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...unusually hot day somehow bring a huge chunk of the northeastern electrical grid crashing down? The blame cascaded as fast as the blackout. On the ground some Americans blamed Canada for its origin; Canadians returned the favor. Ottawa officials first suggested that it was a lightning strike at a plant in upstate New York, except that it was a lovely sunny day in Niagara Falls, and there were no reports of lightning anywhere. In the end, the two governments announced a joint task force to investigate, and President Bush said he would look into "why the cascade was so significant...
...other big-city mayors knew that there were no quick, easy fixes. Getting a power system up and running after a blackout--called a black start--involves much more than just flipping a switch. Power-generating units have to be brought online one at a time. If one power plant were brought up with all of Toledo waiting with its air conditioners in the on position, it would just shut down again. So technicians have to carve up cities into electrically isolated pieces and bring each neighborhood back up one by one in bite-size chunks that the system...
Among the projects on deck are a drastic upgrade to the museums’ physical plant. Officials say that the Fogg—which has not been upgraded since 1927—badly needs a full renovation of its plumbing, wiring, disability access and climate control...
...manifestation of the public’s Luddite mentality, but a genuine scientific concern about the possibly lethal danger posed by genetic modifications. Although few studies have been carried out, the potential human health risks of genetic modifications have been well established. For instance, when a gene from a plant that can cause allergic reactions is added to a previously safe food that caused no allergies, this new genetically modified food becomes a disguised killer. One study tested natural soybeans that had been genetically altered by implanting a gene from Brazil nuts to increase their sulphur content. These soybeans, which...
DISCONTINUED. The original BEETLE, lovable roadster and iconic artifact of the '60s; 70 years after Hitler commissioned a people's car--in German, Volkswagen. Competition from more modern vehicles pushed Volkswagen to phase out production at the car's last remaining plant, in Puebla, Mexico. The plant will continue to build the redesigned version introduced in the late 1990s...