{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"114031","title":"Being kind to oneself protects parents from depression","body":"Burning dinner. Shrinking your child\u2019s favorite T-shirt in the laundry. Losing your temper and snapping at your child.The aftermath of these types of mistakes can be stressful, and how parents respond to that stress can contribute to depression \u2014 or stave it off.Research from the Arizona State\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-05-13T21:24:23-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/13\/2026-9:24pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"","teaser":"Burning dinner. Shrinking your child\u2019s favorite T-shirt in the laundry. 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This milestone marks the start of its science operations in orbit.Arizona State University leads the SPARCS mission, which is funded by NASA. It is the first mission dedicated to long-term\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-03-12T09:00:33-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/12\/2026-9:00am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"The Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat, or SPARCS, has captured its first images of stars from space, marking the start of its science operations in orbit. The mission, led by ASU and funded by NASA, is dedicated to long-term ultraviolet monitoring of nearby low-mass stars, the most common in our galaxy that often have Earth-sized, possibly habitable planets.","teaser":"The Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat, or SPARCS, has captured its first images of stars from space. 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