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...entered or is about to enter a turbulent border zone more than 13 billion kilometers from Earth called "termination shock," where matter from interstellar space slams into radiation emitted by the Sun. Data sent by Voyager 1 showed a marked drop in the speed of solar winds and a hundredfold increase in charged particles, some of which probably originated in deep space. "Voyager is beginning to explore the final frontier of the solar system," said Edward Stone, a physicist at the California Institute of Technology. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is expected to continue sending data until it runs...
...also a big risk factor. The other emotion you see very often in elderly suicides is guilt, that somehow they did wrong in their relationship with their children or with their husband or wife. Even if there's a germ of truth in it, it's exaggerated a hundredfold. You also need to look for signs where the person talks as if they're not going to go on living. They say things like "You will all be better off without me, because of the trouble that I am." Some will give away possessions...
...Madden, inviting you to sign up now for a low-interest KashKard!" "Got a minute? I'd like to show you how Lightfinger Securities can double your income--in hours!" It means, in short, the power of both spoken word and moving image harnessed to harass you with a hundredfold more annoying, unsolicited dinnertime calls. Still want the Picturephone...
...1960s, astronomers' lust for light was temporarily satisfied by the development of electronic light detectors. Because these detectors are up to 100 times as sensitive as photographic plates--the standard recording medium since the turn of the 20th century--every telescope on Earth saw its power boosted a hundredfold essentially overnight. That kept the scientists happy only for a while, however, and everyone agreed that telescopes needed some sort of radical new design. Unfortunately, says Matt Mountain, director of the Gemini Observatory, "nobody knew how to make the conceptual leap...
That theory is reflected on the labels of homeopathic preparations, in which the number of dilutions is represented by Xs (each X representing a 1-to-10 dilution) and Cs (hundredfold dilutions). Yet by the laws of chemistry, there is only a 50% chance that a single molecule of the original substance remains in a 24X dilution. In the case of Oscillococcinum (200C), the chance that even one avian molecule has survived is virtually...