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...should anyone care? In fact, there are plenty of reasons, starting with the creature's pure elegance of design. Sharks first appeared on earth 400 million years ago, and after about 200 million years of evolutionary trial and error, nature pretty much ran out of ways to improve on its handiwork. Today more than 350 species swim the planet, ranging in size from the less-than-1-ft.-long dwarf shark and pygmy ribbontail catfish shark to the 50-ft. whale shark. Sharks have insinuated themselves into every marine environment from the Arctic to the tropics. One species, the bull...
...Though federal investigators will probe every angle, Shannon reports there is more focus on the possibility of human error in the air rather than on the ground, where the Guam airport control tower is staffed by private contractors instead of government employees. Shannon says that's not a big issue, because such arrangements have existed for decades at light-traffic airports...
...mistakes he made during his term -- the other being Earl Warren. Brennan went on to serve through eight presidencies, remaining a force on the bench till he retired in 1990, when its composition had been stacked against him. A tip of the hat, then, to President Eisenhower for his error...
...asking a string of questions about the wisdom of letting the East Europeans into the NATO club. They were joined by a group of 50 other notables--retired Senators, military officers, ambassadors and arms-control experts--who signed another letter asking the President to halt before making "a policy error of historic proportions...
BETTER SCREENING TESTS One of the things that make the treatment of severe headaches so difficult is that doctors don't know in advance what they are dealing with. Most physicians use trial and error: they prescribe a treatment and if it doesn't work, they try another until they find a remedy. Now scientists at Ohio University are trying to cut through some of that guesswork by fashioning a simple 15-min. screening test that will tell doctors where the pain occurs, how debilitating it is and what other factors (such as stress) may be contributing...