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...University and the University of Colorado, Boulder, developed a computer program that would simulate such a cosmic crack-up and let the scientists watch it play out. As the investigators predicted, the planet--roughly half the size of Earth--was annihilated by the collision, surrounding Earth with a Saturnesque ring of rubble that coalesced into a sphere. "We expected this," says Robin Canup, a Colorado research associate involved in the study. "It was no surprise that a moon formed...
What was a surprise was what else formed. In nine of the 27 trials, the computer impact produced not just one lunar satellite but a pair of them. "If the ring took shape far enough from Earth," says Canup, "the debris separated, creating an inner moon and a second, outer...
...Diana is wholly unwarranted and will confirm the declining state of our society's values. We look up to celebrities and entertainers rather than to teachers, nurses and others who work hard for the public good every day in unglamorous settings. One example of our skewed values: the diamond ring Dodi Fayed gave Princess Diana cost $205,400; the Nobel Peace Prize awarded Mother Teresa was worth $190,000. HOWARD M. LIEBMAN Brussels...
Actual residents of the area may have a different perspective, but as far as much of the rest of the country is concerned, Chapel Hill was too busy truckin' along to grab the brass ring. Scene pioneers Superchunk might shift 30,000 units now instead of 3,000, but in return they have become small fish in a pond where A&R sharks actually say things like "shifting major units."(Yes, Kurt Cobain wrote a song about this. Move along...
...guns, holding that selective denial of purchase and possession can reduce the risk of criminal activity by 20% to 30%. Still, he does not want his program to be adversarial. "We consider ourselves researchers, not advocates," he insists, moving away from the more strident position reflected in Ring of Fire. "We want to help policymakers make informed and effective decisions on ways of reducing rates of firearms violence without impinging significantly on the legitimate role of firearms in our society...