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Doctors have long known that ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun produces profound changes in human skin. "Even one day's exposure can cause damage," says Dermatologist Fred Urbach of Temple University in Philadelphia. The most insidious rays are the short wavelength UVB, which prevail during the peak sun hours (between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.). But new research has shown that even longer UVA waves, which are present all day, can promote skin cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bring Back The Parasol | 5/30/1983 | See Source »

...under construction in Europe and scheduled to for its first voyage in 1983, the Spacelab will observe the extremely high-energy wavelength and particle radiations in space and investigate whether the energy of the sun is subject to short or long-term variations...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: Harvard Project in Shuttle's Spacelab Aims to Smooth Adaptations to Space | 4/8/1981 | See Source »

Combine the Army and Air Force, and rename the new division the AFC. Lump the Marines and the Navy into the NFC. Have them play football all year--not the European kind, if you're on my wavelength...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: On Sports and Politics | 7/11/1980 | See Source »

...whole is not on this wavelength totally. There are differences of opinion within the union. I happen to be strongly in favor of moving in this direction, and therefore have taken the lead in the GM section of the union...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg and William A. Schwartz, S | Title: UAW: Loosening the Chains | 2/21/1979 | See Source »

...Morrison: Wavelength (Warner Bros.). "Lost dreams and found dreams in America": another album of Morrison magic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: YEAR'S BEST | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

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