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Mysteries of time, and the multiverse
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCaltech physicist Sean M. Carroll has been wrestling with the mystery of time. Most physical laws work equally well going backward or forward, yet time flows only in one direction. Writing in this month’s Scientific American, Carroll suggests that...Tags: Galileo Galilei, Belief and Faith, Cosmology, John Johnson, Applied Science
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Witness' Lies Threaten Verdicts
Associated PressSaami Shaibani often testified for the prosecution in big murder cases, taking the stand as an expert in what he called "injury mechanism analysis" — a combination of physics, trauma medicine and engineering that he used to determine whether, say, a...Tags: Lawyers, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Mike Peterson
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Roslyn, Jericho lead Nassau schools in science fair
Roslyn and Jericho high schools led all Nassau County schools with four first-place winners in various categories in the 13th Annual Rohm and Haas Electronic Material Invitational Science Fair held at Manhasset High School. In total, more than 350...Tags: Rohm & Haas Company, New York Red Bulls, Schools, Space Programs, NASA
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Led U.S. Navy out of Vietnam
Tribune newspapersLOS ANGELES—Retired Vice Adm. Jerome King Jr., who as commander of naval forces in Vietnam carried out a plan to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and hand the fight over to the South Vietnamese, has died. He was 88. Vice Adm. King died...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nuclear Weapons, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Armed Forces, Applied Science
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Cable firms' ads leave fuzzy impression
The Associated PressAvery Axel was annoyed with his cable company, Comcast, and was considering switching to Verizon's new FiOS fiber-optic TV and Internet service. The picture on his TV would freeze now and then, and he had heard good things about FiOS. Then the 21-year-...Tags: Volleyball, Charter Communications Incorporated, Texas, Verizon Communications, Telecommunication Service
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Jerome H. King Jr., 88; vice admiral commanded naval forces in Vietnam
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterRetired Vice Adm. Jerome H. King Jr., who as commander of naval forces in Vietnam carried out a plan to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and hand the fight over to the South Vietnamese, has died. He was 88. King died Friday at Huntington...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, San Diego (San Diego, California), Nuclear Weapons, Yale University, Redondo Beach
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WWII veteran shares his knowledge of the sea, arts
247-4538There's more to life than work, as Vincent P. Scott could tell you. At 17, the Pittsburgh native signed up for the Navy. During World War II, he later saw action in the Pacific. Afterward, he went to the University of Pittsburgh and got a degree in...Tags: Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), American Legion, Adult Education, Mariners' Museum, Christopher Newport University
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'Proud Of Her Work On The Manhattan Project'
Special to The Courant"Extraordinary Life" looks back each Sunday on someone whose life made a difference. Alice Kimball graduated from MIT at a time when most prestigious men's colleges did not accept women. She majored in chemistry, worked on developing the atomic bomb as a...Tags: Chemistry, Awards and Prizes, Hartland, Death and Dying, Manhattan
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Batavia laboratory contributes key component of NASA telescope
Tribune reporterFermilab has sought for years to penetrate the secrets of the universe, exploring mysteries of the physics that led to atoms, stars and galaxies. But on Wednesday the earthbound laboratory in Batavia found its handiwork floating in space for what...Tags: Batavia, NASA, Space Programs, Cape Canaveral, Physics
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From Queen to cosmos: Brian May gets his PhD
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBrian May, lead guitarist for Queen and the author of the stadium anthem "We Will Rock You," was awarded his PhD this year in astrophysics from Imperial College London. Now his first book, "Bang! The Complete History of the Universe," written with...Tags: Joni Mitchell, Books and Magazines, Music, History, Astronomy
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