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Immoderate Disasters. At 9, the fire storm rushed down the mountain, not feeding on brush but moving almost preternaturally five feet off the ground and stretching 40 feet in the air. At the crest above Greene's house it took on new oxygen from the valley's updraft. Truck Driver Andrew Board, whose house just down the road was almost miraculously spared, recalls: "It came with a great rumbling, deafening roar. I never knew they roared like that." Riding hot, dry winds of up to 70 m.p.h., the fire blasted down on Greene's $70,000 house...
Best for Brain. Dr. John Laughlin of Manhattan's Sloan-Kettering Institute reports nitrogen 13 and oxygen 15 highly effective in studying lung diseases. An entirely artificial element, technetium 99, produced by nuclear bombardment of molybdenum in a reactor, is rated by most medical centers as the best for detecting tumors of the brain. Both the gases and technetium have the advantage of short half-lives-that is, they lose half of their radioactivity in hours, or at most a few days. Thus, their radiation is so short-lived that it will not harm the patient exposed...
...common and unfortunate diagnosis of many aged people is that they are senile, a catchword for a number of conditions. There may be organic brain damage - for example, the brain may run short of oxygen because of impaired blood flow. But many of the "senile" actually have psychological problems. One 70-year-old retired financier, who insisted on calling his successor at the company all the time and had all sorts of paranoid suspicions, was diagnosed as having organic brain disease. A combination of psychotherapy and a new job as treasurer of a charitable organization helped the man to recover...
Thirteen-year-olds also fared best in scientific simplicities, but they were able to make basic judgments based on their knowledge. Solid majorities knew that a fanned fire burns faster because of the increase in oxygen. A surprise for parents: 89% identified the balanced meal (steak, bread, carrots, milk) in a list of diverting alternatives. The 13-year-olds tended to be stronger at graph and table reading than at using lab equipment. Nearly three-quarters agreed that the statement "My dog is better than your dog" is not a matter amenable to scientific inquiry...
Conditions are equally inconvenient for Mauna Kea's astronomers. Oxygen breathing units are everywhere (at least one minute's inhalation is recommended for every 30 minutes of work). Even if they pass strenuous physical examinations, astronomers always operate in pairs so that a helping hand is immediately available. Such precautions are not always enough. On his first night back on the mountain after a month's absence, Astronomer-in-Charge William M. Sinton got the shakes, found his speech blurring and was unable to remember the simplest facts-all because of the shortage of oxygen...