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Still, even these planetary finds are unlikely to be exact copies of Earth, and for a very simple reason. Kepler spots faraway planets by watching them transit, or pass in front of, their stars, blocking out a little bit of light and making the star slightly dimmer. The five planets just announced orbit very close to their suns, which is the reason they're so ridiculously hot. That proximity also means they move very fast, completing three or even more transits in the first round of observations - which is just the kind of data stream the Kepler team prefers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five New Planets: The Kepler Telescope's on a Roll | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

...through millions of years of natural selection. But Bygren and other scientists have now amassed historical evidence suggesting that powerful environmental conditions (near death from starvation, for instance) can somehow leave an imprint on the genetic material in eggs and sperm. These genetic imprints can short-circuit evolution and pass along new traits in a single generation. (See TIME's photo-essay on Charles Darwin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Your DNA Isn't Your Destiny | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

...Sisson to lose weight. She'd feel better, be healthier and fit into that skirt she wore 20 years ago before she became obese. She knows all this, and yet there may be only one incentive powerful enough to get the 49-year-old resident of Gaithersburg, Md., to pass on the delicious steaks her husband cooks. The motivator? Cold, hard cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Weight-Loss Plan: Getting Paid to Shed Pounds | 1/4/2010 | See Source »

After Hilary Knight tallied a goal, Cahow took a pass from Jocelyne Lamoreux and extended the Olympians’ advantage...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff | Title: SPORTS BRIEF: Harvard Skaters Past and Present Shine in All-Star Matchup | 1/4/2010 | See Source »

...Instantly, a second passenger, Jasper Schuringa, a Dutch video producer sitting two seats behind Ghonda, leaped up, hopscotched across the middle section of seats and threw himself on top of the bomber, shouting at his fellow passengers to pass water bottles and blankets his way. Other passengers screamed; some ran to other cabins. "I don't want to die! I want out!" yelled one. Two flight attendants, alarmed by the smell of smoke, rushed past the dozens of passengers out of their seats to find fire extinguishers. They doused Abdulmutallab and Schuringa as well as the burning seat, the floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What We Can Learn from Flight 253 | 12/30/2009 | See Source »

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