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...many crops from too many mouths. India has set aside 100 million acres for jatropha and expects the oil to account for 20% of its diesel consumption by 2011. Australia, China, Brazil and Kenya have also embraced it. In December, a Boeing 747 was successfully test-flown by Air New Zealand using a 50-50 blend of jatropha and aviation fuel. (Watch TIME's video about biofuel tree farmers in action...
...figures bear that out. The four biggest killers in Tehran today are road accidents, estimated to cost 28,000 lives every year; cardiovascular diseases tied to Tehran's polluted air and the high rate of smoking among men; depression; and drug addiction. "More than 70% of factors that affect health are social," says Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Golmakani, a municipality health adviser who is looking at the social determinants of disease...
...Looking into the future, the F-22 will also play an important role in creating a flexible and capable inventory for the Air Force. While many critics have pointed to the F-22’s absence from current theaters of operation as an example of its uselessness, they are missing the point. The Raptor is an air superiority fighter—a jet that is designed specifically to destroy an opponent’s air force with minimal losses. In this role, it is designed to complement and protect the new F-35 Lightning II, a new multifaceted fighter...
...that the F-15 Eagle—the Raptor’s predecessor—is more than three decades old. While the Eagle is, without a doubt, one of the finest fighter jets currently flying, it has begun to show its age in recent years. Last November, an Air National Guard F-15 simply disintegrated in mid-air, prompting the Air Force to ground most of the F-15 fleet. When structural problems—not a pilot error or a freak accident—were determined to be the cause of the crash, General John D.W. Corley announced...
...Castle, once home to Hungary's kings. The riverine theme continues inside with 10 glass bridges sandblasted with ripple patterns. As the bridges crisscross overhead, their translucence lends the space - a largely empty cube rising seven stories - an almost impossible lightness, as if it were constructed of sunlight and air...