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...real significance of the verification issue goes far beyond nuclear testing. Actually, on-site inspection is not essential to a test ban, since seismic devices placed outside the Soviet Union can detect most underground nuclear explosions. The Soviets have even shown a willingness in the past to allow seismic sensors on their soil with direct satellite links to the U.S. Inspections of missile installations are a different matter, however, and have become a major sticking point of arms-control negotiations...
Inevitably, perhaps, these determined efforts to reverse a serious problem have upset some workers and sparked lawsuits and other actions. Many workers who fail drug tests insist that an error has been made, arguing that careers can be ruined over such a mistake. Others object because the tests detect traces of drugs lingering in the body that may have no effect on job performance. According to Dr. Reynold Schmidt, corporate medical director for Unocal, regular users of marijuana, for instance, can test positive in some urinalysis screenings three months or more after their last smoke...
...camera took the best pictures I've ever seen on a phone. Of course, point-and-shoot cameras have evolved to leave even this phone's 2-megapixel output in the dust, but the snapshots I took are fine for sharing, and even for printing. I didn't detect much video noise or the strange distortions that generally plague camera-phone shots. I also liked the range of shooting options available. In fact, I'd have no problem using this as an everyday "had to be there" camera. Shooting video wasn't as rewarding, but it almost never is from...
...widow of renowned Harvard evolutionary biologist Stephen J. Gould has sued three doctors at Harvard-affiliated hospitals for allegedly failing to detect a tumor that led to his death...
...tried that yet. The Swedish team is currently working on a related study to test how lesbians respond to female pheromones. Last week's paper also can't answer the question of how important a role pheromones play in desire. Conventional wisdom used to be that people could not detect them...