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...most convincing reason to scrap the new system is that security and personal privacy don’t have to trade off. New x-ray scanners have been implemented at London’s Heathrow Airport that can detect solid objects under concealed clothing. While these images are anatomically detailed, they are viewed by same-sex screeners, are anonymous, and are not stored. Why can’t the same thing be used in U.S. airports? Well, according to a TSA spokeswoman quoted in a Reuters story, “There are a number of privacy issues that need...
Bottom-pressure recorder Can detect minute changes in water pressure caused by a passing tsunami as small...
OraQuick, a new and faster HIV test that works with saliva as well as blood, may also help control the spread of AIDS. The sooner doctors can detect the infection, the quicker they can begin treatment--which is one of the best ways to keep a local outbreak in check...
...blood-pressure problem was never supposed to get this far. Not all that long ago, the battle against hypertension was touted as one of the U.S.'s great public-health success stories. Almost absurdly easy to detect--a few painless seconds with a pressure cuff does it--hypertension is comparatively simple to treat with weight loss, lifestyle changes and a little medication. In the 1970s, doctors began tackling the condition aggressively, and as the percentage of people being treated crept up, the incidence of hypertension-related conditions fell. Strokes alone declined more than 50% from 1972 to 1994. Clearly...
...many tracks. Stars Look Down is never lackluster in its sound, and the straightforward production does little to enhance or detract from the sound quality. But what it comes down to is that there is no inherent creative drive at work here, or at least that I can detect...