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...Though their roots are in Persia and Arabia, the stories of Amir Hamza blossomed most fully on the Indian subcontinent - a crossroads of religions, languages and narrative styles. "When it entered India, the sky was clearly the limit," says Muhammad Memon, professor of literature and Islamic studies at the University of Wisconsin. The richness of India's modes of cultural expression - particularly its blending of Sufi Islam and the mythological repertoire of the older strains of Hinduism - prompted opulent embellishments of the epic, deepening its playful world of myriad magical creatures and warlords riding rhinoceroses...
...team are now building GCMS units to test for drugs in breath samples, bladder cancer in urine samples, pollutants in reservoir water, and more. And Pillinger? He's cut back on work since being diagnosed in 2005 with progressive multiple sclerosis. But his eyes have never left the sky. "I still want to be the person who finds life on Mars," he says. Until then, he's satisfied by the prospect of saving lives on earth...
...type of dim red star known as an M-dwarf, only about a hundredth as bright as the sun. During the 1990s, sky surveys revealed that these puny stars are as thick as ants at a picnic, accounting for up to 70% of all the stars in the Milky Way. Because an M-dwarf is so faint, its habitable zone is much smaller, so any planet that falls within that zone would be much closer to it than Earth is to the sun. And that, says Harvard astronomer David Charbonneau, gives planet hunters a huge advantage. "Basically," he says...
...great news for the cadre of U.S. business travelers who can pay extra to fly what many consider the world's best airline. But it's a blow to the likes of American Airlines, Delta and United. How will they compete with Singapore's government-owned cocoons in the sky...
...airline's goal is to make you forget you're flying at all. In business class, the seats not only are generous but also transform into the longest and widest lie-flat beds in the sky (with privacy screens for protection from nosy neighbors). Each passenger gets an on-demand entertainment system (no more waiting for your film choice to begin). Unlike other airlines, SIA almost never debases the value of its upper-class seats by granting free bump-ups, even to its frequent flyers...