Finance Minister to visit China on trade-diversification mission

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne is leading a trade -diversification mission to China this week, expanding on a ...
Science Daily

Helping robots zero in on the objects that matter

Engineers developed a system that helps robots quickly map a scene and identify items they need to complete a set of tasks. Imagine having to straighten up a messy kitchen, starting with a counter ...
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Flatten the Curve (FR)

Flatten the Curve (FR) wins the 2025 Bowling Green Gold Cup Invitational Stakes at Kentucky Downs Coady Media/Shelly Radosevich Flatten the Curve (FR) wins the 2025 Bowling Green Gold Cup Invitational ...
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An unexpected breakthrough: a high school student’s AI uncovers 1.5 million previously invisible cosmic phenomena

Matteo Paz, a student at Pasadena High School, joined the Planet Finder Academy in the summer of 2022. The program immerses students in real world astronomy challenges. Under the mentorship of Caltech ...
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Smithsonian Open Access

Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to ...
Nature

A New Value for the Earth's Flattening, derived from Measurements of Satellite Orbits

Jacchia, L. G., Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Special Report No. 19, 1 (1958). O'Keefe, J. A., Eckels, A., and Squires, R. K., “Shape of the Earth from the ...