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With these frightening predictions in mind, we need to try to heat-proof our agriculture. That can be accomplished by using crops that have proved resistant to extreme heat - like sorghum or millet - to breed hybrid-crop varieties that are more capable of withstanding higher temperatures. We'll need to drop any squeamishness about consuming genetically modified crops. Unless we can tap the power of genetics, we'll never feed ourselves in a warmer world. But we'll need to act quickly. It can take years to breed more heat-resistant species, and investment in agricultural research has shriveled...
...manipulation; I never thought his personal character was without blemish. What he has done is the job we chose him to do, and overall he's done it superbly. Despite what Krauthammer says, Clinton's victory may turn out to be less Pyrrhic than Pyrex--long-lasting and heat-proof. HILDA GRANT JONES Hallowell, Maine...
...Heat-proof Bos. Indian cattle, descended from the tropical Bos indicus instead of from the European Bos taurus, are better cooled. Their loose, hanging skins give them more cooling surface. Their hides are thick, and their hair is an efficient insulator...
...Glass-packed coffee marked a glass advance; canned beer was a victory for tin. The flat glass division, having no outside industry to contend with, has spent its time in the improvement of its product. Most important modern development has been safety glass for automobiles. Invisible glass, flexible glass, heat-proof glass and bullet-proof glass have been more spectacular but less substantial inventions. Glass news last week included...
...extricate the bags from the flames, the mail is surely lost, there being no perfected means of dumping the bags in flight in an emergency.* Post Office officials eyed with interest an experiment begun last week by National Air Transport and Railway Express Agency, with a fireproof and heat-proof cargo pouch developed by Johns-Manville Corp. This new bag was said to withstand a fire hot enough to melt sheet-metal and fuse pipes, without allowing even the sealing wax on letters inside to soften...