Oceans on the Edge Prompt new U.S. policy action
In 1989 an ocean commission urged exploitation of seas. Now a new federally chartered U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy faces a grim report on dwindling stocks, dead zones, pollution, and invasive ballast loads. Two panels push for action and tighter limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Ocean Commission
U.S. Commission On Ocean Policy
Lee Crockett
Marine Conservation Network
U.S
New England
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Commission
Pew Oceans Commission
Pew
Congress
Ocean Policy Commission
Bush
GOP
White House
Navy Adm
James Watkins
Pew Group
Clinton
Scientists puzzled by slow rotation of distant Sedna
Sedna, the distant planet like body eight billion miles away, shows a 20 day rotation. No moon was found by Hubble, leaving explanations open. Brown and Rabinowitz note the slim odds of an unseen satellite and propose alternate possibilities.
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Sedan
Solar System
California Institute of Technology
Michael Brown
Brown
Hubble Space Telescope
Pluto
Earth
California
Palomar Observatory
David Rabinowitz
Yale Center For Astronomy and Astrophysics
Rabinowitz
Hubble
Southwest Research Institute
Clark Chapman
Space
Mercury
Venus
Charon
Asean Artists
Gravity Probe B set to test Einstein relativity after 40 years
Stanford physicist Francis Everitt oversees Gravity Probe B a $700 million mission launched from Vandenberg to test how gravity warps space and time around Earth. The project required new gyro technology and faced NASA funding doubts while some experts question its scientific value though supporters insist on confirming a key relativistic effect.
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San Jose
Calif
Stanford University
Francis Everitt
Stanford
Lockheed Martin
NASA
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Jerry Ostriker
Princeton University
Ostriker
Eugene Parker
University of Chicago
Parker
Three Dimensional Sketch Powers New Search Engine
Researchers unveil 3-D search engines that go beyond words by allowing users to sketch desired objects such as airplane parts or architectural features. Purdue professor Karthik Ramani says the tool helps find existing, comparable parts quickly, aiding large industrial firms like Caterpillar in locating suitable inventory.
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New York
Karthik Ramani
Purdue University
Ramani
Rick Jeffs
Caterpillar Inc
Lafayette
Ind
Jeffs
Purdue
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