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Wind blasts on Neptune, Uranus may shed light on exoplanet weather
Inscrutable ice giants Neptune and Uranus have only a thin rind of windy weather over their fluid contents, a team of planetary scientists say. The research published in the journal Nature relies on decades-old data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft -- and...
Tags: NASA, University of Oxford, NASA Voyager Program, Science and Technology, University of Arizona
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Moravian College graduates
Moravian College held graduation ceremonies 10 a.m. May 11. The ceremony concludes the 271st academic year at Moravian, America's sixth-oldest college. Moravian College President Christopher M. Thomforde conferred degrees to approximately 398 bachelor...Tags: Music, Entertainment, Caitlin Rose, Easton (Fairfield, Connecticut), Whitehall
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CORRECTED-FACTBOX-Five top host countries for Americans studying abroad
Reuters(In the signoff, corrects the spelling of the reporter's name to Kathleen Kingsbury.) May 13 (Reuters) - The number of U.S. students enrolled in full-degree programs at universities outside the United States grew 4 percent to about 46,000 last year,...Tags: University of Cambridge, Career and Workplace, University of Oxford, Institute of International Education, London School of Economics
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Einstein, Kepler combine to discover Earth-like planet.
These days, it’s not just finding an exoplanet. It’s how you find that Earth-like body. Scientists using sophisticated telescopes and arrays can detect a planet revolving around a distant star by looking at radial velocity of the star (a...
Tags: NASA, Education, Tel Aviv (Israel), Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities
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NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope disabled
Planet-hunting scientists were dealt a major blow Wednesday when NASA officials announced that a crucial wheel on the Kepler space telescope had ceased to function and that the craft had been placed in safe mode. Even as NASA officials raised the...Tags: University of California, Berkeley, NASA, Science and Technology
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'Grossology' exhibit in Allentown 'like a whoopee cushion gone scientific'
Boogers, snot, puke, farts and B.O. — all things that make kids laugh and cause adults to squirm. Even the most unpleasant functions of our body are there for a reason. In "Grossology," opening May 18 at Allentown's Da Vinci Science Center, kids...
Tags: Mole (lesion), Flu, Science and Technology, Vomiting, Halitosis
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7,000 Get Degrees At UConn Over Weekend
The Hartford CourantDr. Frank Torti, the dean of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, told the soon-to-be graduates of UConn's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences on Sunday that when he was a lad of 9, his class took a field trip to the research labs of...Tags: Gampel Pavilion, University of Connecticut, Psychology, Southbury, Students
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Entitlements' unimpeded growth is a benefit to seniors
WASHINGTON (AP) — With Congress increasingly unable to resolve budget disputes, federal programs on automatic pilot are consuming ever larger amounts of government resources. The trend helps older Americans, who receive the bulk of Social Security...
Tags: NASA, Environmental Issues, Head Start, Budgets and Budgeting, Science and Technology
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A planet-hunter's ode to Kepler, inspired by W.H. Auden
Though NASA’s Kepler spacecraft isn’t dead yet, a serious malfunction aboard the space telescope may mean its days of planet hunting have come to an untimely end. "I wouldn’t call Kepler down and out just yet," John Grunsfeld, the head...Tags: NASA, Science and Technology, Hunting, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Climate change forecast to shrink habitat of common plants, animals
Reuters* More than half of all plants, a third of animals at risk-study * Rapid peak in greenhouse gas emissions could reduce impacts By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, May 13 (Reuters) - The habitats of many common plants and animals will...Tags: Environmental Issues, Australia, Global Warming, Global Change, Weather
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People on the move
Education Kevin Wagner, associate professor and director of graduate studies in Florida Atlantic University's Department of Political Science, was chosen to be an academic fellow on the study of terrorism by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Palm Beach County School District, Teachers, Sports, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Space plane arrives at NASA facility for flight testing
A white-and-black space plane, very much resembling the now-retired space shuttle, was trucked to a NASA flight center in the Mojave Desert to begin a round of testing to see if it has the right stuff to carry astronauts one day. Tucked under a white...
Tags: NASA, Satellite Technology, Rocketry, Boeing Co., Space Programs
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