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...Hubble's 43.5. Kepler is smaller because it carries just one main piece of scientific hardware: a light imager known as a charged couple device that detects fluctuations in light so tiny they're measured by counting the electrons they produce on a silicon surface. This will allow Kepler to spot planets by the previously invisible change in luminosity they cause as their orbit carries them around the facing side of their parent star. (See pictures of women in space...
...threat of lawsuits, music downloading essentially becomes legal based upon an absence of consequence. This raises the questions: what does music actually cost, and what are our obligations, if any, as consumers of music?When Radiohead released “In Rainbows” last year, the band allowed their fans to ascribe their own monetary value to the music, asking them to pay as little or much for the CD as they saw fit. Other bands with large, loyal fan bases like Nine Inch Nails have since tried this experiment with varied levels of success. What this initiative ultimately...
...it’s his speed in the field and on the basepaths—Walsh has already identified him as the fastest player on the team—which will allow Tomes to make an immediate impact...
...Elizabeth II, who knights only British subjects. A date for the ceremony has not yet been set, Pickerill said. Brown, who is currently visiting the U.S., announced Kennedy’s award during a speech before a Joint Meeting of Congress. “I hope that you will allow me to single out for special mention today one of your most distinguished Senators, known in every continent and a great friend,” Brown said. Nominations for knighthood are submitted to the British Foreign Office in London, where the British Foreign Secretary reviews the suggestions and makes recommendations...
...boggled American Presidents from Vietnam to Iraq. Traditionally, Presidents favor more troops - and precipitously lose public support. In this case, Obama's margin for error is minuscule, given the enormity of the economic crisis. He simply can't get bogged down in Afghanistan. And he simply can't allow al-Qaeda and the Taliban free rein. And every option in between seems either a gamble or a fantasy...