Within any data set there is always a star and so as inventories adding 1.4% it was their turn to shine.

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Such a small M-dwarf star has long been ruled out by WISE data, since observers would surely have spotted an object larger than roughly five Jupiter masses.

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Twenty years later, Flamsteed would again obstruct scientific progress by refusing to publish his by now huge amount of accumulated data, in the form of star charts for the use of sea captains.

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Global health expert and TED rock star Hans Rosling was especially rich in humor, data and vision.

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But Data -- named for the "Star Trek" android that yearns to be human -- and robots like him lack certain human attributes, most notably experience.

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One of the four, dubbed KOI 172.02, is a mere 1.5 times the size of the Earth and around a star like our own Sun - perhaps as near as the current data allow to finding an "Earth 2.0".

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We then used data gathered for our annual Celebrity 100 list to calculate each star's estimated earnings on each film (including upfront pay and any earnings from the movie's box-office receipts, DVD and TV sales).

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So in 1712, Newton, by now president of the Royal Society, together with the indefatigable Halley, again obtained the data by subterfuge, and published a pirated edition of a new star catalogue.

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Energy Star, which allows owners to evaluate the energy performance of their building over time, relies on data that is nearly a decade old and is overdue for replacement.

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