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...ominous sign: normal temperatures during the last interglacial epoch were about 4 degreesF warmer than they are this time around, and levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere were significantly higher. As humans pump more and more CO2 into the air and temperatures rise, the planet will approach the state it was in back then. And if those conditions tend to be inherently unstable -- an idea scientists consider plausible -- people may someday look back on the early 1990s as an idyllic time when the weather was benign...
...pseudo science, Larue had been interviewed for an earlier Sun International production and, after seeing that show, felt he had been set up as a straw man. It inspired him to coach George Jammal, an acquaintance, to perpetrate the hoax, intended to expose the shoddy research of Sun International. "Carbon-14 testing would have revealed that the wood was a modern forgery," says Larue...
Kids, don't try this at home: Penn State University scientists have created thin layers of diamond by the unlikely technique of cooking carbon-rich plastic, mixed with potassium and sodium and blasted with a beam of ultrasound, at low temperature in a regular home oven. The result is a low- grade but authentic form of diamond. If the quality can be improved, plastic-derived diamond could provide a cheap, strong coating for everything from airplane windows to drilling tools...
Kevorkian will later say that when he first met Sue, he did not think she was "ready." But by the third videotaping session, in early May 1992, her condition has declined even further, and matters turn starkly practical. Sue tries on the medical anesthesia mask through which the carbon monoxide will flow. She has difficulty pulling it over her head, and Nan notes that it will take some practice. Suddenly, Kevorkian brings up a broader question: If Sue and Les, who live on Social Security and disability payments, were able to afford better care, would she change her mind about...
Kevorkian had rigged a canister of carbon monoxide so that Sue, with the good hand, could push a lever to release the deadly gas. According to experts, carbon monoxide causes a headache, sometimes severe, before it kills. Sue made no mention of that but asked after several minutes why it was taking so long. As recorded by Kevorkian in his notes, "Within 2 minutes her breathing deepened, in 4 minutes her complexion became deep red, eyes widened, then she fell unconscious, eyes closed somewhat, breathing stertorous, gradually diminishing in volume and frequency to final deep gasps which diminished in frequency...