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And the experiment was surprisingly inexpensive: The whole set-up only cost about $15,000 - next to nothing for a piece of groundbreaking astronomical research. "Earthshine is such a simple idea that we have known about for such a long time," says Langford, "but it makes looking at Earth as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spotting Distant Worlds from the Backyard | 4/19/2009 | See Source »

The fact that organisms can survive in extreme - seemingly lethal - conditions is nothing new. Researchers have found creatures living at boiling vents on the floor of the ocean, in desert sands that virtually never see water; fossilized remains of microorganisms have even been found inside of rocks. Antarctic life, however...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Organism Survives Antarctica, and Maybe Mars | 4/18/2009 | See Source »

Finally, Harvard should cut its wasteful internal public relations division. The Harvard Gazette and the other fluff put out by the Harvard Office of Communications, like The Yard, ought to be axed on both financial and environmental grounds. The publications and their staffs cost a few million dollars each year...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani | Title: Budget Cutting for Dummies | 4/18/2009 | See Source »

And in one sense, Sunde is right. Entertainment firms have no choice but to go after services that contribute to copyright infringement; doing nothing would send out the wrong message entirely. But those companies also know that legal action alone isn't going to strangle piracy. "The end of this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pirate Bay Guilty of Breaching Copyrights | 4/17/2009 | See Source »

This cynicism focused on what was seen as a lack of any concrete measures from Obama despite his declaring a "new era in U.S.-Mexico relations" and saying he will stand shoulder-to-shoulder against the drug cartels. Particularly telling was Obama's admission that he will struggle to deliver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama in Mexico: No Hero's Welcome | 4/17/2009 | See Source »

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