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Meanwhile, the Mars Science Laboratory is scheduled to leave Earth in the fall of 2009 and land on Mars in the summer of 2010. According to Joy A. Crisp, a Mars Science Laboratory scientist, it has capabilities that Spirit and Opportunity did not have, like the ability to analyze drilled powders from rocks for organic compounds...
...human endeavors requires a minimum of 10 years' experience. The 10-year rule was posited as long ago as 1899, when Psychological Review ran a paper saying it takes at least that long to become expert in telegraphy. The modern study of expert performance began in 1973, when American Scientist published an influential article by researchers Herbert Simon and William Chase saying chess enthusiasts had to play for at least 10 years before they could win international tournaments. (Bobby Fischer was an exception; he played for nine years before becoming a grand master...
...Unequipped with wicking feathers or insulating fur, we humans have no choice but to turn to manufactures to keep us dry. But in doing so, we’ve developed a device whose idiocy and clumsiness outstrips any of the chilly miseries of rain: the umbrella. The scientist Robert Oppenheimer, on witnessing the destructive power of the atomic bomb he had a hand in inventing, uttered in shock, “I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” One wonders whether Samuel Fox, creator of the modern steel-ribbed umbrella, said anything similar...
Texas has one of the longest - 10 days this year - early voting periods in the country; and the turnout tends to a follow a familiar pattern, says Rice University political scientist and pollster Bob Stein. It's heavy for the first three days and the last three. With the caveat that this year's election is breaking familiar patterns (particularly the magnitude of the numbers voting), Stein says that it will likely benefit Clinton initially. "I expect Clinton would benefit from 'early' early voting only because her polling numbers were higher before the campaign came to Texas," Stein said. "Since...
Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti will step down as dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) in September after a decade at the helm, the University announced on Friday. Venky, as the scientist is universally known, was one of the longest-serving deans at Harvard, overseeing the transition of the Division of Engineering and Applied Science (DEAS) into its own school last fall, a move he and other University officials billed as a sign of Harvard’s heightened commitment to the applied sciences.“You cannot do great science unless...