Thursday, February 27, 2014
From Kepler Data, Astronomers Find Galaxy Filled With More but Smaller Worlds - NYTimes.com
From Kepler Data, Astronomers Find Galaxy Filled With More but Smaller Worlds - NYTimes.com: "The result is a deluge of small planets that has tipped the cosmic balance from the giant Jupiter-size worlds that were the earliest discovered to smaller, friendlier worlds. “Small planets from the size of Neptune to Earth make up the majority of the planets in the galaxy,” said Douglas Hudgins, exoplanet program scientist at NASA headquarters."
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The Archaeology of the Stars - NYTimes.com
The Archaeology of the Stars - NYTimes.com:
"Four years ago, Anna Frebel, a young astronomer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, found an ancient star in a neighboring galaxy whose chemical composition proved nearly identical to some unusual stars on the outskirts of our own galaxy, which are older than the Milky Way itself."
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"Four years ago, Anna Frebel, a young astronomer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, found an ancient star in a neighboring galaxy whose chemical composition proved nearly identical to some unusual stars on the outskirts of our own galaxy, which are older than the Milky Way itself."
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Saturday, February 8, 2014
Whose Garbage Is This Anyway? - NYTimes.com
Whose Garbage Is This Anyway? - NYTimes.com:
"Everyone would win, which is why Bromberg suggests that Secretary of State John Kerry take Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on an eco-tour to see “the seeping time bomb that’s ticking underneath both of them.” It, too, will explode if they don’t forge a deal that enables them to live apart, but in a framework that also enables them to work together to protect the water, soil and air that they will always have in common and can only be preserved by acting in common."
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"Everyone would win, which is why Bromberg suggests that Secretary of State John Kerry take Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on an eco-tour to see “the seeping time bomb that’s ticking underneath both of them.” It, too, will explode if they don’t forge a deal that enables them to live apart, but in a framework that also enables them to work together to protect the water, soil and air that they will always have in common and can only be preserved by acting in common."
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Muchelney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muchelney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
"On 24 January 2014, in light of the continued flooded extent of the Somerset levels and forecast new rainfall, both Somerset County Council and Sedgemoor District Council declared a major incident. At this time, the village had been cut-off by flood water for almost a month.[9]"
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"On 24 January 2014, in light of the continued flooded extent of the Somerset levels and forecast new rainfall, both Somerset County Council and Sedgemoor District Council declared a major incident. At this time, the village had been cut-off by flood water for almost a month.[9]"
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