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...Should all else fail, try shielding phone and power cords. the easiest way to do this is to wrap wires in one layer of aluminum foil, and then to ground the foil, "Grounding" means to create a path from the foil to a point that is connected, literally, to the ground. In dorm rooms, try touching the foil to an unpainted water or heating pipe (such as the pipes under the sink in the bathroom or the pipes near the radiator). If aesthetics is a problem, try touching the metal part of a wire--any wire--to the foil...
Being blind gives even everyday life an added layer of difficulty. While Chen does most of his work on his computer, there are times when he can't perform tasks unaided...
...Sagan writes that space flight has already provided early warnings of possible dangers to Earth. Data radioed from craft exploring Venus and Mars, for example, have helped make us aware of the consequences of such potential man-made disasters as the greenhouse effect and the destruction of the ozone layer. Perhaps even more important, spacecraft may one day prevent a global catastrophe by diverting a large asteroid speeding toward a collision with Earth...
...death for 95 percent of the species on Earth 225 million years ago, according to research published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. The study's authors theorize that an explosion as far as 185 trillion miles away could have eroded the earth's protective layer, exposing plant life to deadly ultraviolet radiation and thus disrupting the food chain. A supernova has long been a suspect in the planet's most severe episode of mass extinction, but today's evidence is the first to connect an exploding star with destruction of the ozone. TIME science writer...
...believes that Kerner is their agent; the English think he's a double agent working for them. He could be a triple or, as he says, "maybe & quintuple." Like many tales of espionage, Hapgood is an onion-like construction: the author peels back a layer of threats, uncertainties, possible betrayals only to reveal another. It's such an elaborate process, you can almost forget that what you wind up with is an onion: something savory and shapely but rather slight. Which is to say, Hapgood isn't quite Stoppard in highest flight. And which is also to say, even...