When the sky is not the limit: in bringing the stars indoors, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson expands the visitor's universe
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Neil deGrasse Tyson is director of the Hayden Planetarium, part of the American Museum of Natural History. Tyson details the path he followed from the Bronx in New York City to his current position.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
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Regulation rag
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Steve Mirsky was strongly in favor of reduced regulatory intrusion into private activity. He recalls an incident when he recently received e-mail entitled " If you are over 35, you should be dead".
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2004
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Nothing to sneeze at
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The article discusses various actions to be followed by the surgeons, catchers and welders to overcome the problem of being unable to sneeze in their masks covering their faces. Surgeons should in fact sneeze facing the area under operation, as the mask will send it away from the open wound.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2008
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