"For Hugh Herr, directing MIT’s Biomechatronics Lab could not be a more personal mission: He lost both his own legs in a rock climbing accident, spurring him to lead research and production for a new generation of better prosthetics."
"In the early 20th century, the spread of automobiles and telephone service made it possible to expand and increase the frequency of the household surveys — done in person and by telephone — used to track employment and job losses."
"Seager's new equation makes no assumption that extraterrestrials are intelligent and using radio technology. Instead, she simply works on the idea that life of any type may be present in sufficient abundance to alter the chemical composition of its planet's atmosphere."
"The algorithm tries to construct a modus operandi (M.O.) of the offender. The M.O. is a set of habits that the offender follows and is a type of behavior used to characterize a pattern."