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Audrey Mestre took the last of a series of deep breaths floating in the ocean off the Dominican Republic on Oct. 12, then plunged below the surface. The Frenchwoman, 28, dropped rapidly, one hand pinching her nose to help equalize the pressure in her ears, the other clinging to a metal-frame sled weighing 200 lbs. After 1 min. 42 sec., she reached 561 ft., the deepest any human has ever dived on one breath of air. A spokesman for Mares, the diving-equipment manufacturer that sponsored the event, said the water pressure Mestre endured was "akin to having...
HOLD YOUR NOSE Garlic is supposed to ward off a wide range of ailments from heart disease to infections. Researchers may be able to add one more: prostate cancer. Men in China who reported eating at least one-third of an ounce a day from the allium food group (which also includes onions, shallots and leeks) cut their risk of developing the cancer in half...
...games. Touch the image of a fetal cheek with a hand-held stylus, and signals sent from the computer to mechanical motors in the stylus will simulate the sensation of pressing against soft skin. Move the stylus across the fetus' face, and you will feel the contours of its nose, lips and ears.Watch the baby's form appear onscreen as you "touch" it with the stylus. What's next? 3-D sculptures that would-be parents can bring home months before their due date. INVENTOR Novint Technologies AVAILABILITY Now, $250 to $350 TO LEARN MORE www.novint.com
...August in Tanya Grotter and the Magical Double Bass, which sold 100,000 copies in Russia. Like Harry, Tanya is an orphan who resides in a world swirling with magic. Instead of a scar on her forehead like Harry's, however, Tanya has a mole on her nose. This distinction is not enough to pacify Rowling's publisher, which sent a cease-and-desist letter to Yemets' publisher. Yemets claims that while his book was intended in part as a parody of Rowling's, it is vastly different in that it draws from Russian folklore...
...want [intelligence] from as many sources as possible. We want diversity, we don't want to be led by the nose by any one of them. We have to examine it critically because there's a lot disinformation around the world, and the more information you have, the better you're able to compare. We think [intelligence support for UNMOVIC] should be in principle a one-way traffic. It is in governments' interests that they should [point us] to interesting places, and if we then find something that is significant, that is the reward - rather than "you give...