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What changed? The answer, many scientists believe, lies in the breakup of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwanaland, to which Antarctica once belonged. For tens of millions of years, Antarctica was the centerpiece of Gondwanaland, and its winds, like those of then contiguous Australia and South America, were warmed by currents flowing down from the equator. But around 25 million years ago, after the other continents had pulled away, a new current was created--one that circled endlessly round the Southern Ocean, sealing Antarctica off from tropical influence...
...Jeffrey Kluger: There are three possible scenarios that explain this event. The first, which I believe is the likeliest explanation, would be an aerodynamic structural breakup of the shuttle caused by it rolling at the wrong angle. Remember, after reentry, the shuttle is descending without power, which means astronauts at the controls can't compensate for a loss of attitude by using the engines, they can only do so using the flaps. And that's extremely hard. Astronauts describe piloting the shuttle on reentry as like trying to fly a brick with wings. It's very difficult to operate...
...last option is some kind of engine failure leading to fuel ignition. Although the main tanks are mostly empty, there should still be fuel left in the maneuvering tanks. But probably not enough for an explosion that could have caused this breakup...
...launching the career of Mariah Carey, he married her; after a bitter divorce, she left the label. And when Michael Jackson decided that the label hadn't publicized his album enough, he drove a bus around Manhattan holding a poster of Mottola with horns. Now Mottola is facing another breakup. He announced last week that he wanted to start his own label and was leaving Sony, where since 1989 he has guided singers like Jennifer Lopez. Whether he jumped or was pushed remains unclear. Sony is suffering from a slump affecting the entire music industry. Taking his place will...
...true believers, and not all of them are doctors. Some are patients. "It's allowed me to figure out some pretty basic things about myself and why certain situations keep coming up," says a graduate student in her 30s in Brooklyn, N.Y., who went into analysis after a difficult breakup. "A lot of the jokes about analysis talk about blaming your parents, but being in analysis is more about learning to take responsibility for yourself and to take care of the people around you. That kind of control only comes from understanding your past." After four years of analysis...