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...Europe - and the eagerness of poor North African countries to join the global tuna trade. "It's like a poor man's Lotto," Hogarth says. "I've seen one tuna sell for $60,000." Despite such sums, prices on Europe's docksides have plummeted from about €10 per kg five years ago to as little as half that today. Paradoxically - you might think that a collapsing price indicated an expanding supply - environmental groups believe that reflects massive overfishing. With fish, excessive harvesting can drive down the price until stocks suddenly run out. "It's like in a war," says...
...nail. On the contrary, it looks amphibious; Sommer and his partners first nicknamed it the bathtub. Even so, Sommer says the nail metaphor helped his team diverge from standard car chassis design and find a way to create a light yet crash-resistant frame. Weighing a mere 450 kg, the Loremo prototype claims to get 100 km out of a meager 1.5 L of fuel - about half the amount used by the most efficient cars available today. That, most people would agree, is an idea whose time has come. Experts may quibble over just how much oil is left buried...
...Charles Darwin and believed to be the world's oldest animal in captivity; near Brisbane. Although dna tests indicate the beloved resident of Queensland's Australia Zoo was at least over 170, her precise age, provenance and even sex have been disputed?for more than a century, the 150-kg grand dame was mistakenly called Harry...
...both air-to-air and air-to-surface combat THE TARGET The house, made of cinder blocks and reinforced concrete, was set back in a grove of date palms, about 1.25 miles (2 km) northeast of the village of Hibhib First bomb GBU-12 A 500-lb. (227 kg) smart bomb that follows a laser signal to its target. An electronics pod under the aircraft or a spotter on the ground illuminates the target with a laser. A guidance system in the nose of the bomb detects that spot and controls the movements of the airfoils in the rear...
...says Jeans). It also tames blood-sugar swings. I'm never hungry, despite petite portions and epic helpings of exercise. On our final morning, out come the scales and most retreaters prove to be shadows of their former selves. Our friend is the biggest loser?4.5 kg lighter. My weight has barely dipped, but I realize I may have lost something else: my mind. Despite the punishing regimen, I'm sad to leave. But my husband assures me we'll be back. thecompleteretreat.com