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If your remember your high school physics class, you should know that a length of wire with an electric current running through it generates a magnetic field--the stronger the current, the stronger the magnetic field. And if you ever watched Mr. Wizard, you should remember him showing how a...

Author: By Tehshik P. Yoon, | Title: Harvard's Computer Wasteland | 4/5/1993 | See Source »

When Eisenhower isn't scrambling for pennies, it's pinching them. Rather than replace 20 aging microscopes, the school is investigating the purchase of a TV camera and monitor system that could display to an entire class the images seen through a single new microscope. In the home economics classes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: School's Out -- of Cash | 4/5/1993 | See Source »

The impulsive action ensures Jefferson a date with Gruesome Gerty, the state's portable electric chair, even though his lawyer argues that the accused is incapable of premeditating a murder. "No, gentlemen, this skull here holds no plans," the defense claims. "What you see here is a thing . . . to hold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An A-plus In Humanity | 3/29/1993 | See Source »

WHEN DECIDING WHICH MEDICAL STUDIES TO BElieve, it's usually wise to consider who's paying the bill. Not always, though. While some research suggests that electromagnetic fields -- the kind given off by power lines and household appliances -- may increase the incidence of cancer, the latest in-depth study of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power Lines Revisited | 3/29/1993 | See Source »

Last year 23 Japanese traveling abroad met crime-related deaths. This year Griptone, a Japanese travel-goods company, has opened a store in Osaka, Japan, for the safety-conscious Japanese tourist. Merchandise includes an attache case that gives thieves within 170 ft. a 40-volt electric shock, and safety vests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revenge of The Tourists | 3/22/1993 | See Source »

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