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Imprecise measurement has long crippled efforts to find Earth-like planets that may represent scientists’ best hope at finding extraterrestrial life, but Harvard scientists say a new laser-based measuring tool could bring the universe into sharper focus. The astro-comb allows astronomers to discover Earth-size planets, which are most likely to support extraterrestrial life because larger planets tend to be entirely gaseous and inhospitable to organisms like those on Earth. The laser provides a way to measure the near-imperceptible changes in a star’s light that are induced by orbiting planets. Planet gravity...
...environment issue two years ago, we declared that the debate on climate change was over and that the verdict was in: the world is irrefutably warming. Last year we showed how we all have a role in saving the planet, devoting our issue to 51 things that you can do to help alleviate climate change. This year, in an agenda-setting piece by Bryan Walsh, we roll up everything into one megaproposal, a kind of 21st century Manhattan Project, using carbon-trading, alternative energy and an efficiency surge to get the most out of every kilowatt we produce--all with...
...sponsoring a campaign called Remix to promote the recycling of our magazines. These efforts have been led by Time Inc. CEO Ann Moore and engineered by David Refkin, our director of sustainable development. We are also pleased to work with CNN's award-winning Planet in Peril series and Anderson Cooper 360 in our reporting on the environment...
...stint as Tokyo bureau chief, he moved to the U.S. in 2007. His experience in Asia has made him particularly sensitive to the need to balance environmentalism with economic growth. Bryan's piece is our call to arms to make this challenge--perhaps the most important one facing the planet--a true national priority...
...apartment building], and we’re all in this together, so you have to be nice to everyone. Oh, not her, though, we all hate her.”) Posey and Ambrose may not have made the most believable pair of sisters on the planet, but their chemistry was still engaging, and the supporting actors did a good job with what little they were given. In short, “Jezebel James” was the classic example of a new show: conflicted, imperfect, promising, trying to find its voice.That voice, however, will never be heard. Considering...