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...environmental arguments for reman are equally compelling. The amount of raw materials saved annually worldwide by remanufacturing is 14 million tons, according to a University of Bayreuth study, or enough to fill 230,000 railroad cars - that's a train 1,860 miles (3,000 km) long. And while current European Union regulations dictate that only 15% of an auto can wind up in a scrapyard, that percentage will drop to 5% in 2015 - a requirement that should boost the industry's growth, since remanufacturers need a steady supply of broken-down goods for the process to work efficiently...
...only are the little worlds old, but they're also odd. Vesta, which measures about 330 miles (531 km) at maximum diameter, or roughly the width of Arizona, is thought to account for 1 out of 20 meteorites that strike Earth, while Ceres, which is closer to us, provides none. One reason might be simply that Vesta is made of denser stuff, material that when it breaks away can remain intact through the long journey to Earth. "Ceres is not very thick," says Russell, "and whenever there's an impact, it knocks off ice and a lot of dust that...
...North Pole isn't the only prize in the eyes of the resurgent Russian empire - Moscow is also looking to restore control over a 47,000 sq. km (18,000 sq. mile) piece of the Bering Sea separating Alaska from Russian Chukotka. The territory was ceded to the U.S. in 1990 under the U.S.-Soviet Maritime Boundary Agreement signed by Secretary of State James Baker and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze. While the deal may have helped ease Cold War tensions, anti-reform Soviet hard-liners always opposed giving up a piece of territory rich in sea life and hydrocarbon...
...craggy mountains flanking the Bekaa Valley, fresh Hizballah recruits are undergoing monthlong basic training sessions involving 20-mile (32-km) route marches with rifles, ammunition and rock-filled backpacks. A year ago, Salem, a university student and Hizballah militant, was spending alternate weeks patrolling Lebanon's southern border with Israel. Now he regularly enrolls for refresher training courses in the Bekaa. The training camps are hidden in remote wooded areas, with no permanent structures to give away their presence to Israeli jets and drones overhead. The fighters are taught how to strip, handle and shoot weapons, plant roadside bombs, navigate...
...Carnoustie, where the British Open returns on July 19, lies less than 500 yds. (503 m) from an army firing range and some 15 mi. (24 km) from an air force base. Machine-gun fire echoes around the property. Fighter jets roar overhead. On one of the facility's three courses, each hole is named after a historic battle, and on the 157-year-old Championship Course - the longest and most difficult Open venue in Britain - a water-filled ditch zigzags through the course like a World War I trench, and cavernous sand traps dot the landscape like bomb craters...