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...that translates into light and synthesized sounds the cycles of the Alaskan wilderness-seismic activity, moon phases, positions of the sun, and so on. Data on these is gathered from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute and streamed live to the auditorium, sparking off an audiovisual show of cosmic intensity, all in real time. It's a beautiful showpiece that, like the museum itself, lends even greater depth to an already stunning destination...
...took a fortuitous cosmic alignment and an Al Gore movie to get the ball rolling, but judging by George W. Bush’s recent State of the Union address, no one denies it anymore: We should probably do something about this whole global warming thing. While there are still a range of opinions on how bad the problem will become and to what degree we humans have cooked our own goose, 2007 will probably see the beginnings of real movement on this issue. Emissions restrictions, tradable caps on carbon dioxide, new methods of ethanol production, and other measures that...
...group that allegedly had a lot in common with the Branch Davidians - a millenarian cult led by a charismatic messiah figure who believed that it could bring about the end of the world. Indeed, the man who was hailed as the Mahdi - an Islamic figure who arrives with the cosmic apocalypse - wasn't just defending a military encampment in the holy city of Najaf from the Iraqi Army. He and his followers were protecting land that had been the cult's home for well over a decade...
There is a third method of dealing with examination questions—that is by the use of overpowering assumption, an assumption so cosmic that it is sometimes accepted. For example, we wrote that it was pretty obvious that the vague generality was the key device in any discussion of examination writing. Why is it obvious? As a matter of fact, it wasn’t obvious at all, but just an arbitrary point from which to start. This is an example of an unwarranted assumption...
...only one semester, UC members said, and there is no buy-back market presently in place for them. And unlike materials provided on reserve at libraries, students are required to purchase the devices.Assistant Professor of Astronomy David Charbonneau, who teaches Science A-47, “Cosmic Connections,” and requires PRS clickers for his class, agreed that departments should be responsible for providing the instruments.“We shouldn’t ask students to pay the fee because PRS clickers are quite different from textbooks, which presumably have a lasting value,” Charbonneau...