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...space. Named after the great 18th century British astronomer William Herschel, it will search a vast array of galaxies collecting radiation that emits from protostars, the dust clouds that contract to form stars and galaxies. Unlike Hubble, which is tuned to visible light, Herschel will go after much longer wavelength radiation in the far-infrared and sub-millimeter range. By allowing astronomers to study objects in space not visible in other wavelengths, it should record the formation of protostars for the first time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Telescopes to Measure the Big Bang | 5/14/2009 | See Source »

...Weird freaky twin things, let me think. Because we spend so much time together, we’re very much on the same wavelength. We finish each other’s sentences all the time. Sometimes we can complete a conversation as seamlessly as if you’re talking to one person. But there?...

Author: By Sarah B. Schechter, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Cameron Winklevoss ’04 | 10/1/2008 | See Source »

Steve Roush, chief of sport performance for the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), admits there's no real excuse for the America's dismal Olympic handball record, which is 4 wins, 26 losses, 1 tie and yet another seat on the bench in '08. "I'm absolutely on the same wavelength," says Roush. "There's an athlete pool out there we can tap into to be successful. We have struggled for decades to figure out a formula...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, America, What About Handball? | 8/14/2008 | See Source »

...their wavelength, the functioning world is the one operating on false values. In Step Brothers that world is represented by Brennan's brother Derek (Adam Scott), a preener and underminer whose sabotaging of a Brennan musical performance back in high school was our hero's defining trauma. Now Derek has a couple of kids so impeccable, they hardly appear in the movie, and a wife, Alice (Kathryn Hahn), whose cooped-up loathing of Derek propels her into the loins of a very surprised Dale. But Derek is just here as the villain, and Alice to wean Dale out of babyhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Step Brothers: "Oh, Grow Up!" "Never!" | 7/24/2008 | See Source »

...with a sledgehammer-type blow. SDI scientists have been exploring the merits of deploying several types of laser weapons in space. Chemical lasers, generated by the reaction of gases such as hydrogen and fluorine, are now considered too unwieldy for space deployment. When they are ground based, their long-wavelength beam would be too ineffective to penetrate the atmosphere and make a missile kill. Today the hottest option is the free- electron laser, generated by the action of electromagnetic fields on electrons. Although it might also be too big to lift into orbit, this laser has a shorter wavelength, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCIENTIFIC HURDLES | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

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