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Supporters of what has come to be called "phased deployment" -- meaning putting in place a simple system of smart rocks as a prelude to a more advanced system -- base their optimism on the success of last year's Delta 180 demonstration; in this experiment, a space vehicle launched on a...
In recent years the nation has been conducting what amounts to an ad hoc experiment in discouraging welfare applicants. Under Reagan Administration prodding, states have tightened eligibility rules. Partly as a result, the number of AFDC families peaked at 3.9 million in 1981 and has declined slightly since. Benefit increases...
The most important difference between the old hall and the new, however, is likely to be the way performers adapt. The old hall flattered them and to some extent disguised technical deficiencies, particularly in intonation. In the new Carnegie, performers will have to experiment with seating arrangements and stage positions...
A newly published book may further tarnish the image of the loftily motivated scientist. Nobel Dreams: Power, Deceit and the Ultimate Experiment (Random House) provides a rare inside look at particle physics, a field increasingly dependent on huge and expensive machines -- and on scientists who are as adept at fund...
Some of Taubes' allegations: in 1964, at a CERN seminar, Rubbia presented experimental results that two of his co-experimenters claim did not exist. "We were looking for an effect that we didn't find," explained Rubbia's colleague. "And yet Carlo gave a seminar. I don't know where he got the numbers from. I guess he must have invented them." Those numbers were never < published. In the early 1970s, Rubbia championed a conclusion erroneously drawn from an experiment to measure the probability of particle collisions in an accelerator. Other CERN researchers arrived at a contrary conclusion. But Rubbia...