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Interstellar extinction and polarization with homogeneous and composite grains
Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti : Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, 2011 We discuss possible ways to solve problems arising due to non-unique interpretation of interstellar extinction and linear polarization.
N. V. Voshchinnikov
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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 55, Issue 4, December 2025.ABSTRACT Humanity seems stuck on different ways to fail to meet the challenge posed by a declared climate emergency and manifest problems of ecological breakdown. Rather than reprise these failures, we use the Fermi Paradox and simulation hypothesis to make a simple point about agency. The argument unfolds in two sections.
Jamie Morgan
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Expected value, to a point: Moral decision‐making under background uncertainty
Noûs, Volume 59, Issue 4, Page 1093-1125, December 2025.Abstract Expected value maximization gives plausible guidance for moral decision‐making under uncertainty in many situations. But it has unappetizing implications in ‘Pascalian’ situations involving tiny probabilities of extreme outcomes. This paper shows, first, that under realistic levels of ‘background uncertainty’ about sources of value independent
Christian Tarsney
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On Graphite and Interstellar Extinction [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 1965 Mie scattering calculation to support theory that interstellar extinction is caused by graphite ...
T. P. Stecher, B. Donn
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, 2017 Understanding the effects of dust extinction is important to properly interpret observations. The optical total-to-selective extinction ratio, Rv = Av/E(B-V), is widely used to describe extinction variations in ultraviolet and optical bands. Since the Rv=
Chen, Xiaodian +4 more
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Visionaries and Crackpots, Maniacs and Saints: Existential Risk and the Politics of Longtermism
Ratio, Volume 38, Issue 4, Page 268-278, December 2025.ABSTRACT Despite advancing strong claims about our collective priorities, longtermism has received little attention in debates in political philosophy. I first provide an account of longtermism that highlights the way it departs from established work on intergenerational justice.
Alex McLaughlin
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Astronomische Nachrichten, Volume 346, Issue 9, November 2025.ABSTRACT We present James Webb Space Telescope observations of M 4—the closest globular cluster—that probe the lower Main Sequence down to the hydrogen‐burning limit. The unveiled stellar sequence reaches much fainter luminosities than previously possible, revealing a few extremely red objects that are consistent with brown dwarfs as cool as Teff∼1000K$
L. R. Bedin +10 more
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Peculiar ultraviolet interstellar extinction
The Astrophysical Journal, 1983 In connection with investigations of the physical characteristics of interstellar dust, a study of objects with peculiar extinction might provide new insights about the composition, size distribution, formation, and destruction of the particulate matter. Meyer and Savage (1981) have found that the dust toward many stars exhibits peculiar UV extinction.
D. Massa +2 more
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Future Humanities, Volume 3, Issue 2, November 2025.ABSTRACT Climate fiction's dominant futurist imaginaries trend towards resolved futures, particularly in apocalyptic and techno‐utopian representations of our climate futures. These closure‐driven narratives treat the future as a fated, distant event, limiting climate fiction's interrogation of human agency, responsibility, and potential action in the ...
Maryn Gardner
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On the Origin of the North Celestial Pole Loop
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 The North Celestial Pole Loop (NCPL) provides a unique laboratory for studying the early-stage precursors of star formation. Uncovering its origin is key to understanding the dynamical mechanisms that control the evolution of its contents. In this study,
Antoine Marchal, Peter G. Martin
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