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Saddam never got a chance to use his SUPERGUN, a powerful megacannon capable of hurling chemical, biological or nuclear warheads hundreds of miles. U.N. forces dismantled two models in Iraq last year, one an incomplete version with a barrel 165 yards long. But Western intelligence agents in the Middle East...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Weapon That Won't Go Away | 4/13/1992 | See Source »

Inevitably, fads fade, but while the mitt is still a hit, Mark Paliafito's company is lining up commercial sponsors who will stamp their logos on the Super Grip Ball. He also plans to make disks 7 ft. in diameter for team play. By next year, five new versions are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The (Sticky) Fad of Summer | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

Now, after a decade-long search, the attention of geologists is riveted on a circular basin some 180 km (112 miles) in diameter. It lies buried under 1,100 m (3,600 ft.) of limestone, centered beneath the town of Chicxulub, on the northern tip of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Last, the Smoking Gun? | 7/1/1991 | See Source »

Now comes the mysterious phenomenon in NGC 6240. It was first spotted in 1986 by astronomers working with a University of Hawaii telescope, but they checked and rechecked their puzzling findings before finally publishing a report last week. At first blush, it looks temptingly revolutionary. The apparent object is invisible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mystery of The Cosmic Monster | 4/22/1991 | See Source »

Consider these facts. By the time a breast tumor is large enough to be felt as a lump, it is generally more than 1 cm (0.4 in.) in diameter and contains several billion cancer cells, some of which may have broken loose, circulated through the bloodstream and begun to infiltrate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breast Cancer: A Puzzling Plague | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

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