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White dwarf star measurements bring Milky Way into focus
White dwarf stars are dying stars — burned-out cinders that have exhausted the hydrogen that sustains them. But scientists may soon count on these stellar flameouts to unravel the history of the Milky Way. In a study published online Wednesday by...
Tags: Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins University, Alcoholic Beverages
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'Time's Up' at Griffith Observatory by the numbers
"Time's Up" by the numbers 50 million: pixels displayed on the dome 350,000-400,000: planetarium visitors annually 300: seats in the theater 256: computers in the observatory render farm 33: minutes in "Time's Up" 32.2: speakers (32 speakers plus...
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'Time's Up' ticks into future at Griffith Observatory planetarium
A scene depicting the total destruction of Santa Monica — complete with fiery meteorites, land masses shearing off into the sea and swarms of flying monkeys — might seem better suited to a Hollywood disaster movie than a planetarium show....
Tags: Science and Technology, Science, Petroleum Industry
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MIT develops ketchup bottle that lets you use every drop
The research institution that brought you the fax machine and GPS has come up with another potentially world-changing invention: a bottle coating so slick that every last bit of ketchup slides out quickly and easily.
In what could be a disruptive...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Science and Technology, General Electric Company, Arable Farming, Whole Foods Market
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Tobacco taxes are great, but Proposition 29 stinks
Yes, our freeways and surface streets are crumbling. But the next time your front wheel hits an enormous pothole, you can remember with pride that California is the world leader in one form of highway maintenance: paving the road to hell with good...Tags: Education, Tobacco Products, Science and Technology, Medical Research, University of California, Berkeley
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Student research program at Children's Hospital receives grant
L.A. NOWA research institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles received a five-year, $884,000 grant this week to continue providing biomedical research training to disadvantaged college students.... -
PSA test for prostate cancer should be dropped, task force says
The PSA test should be abandoned as a prostate cancer screening tool, a government advisory panel has concluded after determining that the side effects from needless biopsies and treatments hurt many more men than are potentially helped by early detection...Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Urinary Incontinence, University of Missouri , Internal Medicine, Science and Technology
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Solar eclipse 2012: Map shows best spots, best times for viewing
L.A. NOWAn interactive NASA Google map shows the best spots for viewing Sunday's solar eclipse, a once-in-a-generation event thrilling the Pacific rim. The Google map, available here, allows users to click on any location of the Earth and see when the eclipse... -
Eclipse: Add Griffith Observatory, Greek Theater to traffic woes
L.A. NOWAdd Griffith Observatory and the Greek Theater to Los Angeles' traffic woes on Sunday -- the same day as the partial solar eclipse.... -
Watch team climb Mt. Fuji to photograph solar eclipse [live video]
L.A. NOWAs spectators from California to Asia gear up for Sunday's solar eclipse, a group in Japan is broadcasting live its ascent of Mt. Fuji to photograph the once-in-a-generation marvel.... -
Viewers count down to eclipse's peak at Griffith Observatory
L.A. NOWSusan Szotyori, spokeswoman for the observatory, said more than 3,000 viewed the eclipse for the institute's mountaintop perch.... -
Crowd at Griffith Observatory breaks into cheers as eclipse begins
L.A. NOWCrowd at Griffith Observatory breaks into cheers as eclipse begins...
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