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...working so amazingly well," says Berkeley's Geoff Marcy, a champion planet hunter in his own right and a member of the Kepler science team, "that the light curves [that is, the dips in light caused by transiting planets] look like they come from a textbook, not a real instrument...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five New Planets: The Kepler Telescope's on a Roll | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

Pitch: This novel tells the story of Owen Meany, an unforgettable character who believes himself to be an instrument...

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Books to Read Over J-Term | 1/3/2010 | See Source »

...characterize the planet's atmosphere, Charbonneau said that he will need a space-based instrument like NASA's Hubble Space Telescope...

Author: By Tara W. Merrigan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BRIEF: Harvard Researchers Discover 'Super-Earth' | 12/24/2009 | See Source »

...Insurance companies can do whatever they want with premiums unfortunately, so the medical loss ratio is a superb instrument," Rockefeller said in an interview with TIME, adding that customers have a right to know how much of their premiums are spent on administrative costs like marketing, salaries and profit. "If you buy a gallon of milk and you end up with half a gallon, you're not really happy about that. But in that case, you can take it back to the store and get mad." (See the top 10 health care reform players...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forcing Insurers to Spend Enough on Health Care | 12/22/2009 | See Source »

...eliminates the need for stirring, which is a common source of contamination from brettanomyces - yeast that leads to spoilage and cloudiness. "We used to break our backs racking and stirring the wine, and here's a system that works better than man," says Schlaepfer. "It's a magical vinification instrument...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Wine In Old Vessels | 12/2/2009 | See Source »

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