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They also did it fast. "We thought it would take us two years to find something like GJ 1214b," says Charbonneau. "It took just six months. Either we got really lucky, or these planets are common." If they are, then it wouldn't be surprising for astronomers to find planets...
The Game in 2007 marked Ho’s breakout performance as an athlete, when the then-sophomore led the Harvard team to a surprising 37-6 victory. While a foot injury suffered during a scrimmage earlier this fall has ended Ho’s college football career, the economics...
Update: According to the most recent CDC estimates, released by health officials Thursday, about 10,000 Americans have died from H1N1 and 50 million - or one-sixth of the population - have been infected. The CDC says also that about 200,000 people have been sick enough to require hospitalization, and...
Putin's answer was hardly surprising. In 2008, with the constitution barring him from running for a third four-year term, Putin stepped down as President, chose ally Dmitri Medvedev as a successor and then took the post of Prime Minister for himself. Widely regarded as a placeholder President, Medvedev...
And even if Zuma were to keep surprising, circumstances are against him. He came to power just as South Africa entered its first recession since the end of apartheid in 1994, cutting tax revenues and spending plans. But his supporters in the labor unions are in no mood to cut...