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...This, Mr. Vaupel, is a very useful coin.’”In addition to his teaching, Mosteller was an accomplished researcher and writer. He published over 60 books and 300 papers during his lifetime.Some of his most prominent research includes the Tennessee class size experiment, which studied the effects on students randomized into small and large classes. This experiment showed that small classes enhanced learning, and that the beneficial skills students acquired in small classes continued to be seen even after they returned to large classes. The results of this experiment “reportedly helped spur...
...early 90s, USA Basketball, the sport's governing body, would cobble together a group of big-name NBA standouts, give them a few days to practice, and expect gold at the Worlds and Olympics. The rest of the world, whose players often compete together since they've worn size 2s, is now too advanced for such slipshod organization...
...exploit vulnerabilities in airport security, but new technology may help patch those holes. In recent months, the Transportation Security Administration has begun testing a new tool for detecting such materials, security industry sources tell TIME. The device, Ahura's FirstDefender, is a handheld chemical identification system about the size of a hardcover book. The FBI, U.S. Customs and Immigration and the Department of Homeland Security have already begun using the gadget to detect and identify chemical hazards, but it hasn't yet been implemented in airports. The TSA recently deployed two $160,000 explosives detection machines for Chicago's Midway...
...waterproof and shockproof device has already been used by hazmat teams in New York and Washington and in military operations, and Ahura has plans to develop an even smaller, cell-phone-size implement. How does the technology work? Explosive liquids tend to have strong chemical signatures, which the device can read, even through bottles or other containers. The technique employed, called Raman spectroscopy, uses a laser for optical analysis. After shining a light on a substance, liquid or solid, the device analyzes the optical characteristics of the scattered light that reflects back. "You can read the substance...
...comics shops to mainstream booksellers. "Tokyopop created what is known as the authentic Japanese manga," says Reid. Tokyopop insisted the books read from back to front so as not to compromise the original artwork and spelled Japanese sound effects phonetically. It changed the books' dimensions to mass-market paperback size (about 200 pages) but stuck to a $10 price--about an hour's worth of babysitting...