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...video to a ground station 3,000 miles away. Last March a Hawk on a simulated mission surprised its manned F-16 chase plane by rolling onto its back at 400 mph, diving and smashing into the California desert. An investigation found that the plane had even prepared to die: It shut its engine down, erased classified computer data and set its flaps for a death spiral. The investigation also found that at the same time, more than 100 miles away, a second team of Air Force personnel preparing for another Global Hawk test was trying the system's "flight...
...asteroids more than a kilometer across whose trajectories bring them very close to Earth's orbit. A piece of rock that's a kilometer or larger would have worldwide consequences if it hit the planet." Specifically, the sky would go dark with ash, plant life would die and existence would be generally much less enjoyable. And even if a relatively small asteroid were to make contact with a major metropolitan area, Jaroff says, the resultant injury would not be wholly dependent on the rock's size. "An asteroid 300 yards across would cause immense damage in a large city...
...there is any risk, and reject the need for taxpayer-funded research: Even after the widespread success of the summer disaster movies, "Armageddon" (which Jaroff calls "ridiculous") and the "far more realistic" "Deep Impact," legions of nonbelievers remain. And while Jaroff sometimes finds it difficult to educate the most die-hard skeptics of the real risk posed by asteroids, he keeps trying. "I used to tell people that even if an asteroid were to break into relatively small pieces, each of those pieces would have the power to destroy Cleveland. But," he muses, "no one seemed to care...
...stressful. Now a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicates the burden may actually be deadly for many elderly caregivers. Seniors who say they are strained by the demands of a disabled spouse--that's half of elderly caregivers--are 63% more likely to die within four years than seniors with no ill spouse. The study is a wake-up call for doctors and families to make sure caregivers get help and respite from their duties...
...pity, since it is a delightful rediscovery. We're in a retirement home for stage actresses, where teacups rattle with the arrival of Lotta Bainbridge (Lauren Bacall), who's had a 30-year feud with resident diva May Davenport (Rosemary Harris). People chatter and reminisce, quarrel and reconcile, and die. Coward's wit has a melancholy glow here, and he has crafted one of the most sensitive, least patronizing portraits of old age ever...