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Prior to entering the white-dwarf stage, however, an aging star cools and balloons into a red giant. And that, the Ruhr researchers speculate, is probably what Sirius B was when the Babylonians--and then the Greeks, Romans and Franks--gazed skyward. To the unaided eyes of the ancients, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Star of Another Color | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

I remember when the cicadas invaded Chicago back in June of '73. With great horror I watched the little red-eyed beasties swarm all over everything. I doubt that anyone took a liking to them or thought they were cute. Michael Franks Highland Park, III.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 5, 1985 | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

For the chattering classes of Washington, the selection of Negroponte came as a surprise. During the two-month search for a nominee, candidates with intelligence or military backgrounds were bandied about, including General Tommy Franks and 9/11 Commission co-chairs Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton. Several individuals were felt out...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's New Intelligence Czar | 2/21/2005 | See Source »

Feith was the most overripe of neocons-a man who served as an adviser to Israel's then Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (he advised Netanyahu to invade Iraq); a man who was "in charge" of postwar "planning" for our invasion of Iraq; a man who oversaw the Office of Special...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End of Rose-Petal Fantasies | 1/30/2005 | See Source »

General Franks delivered an Orwellian tour de force. In a single short interview, he blamed the Iraqis for their country's electricity shortage, even though the U.S. created the situation; said he is "very thankful" that Iraq did not possess weapons of mass destruction (WMD), even though this was one...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 30, 2004 | 8/30/2004 | See Source »

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