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...proof that Norse explorers reached North America before Christopher Columbus, has been branded a fake. British scientists analyzed the composition of the map's ink and discovered that it dates from the 1920s or later. However, the forger almost got away with it. A forthcoming academic paper reports that carbon-dating methods show that the parchment on which the map was drawn was made around 1434. But the map's defenders are holding fast. "If it is a forgery, then the forger was surely one of the most skillful to pursue this line of work," said chemist Garman Harbottle...
...must to end a lifetime of torture, I believe I can." A 1996 letter claims he had "solicited [a local woman's] murder from two Iranian nationals ... The contract is already purchased." Similar letters went to "maybe 100" people, Yoder says. He says he often wrote them with a carbon sheet underneath and sent copies to prosecutors. In 1996, Yoder even sued a prosecutor for not charging him; a judge had to remind Yoder that he "has no constitutional right to be prosecuted." He stayed at Chester...
FANTASTIC VOYAGES. On Dec. 31, 2000, six high-performance, state-of-the-art sailboats set off on the first ever all-out, no-limits sailing race around the world. Melville wouldn't have recognized them: today's racing sailboats consist of two ultralight carbon-fiber hulls stuffed full of computers, with a trampoline strung between them for a deck. In Tim Zimmerman's account of the competition, titled simply The Race, stir-crazy, sleep-deprived crews sail these wind-powered funny cars across the sea at 40 knots (about 45 m.p.h.), swerving wildly around icebergs, battling e-mail viruses...
...Driving the growth of wind power in Europe is the pollution-control requirements set forth in the Kyoto Protocol, which called for a 5.2% reduction in greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide. To meet the demands of Kyoto, the European Union adopted a target of producing 22% of electricity from renewable resources - hydro power and biomass in addition to wind power - by 2010. Merrill Lynch, the investment firm, said in a recent report that it expects wind power to grow 15-fold over the next 20 years, raising its market share to 6% in Europe and 5% in the U.S. Another...
Venture capitalists are investing heavily in nanotechnology, which promises industrial advancements, such as nanoscale powders that strengthen steel and materials that allow for smaller chips. Samsung is using carbon nanotubes, fibers just 2 nm wide, to develop high-resolution TV screens; dozens of newcomers will use them to build everything from next-generation transistors to stronger outdoor lights...