Word: fielding
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...scientists, electrical engineers and biochemists who may know nothing about using a handgun or microfilm but are equipped to tackle today's big intelligence-gathering challenges. These include not just analysis of scientific data intercepted abroad or detection of biological and chemical weapons, but also running techno-spies as field-deployed case officers. Says CIA recruiter Gilbert Medeiros: "We're looking for more of those with a technical background so they can talk technical out in the intelligence-collection world." The CIA, which once recruited at 190 colleges and universities, now focuses on 66, almost all of which have strong...
Jeff is probably best known for co-writing the book that spawned the movie Apollo 13, so he was a natural to field the question about when we will live on Mars. "We've nailed the basic technology; the only thing missing is a decision to go." Barbara Maddux, who is doing a superb job as the head reporter on the entire Visions project, liked the "Will We Live on Mars?" question for more practical reasons: "As a New Yorker living in a tight housing market, I was surprised--and encouraged--by Jeff's optimistic answer...
...small-bore stuff--left people either intrigued or outraged. With today's seemingly frenetic pace of scientific discovery, however, how can you say that the whole enterprise is coming to an end? The scientists I know, far from preparing for the undertaker, are ebullient about the future of their field...
...years before returning, she would be about 22 seconds younger than if she had stayed on Earth. Clocks on Mercury tick more slowly than those on Earth because Mercury circles the sun at a faster speed (and also because Mercury is deeper in the sun's gravitational field; gravity affects clocks much as velocity does). Astronauts traveling away from Earth to a distance of 0.1 light years and returning at 1% the speed of light would arrive back 8.8 hours younger than if they hadn't gone...
...next century? Travel to the future--yes, but only in short hops, I suspect. To the past--very likely not. Such travel is expensive, dangerous and subject to quantum effects that may or may not spoil your chances of coming back alive. Those of us working in this field aren't rushing to the patent office with time-machine blueprints. But we are interested in knowing whether time machines are possible, even in principle, because answering that question will tell us where the boundaries of physics lie and provide clues to how the universe works...