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Cheung cites physicist Stephen Hawking, author of A Brief History of Time, as one of his biggest inspirations and likes to say that humans, like dinosaurs, could go extinct—a disaster that space exploration could somehow ameliorate.

Author: By JOANNE S. WONG, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Politics Isn't Rocket Science—Or Is It? | 4/3/2010 | See Source »

It's been a standard theme of commentary of late to say that Angela Merkel, Germany's Chancellor, could be the leader of Europe - but doesn't want the job. When Merkel took on much of the E.U., above all French President Nicolas Sarkozy, with her lonely, stubborn and ultimately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angela Merkel: German Rules | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

The failure to get someone running TSA is only a minor irritant so long as no major terrorist attack happens on an airplane, ship or train while the spot is vacant. But if there's no one in charge of preventing it when something does happen, it's also a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel Snafu: The Stumbling Search for a TSA Chief | 3/31/2010 | See Source »

Recovery after two months of decomposition means many of the cadavers were skeletal, requiring tests to ensure correct identification. "The identification really starts on the scene," says David Hunt, 40, commander of Haiti DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team). "We had anthropologists, pathologists and DNA testing all on hand." Bodies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Giving Up the Search for Haiti's Last Lost American | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

Less well-funded patriots mount inexpensive programs on public-access or satellite TV. Or they can make and market their own videotapes-a propaganda tactic that insulates the patriot evangelists from any direct blame for the antigovernment acts they may inspire. The handful of celebrities on the patriot circuit-people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Threat from the Patriot Movement | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

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