By studying waves from galaxies that have taken millions of years to reach earth, the telescope could also shed new light on how the universe was shaped in the aftermath of the Big Bang by enabling astronomers to observe events just 300 million years into the estimated 13.7 billion-year life of the universe.

CNN: Telescope set to reveal 'Big Bang'

According to the description of the UN Special Rapporteur on the protection and promotion of the right to freedom of expression and opinion, journalists are individuals who observe and describe events, document and analyse events, statements, policies, and any propositions that can affect society, with the purpose of systemizing such information and gathering of facts and analyses to inform sector of society or society as a whole.

UNESCO: World Press Freedom Day 2013

Like the lightly-armed Dutch contingent of U.N. peacekeepers in Srebrenica, brushed aside by Bosnian Serb forces commanded by General Ratko Mladic, the 300 U.N. monitors in Syria have no power to influence events -- just to observe and report them.

CNN: Syria, Sarajevo and Srebrenica: When outrage isn't enough

In one study, researchers analyzed patient data from 51 randomized trials that were designed to observe aspirin's ability to prevent vascular events such as heart attacks.

WSJ: Studies Find New Evidence Aspirin May Prevent Cancer

If the calculation on vacuum instability stands up, it will revive an old idea that the Big Bang Universe we observe today is just the latest version in a permanent cycle of events.

BBC: Cosmos may be 'inherently unstable'