews with 20 respondents across four waves before and after their graduation, we explore whether and how the transition from college to career can lead to new experiences with and understandings of gender inequality for elite graduates of color. While all respondents experienced or witnessed gender inequality and recognized
Emily K. Carian, Amy L. Johnson
wiley   +1 more source

Finding Stars: Mapping the Geography of the World's Scientific Elites

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
Short Abstract Scientific excellence is clustering ever more tightly in a few ‘superstar’ cities. Four—New York, Boston, London and the San Francisco Bay Area—now host 12% of the world's top scientists. In contrast, the Global South remains largely absent, with the notable exception of Beijing's dramatic rise.
Andrés Rodríguez‐Pose   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Women in space: A review of known physiological adaptations and health perspectives

open access: yesExperimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Exposure to the spaceflight environment causes adaptations in most human physiological systems, many of which are thought to affect women differently from men. Since only 11.5% of astronauts worldwide have been female, these issues are largely understudied.
Millie Hughes‐Fulford   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strong gravitational lenses from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. [PDF]

open access: yesPhilos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci
Shajib AJ   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Physiological cerebrospinal fluid interactions between brain and eye structures are altered after long‐duration spaceflight

open access: yesExperimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Long‐duration spaceflight represents an extreme challenge, triggering adaptive responses including spaceflight‐associated neuro‐ocular syndrome, characterized by diminished visual acuity and ocular changes, which is a significant health risk for Mars missions.
Ge Tang   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

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