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UCLA geochemist Frank Kyte thinks he may have found not just the answer but also a piece of the thing itself: a tiny meteorite fragment, a tenth of an inch across, that was extracted from a 65-million-year-old geological layer under more than 50 yds. of sediment at the bottom of the Northern Pacific. In a report in the current issue of Nature, Kyte notes that the little chunk contains concentrations of metals (such as iridium and nickel) and mineral textures that clearly show that it is extraterrestrial and that it probably was once part of a much...
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...that velocity, says Guenter Riegler, a NASA senior scientist, a meteoroid as small as a dust particle could blast a hole nearly half an inch across in a solar panel or a layer of insulation. Equally threatening is the intense heat of impact, which would instantly vaporize the meteoroid and convert it to an ionized gas, or plasma, that would shock the spacecraft with an electrostatic charge. "If that charge got into some of your data circuitry," Riegler says, "it could wipe out data...
There are many tips for sustaining a long-distance relationship while cloistered in the hallowed halls of Harvard. First, it is always necessary to plaster every inch of wall space with artfully designed collages of the boyf; make sure that there are a few love letters and Valentine's Day cards interspersed with the multitude of prom photos and that gorgeous dried corsage from Homecoming. Of course, try to color-coordinate everything on your wall (remember the failure of a prom date who forgot to match his tux with your full length fuchsia gown?). Also, in this era of technology...
...enter the Quincy House bedroom of Kane H. Waller '99, one must first wade through a curtain of bamboo beads strung over the doorway. A huge entertainment system greets the visitor with a 30-inch screen television, VCR, Sony Playstation, CDs and "essential movies" like Friday and The Nutty Professor...