Word: outerness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their experiment duplicates the conditions on Jupiter, they reason, the Jovian atmosphere may consist largely of red dye material. Because of white clouds of frozen ammonia crystals at the outer fringes of the atmosphere, the red atmosphere is largely invisible from above. But below the red spot, some scientists believe, there might be a giant meteor crater in the solid hydrogen surface of the planet. This crater, the NASA researchers suggest, may form a great vortex in the atmosphere that swirls the red-hued dye up through the cloud cover, thus creating Jupiter's distinctive red spot...
Russia and China are exchanging ultimatums. The world is on the brink of a nuclear Armageddon. Then Scientist Maximilian Gaby's radio telescope picks up a message from outer space. It reveals that a highly intelligent race exists on an earthlike planet circling Cassiopeia 3579, a star some 30 light-years away. What's more, the folks up yonder are eager to communicate...
...verve and humor that Disney might have admired. Their short subjects (four minutes maximum) range from settings of favorite nursery rhymes to imaginative moralistic fables like The Amazing Colossal Man, written and produced by a dozen workshoppers. In this no-nonsense parable, suspicious earthlings annihilate a peace envoy from outer space...
...quick transit to the area. "We try to act within the first 24 to 72 hours," he says, realizing that the major diplomatic impact-not to mention the humanitarian aspects-of his coordinating function depends on speed in time of crisis. At that, some countries (including Algeria and Outer Mongolia) have chosen to reject American disaster aid out of ideological false pride...
Lucy & Fred. Sagan's views are in the minority, but on one point most educators agree: Video Boy is becoming a sort of peewee pundit. He knows, for example, the finer points of docking in outer space, can distinguish Bach from Bartok, and is a storehouse of such miscellany as the fact that whales' backs get sunburned and peel. When he enters school, his vocabulary will be at least one year ahead of the pre-TV child. On the nursery-type show Romper Room, a teacher once asked her toddlers if anyone could think of a word beginning...