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Last week Aho's group went ahead on its own and dedicated a 14-acre clearing near Washington's Mount Rainier as a Spacecraft Protective Landing Area for the Advancement of Science and Humanities (SPLAASH). The saucer enthusiasts plan to ask the Pentagon not to attack aliens who try to land there. How will they recognize their earthly crash pad? Through mental telepathy, says Aho. "If we send out the right kind of thoughts, we will communicate." Just in case the vibes are bad, the landing site is also clearly marked by ropes and a sign reading NEUTRAL...
Ever dream of a few more hours each night in the land of Nod? Most people have, which makes them experts, sort of, in somnology, the science of sleep. Now Psychologist Wilse Webb of the University of Florida has come up with a finding that many people may have suspected all along: they sleep less than they used to. After 20 years of study, Webb reports that Americans today, on average, sleep 1½ hours less daily than they did 60 years ago. Says he: "We're definitely squeezing sleep...
...Jerusalem Post blasted the regime's response as "irrelevant" and "neither a yes, nor a no, nor even a maybe" -although, in fact, it confirmed Begin's continued unwillingness to give up any part of what he regards as the historic land of Israel. The mass-circulation daily Ha'aretz noted: "If even members of the Israeli Cabinet voted against the reply, one can hardly expect the Israeli answer to be welcomed enthusiastically in Cairo." Ma'ariv, the afternoon daily, was equally foreboding. "It may be possible to gain a few weeks' breathing space," said...
...military men was ending a twelve-day tour of Sweden's defense facilities. There they had looked at, among other things, Swedish-built submarines and the Saab-Scania supersonic Viggen fighter jet. This week the delegation heads southward to see what Italian manufacturers offer in the way of land, air and sea weaponry. A similar delegation of Chinese experts visited France last autumn to inspect materiel there...
...Edwin Land, the self-taught genius who invented instant photography...