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...last legs. "We would ask the Americans: What kind of experts are you to think about deserting this unique space platform?" According to NASA, cautious ones. Mir has undergone a worrisome stretch of technical foul-ups lately, ranging from an overheated living module to the explosion of an oxygen-generating canister. While the Russians insist everything is under control, NASA does not share their confidence: if the problems continue after Linenger's return to Earth in mid-May, the U.S. space agency says, it won't send up another American to work with the Russian crew. Unfounded hysteria, counters Blagov...
...after Earhart took off. Finch, an accomplished pilot with 20 years of experience flying and restoring historic aircraft, will make 30 stops in 20 countries during her 2 1/2 month trip, including Egypt, Greece, Pakistan and Australia. While the plane's cabin will remain unpressurized without oxygen tanks, technology will provide a safety margin to help prevent a duplication of Earhart's failed 1937 journey. Flint will use global positioning satellite technology to pinpoint her location, VHF radio communications to expedite landings and take-offs and an in-cabin computer to communicate via e-mail with school children following...
...Minimize your caffeine intake. If you must have caffeine, try weak tea instead of coffee. Excess caffeine, along with grease and sugar, can impede oxygen flow through the capillaries and induce fatigue...
...professor, already dismayed at what he perceived to be intolerable over-crowding, demanded that the student leave immediately. The student tried to manage some sort of breathless defense, but the professor did not relent. "Leave now. There are too many of you. You are taking up all the oxygen." This student then left, albeit very bewildered and disappointed. The professor then instructed all freshman and seniors to leave the room; they would not be considered for enrollment in the class. The reasoning? "Freshmen don't know anything, and seniors don't care." The professor then collected all the names...
While the promising new drug, endostatin, has yet to be tested in humans, it has successfully starved tumors into submission by preventing their access to the blood vessels in mice. The vessels carry oxygen-rich blood, essential for all body tissue to survive...