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...those on commercial airliners, be landed on the asteroid so that astronomers might track its orbit precisely to determine if it will pass through a keyhole, and he requested that NASA quickly estimate the time required for both landing the transponder and a subsequent deflection mission that could alter the asteroid's orbit...
Around the U.S., the prevalence of such beliefs and the growing organization and clout of the intelligent-design movement are beginning to alter the way that most fundamental tenets of biology are presented in public schools. New laws that in some sense challenge the teaching of evolution are pending or have been considered in 20 states, including such traditionally liberal bastions as Michigan and New York. This week in Kansas, a conservative-leaning state board of education is expected to accept a draft of new science standards that emphasize the theoretical nature of evolution and require students to learn about...
There are no plans to alter the post.harvard forwarding service. But the fas.alumni addresses—which seemed like a good idea in 2003, according to HAA spokesman Andrew K. Tiedemann—later proved too expensive, costing Harvard more than $20 a month to maintain each three-megabyte account...
Will Time Inc.'s actions alter the rules of journalism? Some think so. "This is going to be open season on journalists," says Dalglish. "Litigators are out there thinking, Why not subpoena them? I'm probably going to win." In Pearlstine's view, Time Inc.'s decision is a narrowly framed one that applies only to a case that involves a federal grand jury with access to secret testimony about a national-security issue. He says he still believes in the value of confidential sources--and fighting to keep them that way as far as the law allows...
Bazerman said that a trial attorney told him shortly before his appearance in front of the court that two major Justice Department officials wanted him to alter his testimony...