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UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA/ESA/NASA/EPA Saturn's moon Titan has been shrouded in smog for eons. The HUYGENS PROBE last week pierced the veil, parachuting in for a landing. Titan's orange, rubbly terrain is like Mars', though the -178?C temperatures mean the rocks are probably made of ice. Other images showed what could be liquid ethane and methane, resembling a flash-frozen Earth before life emerged. Data still to come may shed light on how all biology came to be. - By Jeffrey Kluger...
...reviewing the group's tax-exempt status on the grounds that it engaged in partisan politics, a no-no for nonprofits. N.A.A.C.P. chairman Julian Bond, who has accused the Bush Administration of drawing its "most rabid supporters from the Taliban wing of American politics," calls the probe an attempt to silence the group. "We're not going to allow any institution to prohibit us from fighting racism," he says...
Though most mental health experts doubt the potential of the list as a first-rate means for exploring deep psychological processes, I stand by my medium of choice. Impersonal yet succinct, lists have the unique potential to probe deeply into the psyches of the willing subject. Furthermore, the list can be seen as the great equalizer: it lays out the same framework for all of its readers. It is then our especial prerogative to respond according to our very own comfort level. The list requires no more than we are willing to give! Try to find a therapist or friend...
...agents today searched the office of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee for a second time in the past four months, seeking evidence to determine whether two AIPAC officials received classified information from a former Pentagon analyst and passed the data to Israeli government officials. The probe, being conducted by an FBI counter-intelligence squad attached to the bureau?s Washington field office, is aimed at determining whether U.S. laws against espionage or mishandling of classified information have been breached. An AIPAC spokesman says the group has done nothing wrong and is cooperating fully with the government. According...
...DeLay a nice reward for helping the G.O.P. win five extra seats from his home state of Texas in the congressional elections: a rule change so he won't automatically have to step aside as majority leader if an Austin grand jury indicts him in a campaign-finance probe. But despite a public show of solidarity, Republican Congressmen tell TIME there was a bitter debate behind closed doors over whether to change the rule for the man known as "the Hammer," and it has left some Republicans angry and concerned that their party looks arrogant. During a private caucus last...