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...were delighted with your exciting article about the renaissance in ground-based astronomy and optical systems [ASTRONOMY, Nov. 13]. The explosion of new telescopes and other state-of-the-art tools is providing astronomers with unprecedented opportunities. What should also be emphasized is the way ground- and space-based telescopes work together. Far from being just a finder telescope for the Keck, as the piece suggested, the amazing Hubble Space Telescope--arguably the most productive astronomical instrument ever--has been a wellspring for investigations with ground-based telescopes. Indeed, collaboration with the Hubble and other space telescopes, such...
...Major John Wesley Powell, a Civil War veteran who led the first scientific expedition into this region in 1869. Some of the rocks here still bear his initials. At night, I showed our girls the fluffy film of the Milky Way--light from stars that have been traveling through space for thousands of years. A meteor streaked across the sky with its ephemeral tail of fire...
...African, pre-Columbian and post-1945 art. But many families start out in the Gateway Gallery, with its family-oriented exhibits and Discovery Room. Its current interactive display, "Stories in Art," includes a three-dimensional version of The Peaceable Kingdom. "I don't know if this kind of space is a part of all museums, but it should be," says Jeff Dole of Dallas, who often takes kids Andrew, 11; Jack, 3; and Jena, 1. "I want to instill in my children a way to express themselves, whether musically or artistically. If I do that, I will have handed them...
Advantium Oven GENERAL ELECTRIC, $1,299-$1,899 There has been talk of space-age kitchens since the 1950s, but this culinary coup brings it home. Using light, the Advantium cooks faster than regular ovens, more evenly than microwaves...
Over the past three years, while his fellow commuters jostled for space or scanned the morning paper, Yamada, 55, devoted his four-hour daily commute to a higher cause--dreaming up the next great consumer gadget. In 1997 Ricoh president Masamitsu Sakurai commissioned Yamada to create a device that would help catapult his company, which had built its fortunes on heavy office machines, into the forefront of digital technology. The trouble was, Sakurai didn't really know what he wanted. "The idea was to develop a product that uses all our senses," says Yamada. "There was no paper, no specifications...