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Machines cannot perform all functions an astronaut can, shuttle proponents note. And the future space station program may yield untold benefits, they argue...
...costly. At present, the treatment calls for four to five weeks of hospitalization, a squadron of technicians for each patient and specialized lab facilities, all of which add up to a cost of tens of thousands of dollars for a single treatment. "Most hospitals would find it impossible to perform this procedure," he said. "There are a lot of problems to be worked...
Like dancers in an intricately choreographed ballet, each craft will perform a variety of tasks, complementing and aiding one another every thrust of the way. Japan's two probes, Sakigake (Pioneer) and Suisei (Comet), between them will study the solar wind and examine the hydrogen cloud surrounding the comet. The Soviet Union's Vega 1 and Vega 2 will analyze the abundant dust motes and charged gases that envelop the comet's nucleus. Most remarkable of all, data and pictures from the Vega twins will enable European scientists to chart Halley's course precisely enough to allow their probe, Giotto...
MARCIA GREEN, HEATHER JOHNSTON and INGER TUDOR (from left to right) perform in For Colored Girls..., a compelling and touching adaptation of Shange's intimate story of Black women surviving in the modern day. The drama-musical is the first production this year by Black C.A.S.T. and is a stong step forward for Bradford, who has shown great ability and creativity in all of his productions either at the Leverett House Old Library or the Loeb Mainstage. As with most musical productions at Harvard there are some weak voices and weak coreography, but the play comes out ahead...
Poggio and his student proteges at MIT's artificial intelligence (A.I.) lab are in the process of building a machine which may someday be able to perform all the functions of a human eye: detecting the position, motion, shape and texture of almost any object...