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European astronomers hailed a landmark discovery: a planet outside our solar system that's solid and rocky like Earth. After months of observation, scientists confirmed Corot-7b is not a giant gas ball like Jupiter--a finding that heartened experts who believe potential alien life would require a firm surface. The planet, some 500 light-years away, is similar in size to Earth. One key difference: Corot-7b's proximity to its sun raises its daytime surface temperature to a balmy 3600?...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

This quote likely refers to the line in the Talmud (Megillah 7b) that is frequently used by gleeful college students who seek to justify self-destructive excesses through appeal to religious texts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 2/13/2001 | See Source »

Answers: 1b. 2a. 3b. 4a. 5a. 6d. 7b...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000 Your Final Exam | 12/25/2000 | See Source »

...council awarded its annual Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize to Ernest H. Wu, a teaching fellow in Biology 7b, Dunwalke Associate Professor of American History Alan Brinkley, and Professor of Government Roderick MacFarquhar...

Author: By Michael E. Wall, | Title: Brinkley, M'Farquhar Get Teaching Honor | 4/29/1987 | See Source »

...nominated by seven of the 20students in his Biology 7b section, was noted forhis ability to integrate personal experience andcourse material in a low-pressure environment."[Wu] has the rare ability to combine academicleadership with concern for his students bothacademically and socially," said Mary P. K.Rossano '89, who introduced the 21-year-oldteaching fellow...

Author: By Michael E. Wall, | Title: Brinkley, M'Farquhar Get Teaching Honor | 4/29/1987 | See Source »

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