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...Israeli in space, were lost Saturday when the space shuttle Columbia broke apart in the skies of Texas. The incident occurred at an altitude of some 200,000 feet, shortly after reentry and 15 minutes before Columbia had been scheduled to land at Cape Canaveral. TIME science correspondent Jeffrey Kluger explains some of the possible causes and consequences of the accident...
...Jeffrey Kluger: There are three possible scenarios that explain this event. The first, which I believe is the likeliest explanation, would be an aerodynamic structural breakup of the shuttle caused by it rolling at the wrong angle. Remember, after reentry, the shuttle is descending without power, which means astronauts at the controls can't compensate for a loss of attitude by using the engines, they can only do so using the flaps. And that's extremely hard. Astronauts describe piloting the shuttle on reentry as like trying to fly a brick with wings. It's very difficult to operate...
...penguins have been sleeping less and skipping some meals but don't seem to have been harmed by all the exercise. In April, when the penguins are due to lay eggs, zookeepers will see if they have been skipping something else too. --By Jeffrey Kluger...
...helping doctors prescribe better treatments. "If Heller is bringing attention to this problem," says R. Reid Wilson, a clinical psychologist at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, "that's a real contribution." It may not make the textbooks, but it could make a difference. --By Jeffrey Kluger...
...genomes, and the millions of dollars more it would cost to develop aresistant bug, might be better spent on sending the tools we already have--pesticides, netting, malaria drugs--into Africa and other parts of the malaria-plagued world where they are in desperately short supply. --By Jeffrey Kluger...