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...clues that tipped the team off to the unusual double nature of the explosion, named Supernova 2006gz, was a large quantity of carbon that they detected. Computer models predict high carbon levels when two white dwarfs merge. “Maybe this is a kind of fluffy mess where the white dwarfs have merged,” Kirshner said. To observe supernovae, astronomers analyze spectra from a computerized telescope, rather than observing the explosions directly. Harvard graduate student Malcolm S. Hicken, who led the study, said that the explosion was also extremely luminous for an unusually long time...
...supervisor of the county that includes Tampa. But since then, while he still believes the "DRE system itself" is sound, he acknowledges the system's margin for "the human error factor" has proven great enough to cause the new inertia. "There's not a lot you can do to mess up with optical scanning," says Browning. "We believe we're doing the right thing in Florida...
...than $2 billion in assets, was forced in August to liquidate its Basis Yield Alpha Fund, which had previously been one of Australia's best-rated hedge funds. Numerous quant funds, which use computerized analysis to make investment decisions, posted big losses as stock markets reeled from the subprime mess...
...fallout from the summer's subprime mess may go beyond unwanted government attention, however. Hedge funds posted losses averaging 1.32% in August, according to HFR data, a setback that appears to have at least temporarily dented the confidence of the big banks, insurance companies and pension funds that are the main hedge-fund investors. The flow of new money into the industry, which had gushed all year, fell sharply, by more than a fifth, in the third quarter. It was as if investors, spoiled by years of strong profits, took a step back to reconsider their situation. "Most likely...
...Peven Stinker.13. FM: Your participation in the Latke v. Hamantaschen debate with Professor Dershowitz was particularly funny, but all joking aside, do you think you could you take him down in a fist fight?SP: He’s a street kid from Brooklyn. I wouldn’t mess with him.14. FM: Two of your books are about language and two are about human nature. Your latest book combines the two—what’s next?SP: My next book is going be on the decline of violence and its implications. The phenomenon that people are unaware...