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Basically, we still ask the same questions as did the ancients. We wonder about ourselves and our environment. We inquire who we are, and from where we came. We long for an understanding of the starry points of light in the nighttime sky. We seek the origin and destiny of things. but now attempts to provide answers are aided by the experimental tools of modern technology: astronomical telescopes to improve perception of the macroscopic universe; high-energy accelerators to aid understanding of the microscopic world; automated spaceprobes to gather data unavailable on Earth; sophisticated computers to help keep pace with...
...presumably growing, this bizarre region is probably a black hole. The qualifier is needed because we are still learning how to grope in the dark, to sift through the clues contained in invisible radiation. Like the archeologist who digs through ancient rubble in search of hints about the origin and evolution of culture, the astrophysicist interprets radiation, seeking clues about the origin and evolution of galaxies, all of which may have black holes in their hearts...
...your article "Flower Power on the Plains" [Nov. 26], you claim that sunflower oil contains less cholesterol than oils made from corn or soybeans. The truth is, there's no cholesterol in any of these oils, naturally. Cholesterol occurs only in foods of animal origin...
American folk art, however humble its origin, is soaring in value as well-crafted objects like pewter pots, duck decoys, quilts and scrimshaw (erotic examples in particular) become ever scarcer. Photographs are commanding fine arts prices; an original print of Ansel Adams' Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico sold last week for a record $22,000. "We can see the day when a single photograph will fetch $100,000," says Philippe Garner, a Sotheby's photographic expert. Almost any object from the once scorned 19th century now seems as precious as Suez Canal Co. stock was in its heyday. Twenty...
...Nazis herded countless thousands of homosexuals into concentration camps. They were regarded as degenerates, polluting the purity of Aryan blood. That is the documentary origin of this gritty, powerful and compassionate drama...