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Researchers from other disciplines have begun approaching the Galaxy Zoo team for help sorting their own masses of information. With Galaxy Zoo's assistance, the Royal Observatory Greenwich just launched Solar Stormwatch, which asks volunteers to track solar explosions captured on video by NASA's STEREO spacecraft. The idea is eventually to be able to predict these flare-ups, which interfere with satellites and endanger astronauts. Another project will task volunteers with translating the famous Oxyrhynchus Papyri, a cache of 50,000 Ptolemaic-era manuscript fragments from Egypt. Yet another will analyze footage of the New Caledonian crow...
...whirlwind trip that had begun in utmost secrecy: White House guidance released Friday placed Obama at Camp David until late Sunday afternoon. But on Saturday evening, the President traveled by helicopter to a closed hangar at Andrews Air Force Base, where Air Force One had been loaded with enough fuel for the 12 hour, 46 min. flight. The president's plane took off at 10:09 p.m., with the blinds drawn so as not to alert nearby residents...
...Chaudhry had in 2007 begun to investigate the issue of Pakistanis alleged to have disappeared into secret custody before he was deposed by Musharraf, and had ordered members of the security forces to produce several of the missing in court. Now, some media commentators are suggesting that Chaudhry is retreating from that fight. Chaudhry's supporters deny the claim, and say that the court will not shy away from prosecuting any security officials who have broken...
...Clinical component of the building will house the Law School’s fast-growing clinical program, student organizations, and journals. In the past, most student groups met in the basements of different buildings, and clinics were spread all over campus and Harvard Square, where the Law School had begun to rent space to accommodate the programs...
...protest came in the wake of HUCTW’s announcement that it has begun its eighth round of contract negotiations with the University. To mark the beginning of negotiations, the union released a letter which emphasized the generally amicable relationship between Harvard and the union...