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...inducing reproductive readiness in females. Other species use more subtle signals to seduce their mates, including a full arsenal of sexy pheromones. A little of this chemical magic goes a long way: the merest trace of a female moth's scent will attract the attention of males from miles downwind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Animal Attraction | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

...downwind legs were also really fun, we were hauling,” Porter said. “It was a great feeling to be flying downwind, in the pouring rain, with about 20 knots of breeze, and looking back to see how big your lead...

Author: By Allison D. Bates, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Coed Sailing Continues Dominance Despite Fickle New England Weather | 10/14/2003 | See Source »

...tall buildings. When that air is damp enough and collides with colder layers above it, water can condense out as a sudden burst of rain, especially if there are few frontal systems to disrupt the layers, as in summer. In a spot storm above a city or just downwind of it, it's likely that nature alone isn't behind the downpour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Cities Make Their Own Weather | 8/11/2003 | See Source »

...were notably faster in the Vanguard and made huge gains on some very extreme reaches and downwind legs,” Potts said...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Coed Sailing Takes Second at Admiral’s Cup, But Overall Results Mixed | 4/14/2003 | See Source »

...Bush warned last week that any Iraqi troops who followed orders to use weapons of mass destruction would be "pursued and punished." But the Pentagon is not counting on deterrence alone. Bombing chemical and biological sites would be dicey, however, since blasted facilities could spew poisons hundreds of miles downwind, potentially over U.S. troops or Iraqi civilians. So the U.S. military is weighing the wisdom of attacking deeply buried facilities with "agent defeat" weapons designed to produce a heat so intense it kills the spores in biological weapons and breaks down the poisons in chemical weapons. This would keep toxins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: Battle Plan: The Tools Of War | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

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