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...contrast, the mirrors designed for the European Southern Observatory consist of a single, vast expanse of glass, thin (17.7 cm) and very flexible. To control wobbling and stabilize the orientation, these mirrors, like giant catcher's mitts, will be constantly readjusted by 180 computer-activated steel "fingers." A prototype mirror has already proved its worth. A flaw identical to the one that crippled the Hubble Space Telescope was easily corrected by adjusting the mirror's shape...
Venter and colleagues have identified 100,000 more base pairs in the human DNA sequence. To be sure, this entails quite a few hours in the laboratory, but compared to the whole genome--which is thought to consist of approximately three billion base pairs--it's not much...
Seldom do programs consist of speakers pro and con; rather the occasions celebrate the politics of the organizers. Any in the audience bold enough to question the prevailing sentiments are hectored...
...world order, according to Nye, will consist of a top tier controlled by the United States as the largest military power; a middle tier controlled by the economic blocks of the U.S., Europe and Japan and a bottom strata containing lesser actors...
From the opening moments of the album, which consist of a radio flipping through several Spanish stations, to its last tracks, the frenetic in strumental "Spontaneous Solo," Fungo Mungo has a clear vision of what they want to say and how they want...