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Einstein, Kepler combine to discover Earth-like planet.
These days, it’s not just finding an exoplanet. It’s how you find that Earth-like body. Scientists using sophisticated telescopes and arrays can detect a planet revolving around a distant star by looking at radial velocity of the star (a...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, NASA, Science and Technology, Education, Science
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Razing the ivory tower
If you think today's university is home to individual thinkers thinking individually, think again. Today's university is international and multinational in every way — blown open, in great part, by this century's digital explosion of information....Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, University of Michigan, University of Paris, Scientific Exploration
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Israel's likely targets in Syria: Iran and Hezbollah
JERUSALEM – With three air strikes on targets in Syria since January, Israel is inserting itself into the Arab Spring’s most intractable conflict, heightening fears that the civil war could spiral into a regional conflagration. But as some...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Politics, Lebanon, Benjamin Netanyahu, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Summer Movie Sneaks complete list
The 2013 Summer Movie Preview is a snapshot of films opening through the end of August. Release dates (for Los Angeles) and other details, as compiled by Oliver Gettell, are subject to change. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Sneaks list: In the...Tags: Olga Kurylenko, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Urie, Kristen Wiig, Stephen Graham
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Helping Jews students travel to Israel
Last year Mindi Marbin of Miami celebrated Israel Independence Day in Jerusalem on Ben Yehuda Street surrounded by friends. Marbin had been attending an entrepreneurial program through Tel Aviv University that was organized through the Masa Israel...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Colleges and Universities, Coral Springs, New York City, Education
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Review: Alvin Ailey Dance Theater is spiritually awakened anew
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has long bedecked its ensemble in suits (the jazz crowd in "For Bird — With Love") and took a recent turn with androgynous menswear (Camille A. Brown's "The Evolution of a Secured Feminine"). Yet in previous...
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, Entertainment Events
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Jennifer Mills: Art to laugh with (not at)
The art world takes itself very seriously. Make that very, very seriously. What little laughter can be heard between the white walls of the museum typically comes at the expense of art by people who don't understand it. Far rarer are chuckles that erupt...
Tags: Entertainment, John Cage, Sarah Silverman, Thomas Kinkade, Marcel Duchamp
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Obama in Israel: 'Peace must come to the Holy Land'
JERUSALEM -- Opening his first presidential visit to the nation's closest Mideast ally, President Obama declared Wednesday that "peace must come to the Holy Land" during a red carpet arrival ceremony with Israeli leaders. In remarks after landing at Ben...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Ben Gurion International Airport, Politics, Emergency Incidents, Barack Obama
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Using robotic device, paraplegic Israeli finishes Tel Aviv race
JERUSALEM -- Using robotic leg braces, Israeli veteran Radi Kaiuf, a 46-year-old paraplegic, was able to complete the 10-kilometer race in Tel Aviv’s marathon Friday. Starting at 6 a.m. to beat unusually hot temperatures, Kaiuf was able to...
Tags: Argentina, Israel, Barack Obama
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Gustavo Dudamel statement: 'Unpleasant and very unfortunate'
What was supposed to be a brief guest-conducting job with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Tel Aviv has turned into a media frenzy for Gustavo Dudamel, the music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Dudamel traveled to Israel in late January to...
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Culture, Ben Gurion International Airport, Orange County (New York)
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Gustavo Dudamel was detained by Israeli authorities, reports say
Classical conductors spend a lot of time on airplanes flying from one job to the next and are thus used to the frustrations that come with modern-day air travel. But for Gustavo Dudamel, a recent episode during a trip to Israel seems to have gone beyond...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Culture, Arts and Culture, Israel
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Israelis want President Obama to talk to them
JERUSALEM -- As advance teams coordinate between Washington and Jerusalem over the agenda and itinerary of President Barack Obama's visit to Israel next month, politicians and media are full of speculation. Obama is coming to "save Israel from itself,"...
Tags: Iran, U.S. Embassy, Israel, Politics, Benjamin Netanyahu
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