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Drake, alas, detected nary a peep. Nor has anyone else since then. Even after spending thousands of hours scanning the skies, at myriad frequencies, at a cost of more than $100 million astronomers have yet to detect a single credible signal, though the most distant star probed is barely 1% of the way across the galaxy...
Scientists are just beginning to disentangle the myriad levels on which human beings and the natural climate system interact, which only increases the potential for surprise. For example, we now realize that not all the aerosols we are pumping into the atmosphere exert a cooling effect. A notable exception is soot, which is produced by wood fires and incomplete industrial combustion. Because of its dark color, soot absorbs solar energy rather than reflecting it. So when a recent scientific excursion to the Indian Ocean established that big soot clouds were circulating through the atmosphere, a number of scientists speculated that...
Since the night Elian's mother drowned while escaping Cuba, leaving him to float on an inner tube for two days, his saga has been as bizarre and unending as a novel of magic realism. The Miami lawyers are appealing Moore's ruling, and myriad other delay tactics await. Meanwhile, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro apparently still won't let Juan Miguel, 31, go to Miami to get Elian. Bottom line: this ugly international custody battle has a few more skirmishes to go before one side can claim victory...
...fellow firearms manufacturers. On March 17, the Massachusetts-based firm signed a historic agreement with state and federal government agencies in which the company agreed to implement several safety measures, including trigger locks, on its weapons. In exchange for Smith & Wesson's commitment, the government terminated many of the myriad lawsuits looming against the company. Initially, that compromise seemed to suit both parties: Smith & Wesson was assured a certain degree of protection against litigation, and government officials could point to a victory in its campaign against gun violence...
March is the cruelest month. The confluence of myriad midterms, sundry applications and neglected theses is bad enough. But for those whose basketball jones prevents sustained concentration on anything but March Madness, March can be, well, maddening...