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...much cooler than Sun-like stars, so their habitable zones are close-in. A planet in the Goldilocks position around an M-dwarf doesn't take a year to orbit, as Earth does; it takes only a few days (1.6 days, in the case of GJ 1214b). So astronomers need to wait only a few days to spot a planet passing by, and only a few weeks to confirm the orbit with several passes. (See pictures of different nations' space programs...
...dwarfs are so small, moreover, that an Earth-size planet casts a relatively big silhouette as it passes in front of it, making the telltale dimming of starlight easy to spot. It's so easy, in fact, that Charbonneau didn't even need a giant telescope to see it. Instead, he got away with the kind of scope a serious backyard amateur might use. In other words, says Charbonneau, "we did it on the cheap...
...abortions were sometimes safe, low-income women would almost certainly not have had access to potentially safer abortions that their higher-income counterparts might have chosen. Is Mr. Lewine really trying to argue that simply because illegal activities in developed countries are relatively safe, we don’t need to worry about making a medical procedure accessible legally? Whether abortions are legal or illegal, low-income women will NOT have access to safe abortions unless the federal government makes a commitment to help them...
...school has evolved into a coeducational K-12 school, said to be the largest of its kind in the world, serving children from low-income families, particularly those in social need, which the school defines as coming from families afflicted with addiction, mental or physical illness, or incarceration. The majority of students on the 2,600-acre (1,000 hectare) campus are from Pennsylvania, although it accepts students nationwide...
...worship; equally, Muslim community leaders have grown more alert for any radical preaching. As a result, terrorist groups seeking American recruits now tend to propagandize mainly online. This also means that relatively wealthy Muslims are much more likely than poorer ones to be exposed to extremist views. "You need a computer, an Internet connection - poor Muslims don't have that kind of access," says Stewart...