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...Charbonneau searches for extrasolar planets by looking for signs of planets crossing in front of stars outside our solar system. Through a series of NASA-funded telescopes located in southern California that monitor 10,000 stars at a time, Charbonneau and his researchers scour the data, measuring the brightness of the stars. If a star is dark, it could be due to an eclipse from a planet in orbit around...
...part will be supplying them with fresh, clean and safe vegetables and fruit through a sophisticated supply chain that links farms and consumers, country and cities. It's here that the real revolution lies. At the moment, India has one of the most fragmented produce-supply chains on the planet. Industry experts estimate more than 30% of all fresh produce is lost or spoils before it reaches the market. On average, goods pass through six or seven middlemen before a consumer can buy it, resulting in tortuous journeys, big markups and poor quality. Replacing that system requires not just building...
LAWRENCE KRAUSS, a Case Western Reserve University physicist, in a sarcastic appraisal of Kentucky's new Creation Museum, which presents the Bible's version of Earth's history--that the planet was created in a single week just a few thousand years ago. The museum opened on May 28 as protesters rallied outside...
What evidence would convince you that global warming is a serious threat to the planet? -Jeff Young, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIAI have no doubt that global warming exists. I just question the cause and what we can do to ameliorate it. But I wonder why the Sierra Club isn't going crazy about the environmental aspects of massive immigration into the U.S. The fact is, Americans consume more energy than anyone else, so if a person moves here from another country, they automatically become bigger polluters...
...said of Morgan’s possible arrival. “First, because she has unique gifts to bring to the academy, and she is probably the leading scholar of hip hop and of the collecting and history of hip hop music which has influenced the entire planet.” Morgan’s return would also mean the rehiring of her husband Lawrence D. Bobo, who directs Stanford’s Af-Am program and its Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity. Bobo could also not be reached for comment yesterday. After Morgan was denied tenure...