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Citizen science - "the involvement of nonprofessionals in the scientific process," according to University of Oxford astronomer Chris Lintott, one of Galaxy Zoo's founders - is not a new concept. Distributed-computing projects like SETI@home, which hunts for radio signals that might indicate intelligent life in the universe, and ClimatePrediction.net, which tests the accuracy of global climate models, have long tapped volunteers' home computers to help process data. The difference between these projects and Galaxy Zoo - and its inspiration, Stardust@home, which asks volunteers to search electron-microscope images for interstellar dust particles collected in space - is that the latter...
...during the flight, "to make him understand that in this second term there are things he has to do." Among the issues on the table: government corruption, continued narcotrafficking, the reintegration of former Taliban insurgents into Afghan society and Karzai's appointments of "key government officials." (See pictures of life in the Afghan National Army...
...briefing during the flight to Afghanistan, National Security Advisor James Jones did not answer directly, though he said that there had been improvements in the relationship. "He is our partner," Jones said. "We are seeing encouraging signs that things are moving in a positive direction." (See pictures of life in the Afghan National Army...
According Student Life Committee Chair Senan Ebrahim ’12, the tool attracted over 400 hits the day of its release on Tuesday and received positive feedback from student groups, including the Chinese Student Association, the Harvard Opportunes, and the Harvard Black Student Association...
...Palestinian state, according to prominent Jerusalem lawyer and peace activist Daniel Seidemann. "The window is closing fast," he says. "The Obama Administration hasn't blinked yet. If they do, they can pick another regional conflict to solve, because they are not going to solve this one." (See pictures of life in the West Bank settlements...