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...great chance to interact with thePresident on a personal level, and the pizza'sfree," added Javier A. Sandoval...
...Multi-User Dungeons) are the latest twist in the already somewhat twisted world of computer communications. A sort of poor man's virtual reality -- created by using words, not expensive head-mounted displays -- MUDs are a quantum leap over computer bulletin boards, where you not only meet and interact with other computer users from all over the world but build your own imaginary worlds as well. The first MUD was invented in 1979 as a way for British university students to play the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons by computer. But in the past few years computer scientists $ have created...
Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry George M. Whitesides '60 presented his research on organic interfaces, boundaries between organic molecules which interact with each other...
What makes these influences so hard to sort out is that they interact in complex ways. Some scientists think that any global heating will be eased by the buildup of clouds, which tend to block sunlight. Indeed, a recent study showed an increase in nightly minimum temperatures over the past decade but little increase in daily maximums -- precisely what you would expect if clouds were cooling the earth by day (by blocking sunlight) and warming the earth at night (by trapping heat...
...Concerts, which begin at 6:45 p.m. and feature off-the-cuff commentary from the podium before each piece. The New York musicians also open up the stage to local schoolchildren, encouraging them to try out the instruments, as do players in Baltimore and elsewhere. "It is wonderful to interact with the kids and to see my colleagues do something from the heart," says Baltimore flutist Mark Sparks, the main force behind his orchestra's program. And if minority audiences will not come to the symphony, the symphony will go to + them. The Los Angeles Philharmonic offers free concerts...