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Tyson, ever the iconoclast, thinks the word planet should be retired entirely, not just stripped from Pluto. "You tell me something's a planet," he says, "then I have to ask you 20 more questions to figure out what it actually is." As an educator as well as a scientist, though, he is thrilled that the question of planethood has been opened for freewheeling public discussion. "The point," says Tyson, who is working on a book about the Pluto debacle, "is that the solar system is a lot more interesting than just a list of nine planets." And thanks...
...ripple effect. “There are certain uses [of space] that can deactivate, rather than activate, an area,” says Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design Jerold S. Kayden ’75, who has studied Harvard social space (see “The Space Scientist,” page 16). “Areas that may be deemed important are given over to inert uses.”As the Square continued to lose its character, clamors for more social space got louder. When he was still dean of the College, Harry R. Lewis...
...exhibit on climate change at the Harvard Museum of Natural History highlights the work of Harvard scientists who say that devastating hurricanes, like Katrina and Rita, may be everyday occurrences in the near future. Spearheaded by Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Daniel P. Schrag and 10 other Harvard-based scientists, the exhibit is co-sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment, of which Shrag is also the director. The exhibit, “Climate Change: Our Global Experiment,” opened its doors to the public on Oct. 1, and presents years of scientific research...
...Chinese deny having much military interest in space, insisting their zeal is almost exclusively scientific, economic and patriotic. At a technology conference late last year in Hainan province, Ouyang Ziyuan, the chief scientist for China's lunar space program, laid out the country's rationale for pursuing increasingly expensive exploration in a developing country where there are a lot of claims on public funds. "The lunar exploration project will spur high-tech development," he explained. "And I cannot calculate how much return there will be on that investment." He also spoke of the space program's appeal as a means...
Japan may not have as large a space program as might be expected given the size of its economy. However this is due not to a lack of technological prowess, but to a lack of political will and funding. Donald Yeomans, a senior research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has worked with a number of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) engineers over the years and says he's consistently impressed by what they accomplish on a small budget: "They are not simply doing the easy things. They are ambitious and challenging themselves to develop...