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The dangers for a racer of running into the nets had become obvious in 1991 when Austria's Gernot Reinstadler lost control in training for the World Cup downhill at Wengen. His ski tip caught in the netting, breaking his pelvis and causing massive internal injuries. The sport's ruling...
How dangerous are tasers? Not quite as bad as they sound. Although they put out 50,000 volts--roughly the same as a high-voltage power line--they do it in very short (.00001 sec.) bursts of much lower current. Every time there has been a fatality, the victim was...
Nearly all of us now know--or think we know--how the dinosaurs perished: some 65 million years ago, a giant asteroid or comet struck the earth, spewing huge amounts of dust and debris into the air. That dust, according to a widely accepted theory first proposed by Nobel laureate...
Anderson's liberal policies are causing screeches in the conservative state legislature. He champions the Kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas emissions, anathema to conservatives. He blocked plans for a megamall on the outskirts of the city, tirelessly campaigns for enlarging the mass-transit network and has put out hundreds of...
A boys' night out in London traditionally leads to blood-red eyes and a splitting headache the morning after. But for footballers John Terry, Jody Morris and Desmond Byrne, the fallout from a Jan. 3 booze-up has been far more enduring than a hangover: after a disturbance in a...