In 1990, NASA discovered that the mirror of the Hubble Space Telescope had a very small polishing defect that caused blurred images. While waiting for a repair, astronomers turned to mathematics. Because they knew exactly how that faulty mirror was distorting light, they could undo the blurring with a technique known as “deconvolution.”

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The civil lawsuit over an alleged gang rape at Cornell University has reignited criticism of a “legal loophole” that complicates many sexual assault cases in New York. The debate centers on a key point in state law: it is extremely difficult for a sexual assault victim to obtain justice if they voluntarily consumed alcohol or drugs before being abused.

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O problema é que os boomers acreditaram que seria apenas uma questão de boa vontade para tudo continuar a ser como foi no seu tempo – e acabaram, como não podia deixar de ser, a criar gerações tristes