Word: detective
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...remain operative under these harsh conditions, the probes are outfitted with, among other things, tough heat-resistant diamond and sapphire windows through which their instruments should be able to peer with impunity. What they detect will provide a trove of important new information about Venus' atmosphere. By learning more about the meteorology of this kindred yet vastly different planet, scientists may gain new insights into terrestrial climate and weather...
Reaching out to the edges of the known universe (10 billion light years), the observatory's x-ray telescope will be able to detect and study radiat resources at thousand times faint than those observed previously. Riccardo Giacconi, professor of Astronomy and director of the new satellite (dubbed the "Einstein Observatory"), said last week...
While he could not detect the growth factor in any one of several infant formulas tested, Klagsbrun said it may have been present in low levels because "in the laboratory we used small samples...
...first noticed the unexpected background static picked up by their antenna, they considered a number of causes, including the effect of what the German-born Penzias whimsically called "a white dielectric material"-pigeon droppings -in their antenna. But soon they learned from a Princeton group that was trying to detect evidence of the Big Bang that the radiation picked up by their antenna was of far greater significance: its temperature was remarkably close to what scientists had been predicting for radiation left over from the primordial fireball. In theory, this radiation should be equivalent to what would be emitted...
...experienced observer--and here, dear boy, I must modestly point to myself--can quite easily detect the false note, and I can assure you that there are no false notes here tonight. Everyone is completely convinced that your uncle is going to be re-elected. I can tell you that if there were the slightest doubt of the outcome tonight, this room and the sidewalk outside would not be crawling with people. Oh, the faithful would report, to be sure; they always do. But the scavengers--and they are rather more numerous, dear boy, than you might think--would...