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...sport may be changing, but the sport's culture has not. Yet it must. F1 is about as likable as a 250-lb. bouncer. It lives in a high-tech bubble and thrives on a velvet-rope mentality that keeps all but a few very high rollers far away from the cars and the drivers. "F1 has gotten extremely constipated and overly grand for itself," says Jackie Stewart. "When I was a wee boy, I went to the track and got [Juan Manuel] Fangio's autograph, I got Stirling Moss's autograph. It's still a fantastic sport...
...still make pit stops to change tires, but mid-race refueling is banned, meaning cars will have to carry 66 gal. (250 L) of fuel, up from 21 gal. (80 L) in the past. Aerodynamic testing cut from eight days to six. A new points system makes a win far more valuable than a safe (but boring) second place...
...health threat. But a number of scientists are worried that there has been a dangerous rush to declare cell phones safe, using studies they feel are inadequate and too often weighted toward the wireless industry's interests. An analysis published by University of Washington neurologist Henry Lai determined that far more independent studies than industry-funded studies have found at least some type of biological effect from cell-phone exposure. (See pictures of the cell phone's history...
...body of research is far from conclusive. In 1995, Lai co-wrote a study showing that a single two-hour exposure of RF radiation - at levels considered safe by U.S. standards - produced the sort of genetic damage in rats' brain cells that can lead to cancer. Though subsequent researchers - often funded in part by the wireless industry - failed to replicate Lai's results, a 2004 European Union - funded study reported similar findings...
...protesters, wearing red shirts and waving red flags, number far less than the one million that leaders promised would turn out in the preceding weeks. After riding into the capital in pick-up trucks and buses, their numbers peaked at about 100,000 on Saturday night, mainly rural poor who want the return of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thaksin was ousted in a 2006 military coup and is living in self-imposed exile rather than serve a two-year prison sentence on a corruption conviction. In late February, the Supreme Court confiscated $1.5 billion of his assets, saying...