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Although it's our home galaxy, the Milky Way is not an easy entity to peg. Drawing a map of it has been likened to describing the town you're in when you've never ventured beyond the confines of your bedroom. In 1958, Jan Oort became the first to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Milky Way: Bigger, Faster, Better Understood | 1/6/2009 | See Source »

Black Watch is a subtler and more powerful picture of men in war. It too is a docuplay, written by Gregory Burke, from interviews with members of the Black Watch regiment--a storied Scottish fighting unit that dates back to the early 1700s. But what could have been dry and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stage Fight | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

your article incorrectly stated that regeneration recovers heat from braking. Regenerative braking converts the kinetic energy of the moving car directly into electricity using a generator. The energy is never heat in the process. The brakes work the same way a power turbine does when it converts the kinetic energy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

Your article incorrectly stated that regeneration recovers heat from braking. Regenerative braking converts the kinetic energy of the moving car directly into electricity using a generator. The energy is never heat in the process. The brakes work the same way a power turbine does when it converts the kinetic energy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

This summer has proved that the action film is where most of the talent has gone: into the technique and technology of pure moviemaking, of getting the viewer's blood racing by blowing stuff up. Handmade art is on the wane; machine art is here to stay. The gentle crafts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death Race: Worth a Test Drive | 8/24/2008 | See Source »

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