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Toyota recently introduced its first hybrid car, the Prius, in Japan. It runs on both gasoline combustion and an electric battery, and can attain about double the gas mileage of an ordinary auto. General Motors recently finished its first good electric car, the EV1, although it requires frequent recharging due to its limited range. DaimlerChrysler, taking advantage of research of both its German and American branches, leads the way in developing fuel cell engines--engines which use hydrogen gas as fuel and could produce little more than water as waste. These projects, although showing far more promise than ever before...
Another consideration is my frequent desire toshare interesting information. If I have somejuicy gossip, I may accidentally spill it. But Itry not to tell anyone associated with thesubject. Telling one person--someone to whom theinformation is of little consequence--can be likea vaccination against further outbursts. Forexample, I may tell my roommate about a friendfrom home who hooked up with another friend ofours. I spread the gossip only, but keep myselffrom telling other high school friends...
...human -- a scientific study in today's issue of Nature says so. You can blame it on our genes. British researchers have concluded that harmful mutations in human genetic material are frequent and persistent. But don't worry. "Most species don't last more than a few million years anyway," says TIME medical columnist Christine Gorman, who notes that by that yardstick, we've still got some time left on earth. Besides, the study basically confirms "the long-held speculation that humans have a high mutation rate...
Rudenstine uses his mortgage to pay for his apartment in New York, where he stays during frequent visits to the city on Harvard business, often for fundraising. He has another $53,000 in educational loans for his children, who are graduate students...
...story sets Picard and the crew of the Enterprise against the grotesque Son'a, a race so ravaged by the effects of age that they must undergo frequent face-lift procedures in order to prevent their skin from sagging off their faces. The Son'a have developed technology to harvest the metaphasic radiation which permeates the Ba'ku planet; this radiation acts as a fountain of youth, giving eternal life to the Ba'ku. Unfortunately, the Son'a's plan to harvest the radiation for their own use will instantaneously destroy the planet...