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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shoot for the Stars | 4/27/1992 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Ivan Oransky, | Title: RESEARCH BRIEFS | 4/15/1992 | See Source »

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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Teaching Is Not Propaganda | 4/1/1992 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Rajath Shourie, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Nye Talks of New World Order | 3/7/1992 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Ron Weiner, | Title: Buy Me for My Cool Name | 2/27/1992 | See Source »

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