Column: An AR-15 is like a pocket knife? Maybe federal judges shouldn’t get lifetime appointments

A Swiss Army knife has about as much in common with an AR-15 as a tricycle does with an Indy 500 race car, columnist George Skelton writes.

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Comb of a lifetime: a new method for fluorescence microscopy

Conventional fluorescence microscopy provides poor quantitative information of the sample because it only captures fluorescence intensity, which changes frequently and depends on external factors. Now, scientists have developed a new fluorescence microscopy technique to measure both fluorescence intensity and lifetime. Their method does not require mechanical scanning of a focal point; instead, it produces images from all points in the sample simultaneously, enabling a more quantitative study of dynamic biological and chemical processes.
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In a lifetime on the border, Agent Chancy Arnold has seen it transform

The Border Patrol assistant chief, son of an agent and a 35-year veteran himself, looks at the changes he’s seen at the California-Mexico border.

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