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...detector, which is known, cutely, as the Lucky Camera, is very simple: the earth's roiling atmosphere acts as a distorting lens, which changes moment by moment as pockets of warmer or cooler air constantly pass in front of a given object. That's why stars twinkle and why ground-based telescopes can be only so sharp. The stars twinkle for the Lucky Camera too. But it snaps 20 images every second, and every so often one of those images, purely by chance, will be taken through a calm patch of sky--much as a broken clock is right twice...
...launch just two months earlier--and 50years ago this October--of Russia's fabled Sputnik, the world's first satellite. The U.S. reacted to the event as any mature, technologically savvy nation would, which is to say we lost our marbles. The Russians had seized the high ground of space, we cried. It would be only a matter of time before they were gliding overhead, dropping bombs on us like overripe fruit from a highway overpass...
...Crimson will try to keep Threatt from making any big plays, and it will also attempt to prevent the Lehigh running backs from moving the ball. The Harvard defensive line struggled in the opener against Holy Cross, but responded last week by only giving up 49 yards on the ground...
Harvard pledged to open an educational center in Allston by this spring that will provide free math and science tutoring to area residents. The center is one of the community benefits being offered as the University comes closer to breaking ground on its new campus across the river. The educational center, planned for 175 North Harvard St., will provide at least 100 hours per month of tutoring and lectures for any interested students and adults in Allston. The announcement at a meeting of the Harvard Allston Task Force last night came one week before the city is expected to approve...
...missed the new-show bandwagon last season, too. But it’s not too late to catch a front row seat to this season’s televised zeitgeist!Here are five shows that are each only one season old, so you can still get in on the ground floor. To help gauge your priorities, we’ve given each one a “Public Scorn Index”—the likelihood that your peers will ridicule you for being out of the loop. Grab the Season 1 DVDs, and don?...