Posts Tagged ‘21st’

Nations to share giant telescope

Friday, May 25th, 2012

The Square Kilometre Array – one of the great scientific projects of the 21st Century – will be hosted by both Africa and Australasia.

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Architecture Review: Marlins Park in Miami, Baseball’s Newest Stadium

Saturday, April 28th, 2012

With the colorful Marlins Park in Miami, baseball breaks from the now-familiar retro style into the 21st century.

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Architecture Review: Marlins Park in Miami, Baseball’s Newest Stadium

Aging Baltimore tunnel a threat to shipping economy for the city and Maryland

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Nobody in 1895 would have thought that a difference of just two feet might one day influence more than 40,000 jobs in the 21st century. The final spike in the transcontinental railroad had been hammered down just 26 years earlier, and with railroad companies in hot competition, a tunnel was built under the heart of Baltimore to serve one of them. Read full article > >

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“Dirty Minds,” by Kayt Sukel; “Straight,” by Hanne Blank; and “How We Love Now,” by Suzanne Braun Levine

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Will the 21st century change the ways we think about sexual orientation, romantic attraction, love and fidelity? Our sources of information and solace have certainly changed, as science writer Kayt Sukel points out: “Instead of Mom’s shoulder, Freud’s couch, or the pastor’s office, we now look for answers in genetic profiles and brain scanners.” Read full article > >

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“Dirty Minds,” by Kayt Sukel; “Straight,” by Hanne Blank; and “How We Love Now,” by Suzanne Braun Levine

Adele overtakes Winehouse record

Monday, December 5th, 2011

Adele’s album 21 has become the UK’s biggest-seller of the 21st century, according to the Official Charts Company.

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The Electric Leaf’s True Believers Won’t Leave Well Enough Alone

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Groups of Nissan Leaf owners have been using their 21st-century engineering skills to tinker with the electric vehicle.

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The Electric Leaf’s True Believers Won’t Leave Well Enough Alone

‘Highest telescope’ begins quest

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

The Alma radio telescope, one of the 21st Century’s grand scientific undertakings, begins its quest to study the earliest stars.

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‘Highest telescope’ begins quest

Music museums of the 21st century: High-tech, cutting edge, interactive

Friday, September 30th, 2011

The new music museum of the 21st century is high-tech, cutting-edge, interactive. It’s a place where music is made, not simply heard. It’s filled with different ways to make sounds. And chances are that Tod Machover had a hand in designing it. At the Venn-diagram intersection of music and technology, Machover reigns supreme. He’s a musical creator, a composer, a computer geek. He heads a group at the MIT media lab called the Hyperinstruments/Opera of the Future group. Read full article > >

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Music museums of the 21st century: High-tech, cutting edge, interactive

School of Thoughts

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

When people think of Southern California, they tend to picture sunshine, a free-spirited atmosphere, and a culture of expression and curiosity. It is an idyllic setting to wax philosophic on matters of religion in the 21st century.

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School of Thoughts

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

When people think of Southern California, they tend to picture sunshine, a free-spirited atmosphere, and a culture of expression and curiosity. It is an idyllic setting to wax philosophic on matters of religion in the 21st century.

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Is the broom the symbol of resistance?

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

In the wake of the riots in English cities, law-abiding citizens have been picking up brooms and brushes and joining the clean-up. Is this the 21st Century “Blitz spirit”?

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Is the broom the symbol of resistance?

Who’s hurt by Paul Ryan’s budget proposal

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

If it does nothing else, the budget that House Republicans unveiled Tuesday provides the first real Republican program for the 21st century, and it is this:

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Who’s hurt by Paul Ryan’s budget proposal

GB open with double world bronze

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Sir Chris Hoy wins his 21st World Championship medal as Britain win bronze in the team sprint and team pursuit in Apeldoorn.

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Dennis the Menace in the Asbo era

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Dennis the Menace is 60 years old. How did this definitive naughty boy make it all the way to the 21st Century?

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Dennis the Menace in the Asbo era

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Dennis the Menace is 60 years old. How did this definitive naughty boy make it all the way to the 21st Century?

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Dennis the Menace in the Asbo era