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In describing her profession, the dean of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health cites Adam Smith, the dean of private property: “He said the role of government is to create the public good that we can only create together, in which everybody gains but nobody profits. Dr. Fried discusses her person - Ed Eckenfels - her place - Illinois Aikido Club - her thing - Michelangelo’s Atlas Slave.
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This young astronomer studied astrophysics and folklore and now researches places in our galaxy where livable planets are most likely to form. She’s as rational as the next astrophysicist but acknowledges an early enthusiasm: “I spent way too long, countless hours as a child, trying to move things with my mind, or control fire or the weather.” The making of a scientist.
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Strange Universe With Bob Berman
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Strange Universe With Bob Berman
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Strange Universe With Bob Berman
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Strange Universe With Bob BermanWant to experience the kind of cosmic panorama seen under the opening credits of “Star Wars?” You're at the right place at the right time. On Sunday at nightfall, we will be aimed toward the most concentrated part of our galaxy. During the first few hours of darkness, the Milky Way will neatly split the sky from north to south and pass directly overhead.
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Fresh off the first powered flight on another world, NASA's Mars 2020 mission has managed another key first that could pave the way for future astronauts.
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The tiny helicopter took off and hovered briefly — the first such flight on another planet. The Perseverance rover kept tabs on the mission from a viewing point about 60 yards away.
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An international team has put human cells into monkey embryos in hopes of finding new ways to produce organs for transplantation. But some ethicists still worry about how such research could go wrong.
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Harold McGee writes about the science of food and cooking. He is the author of the award-winning classic "On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the…
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NASA is counting down to what should be the final major test of the massive rocket it is building to put the first woman and the next man on the moon.
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NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is scheduled to land on Mars shortly before 4 p.m. Eastern Time today. Back in July the rover blasted off from Cape…
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Perseverance landed safely on the red planet on Thursday, immediately getting to work with a first photo of the rover's "forever home."
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The UAE probe arrives at Mars on Tuesday, Feb 9. Its purpose is to both study the weather on Mars as well as inspire the next generation of that country's scientists and engineers.
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Mountains on Pluto look strikingly similar to white-capped peaks on Earth, but these cold, alien mountains got whitened in a completely different way.