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...back signals from the Red Planet's south pole, and still there is no word. The possibilities: The craft could have gone into a protective sleep mode after impact, and has so far missed its window of opportunity for transmission back to Earth. It's also conceivable that the probe landed on its side, making a clear transmission path even more difficult. The possibility that NASA doesn't want to think about yet is that the craft didn't survive the landing, perhaps burning up in the atmosphere or breaking up upon impact...
...planetary first: Mars wired for sound. If everything works as planned, a small, cheap microphone placed on the lander by the Planetary Society will begin streaming the sounds of the Red Planet to a web page near you. Which if nothing else means next time a Mars probe goes astray, we'll be able to hear the crash...
Outraged at what they considered a national and religious insult, Egyptians insisted that American investigators suspend judgment and allow Cairo's experts to review the data thoroughly before launching an FBI criminal probe. Washington agreed, setting an international team to the exhaustive task of decoding the recordings bit by bit, word by word, sound by sound, before any further decisions are made...
INSIDE INFORMATION Colonoscopy is probably the world's most unpopular procedure, but the notoriously uncomfortable test, in which a probe is snaked through the anus and into the bowel, is still considered the gold standard for detecting colon cancer in its earliest, most treatable stage. Now there may be a less traumatic alternative. A study shows that a "virtual colonoscopy"--basically, a fancy CAT scan--is nearly as accurate (82%) as the real thing in detecting tiny precancerous polyps. The procedure zaps patients with radiation equivalent to about five chest X rays, but it's noninvasive, requires no sedation...
Once it became a cultural matter, the EgyptAir Flight 990 probe was bound to turn controversial. Egypt, furious at the NTSB's intention to turn the inquiry over to the FBI, is sending experts to review the cockpit voice-recorder tape that prompted U.S. investigators to conclude that the crash was the result of a crime. U.S. officials believe that a relief pilot muttered the phrase "Tawakilt ala Allah" ("I put my faith in God" or "I entrust myself to God") before turning off the auto-pilot, putting the plane into a headlong dive and turning off the engine when...