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Like almost all extrasolar planets, the new world is too small and distant to be spotted by telescope. Instead, it was discovered by measuring the tiny wobbles its gravity imposes on the motion of its parent star.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Discovering Planets Just Got Easier | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

Tough talk, but Pahamin has a long way to go. As Malaysia's top trademark watchdog since 1998, he has seen the country become one of Asia's biggest centers of piracy for all kinds of digital wares. Just three days after last year's blockbuster Star Wars: Episode 1...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Digital Underground | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

Reporters also spotted at least four Porsches across campus. Various attempts to figure out who owned them were unsuccessful. Chemistry professor Stuart L. Schreiber, the subject of a 1994 Crimson profile that featured his Porsche, would not comment for this article.

Author: By Maxwell L. Child, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Harvard Showroom Is Open | 11/13/2007 | See Source »

True, the book - like the museum's public exhibits - represents a tiny fraction of the vast trove that Alexander Macleay and his son and nephew amassed in a century of obsessive collecting. But it will, Stacey hopes, give readers the kind of thrill she felt when she began opening the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great and Small | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

Before he was nabbed last year, Provenzano lasted a decade as Italy's most-wanted fugitive. He was so sure of his standing as the Mafia's unrivaled leader that he could severely limit his movements; his whereabouts were only verified when cops spotted him sticking his hand out of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Decapitation: Mafia Adaptation | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

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