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...some cowboys, space just isn't enough. Stewart David Nozette, who was arrested on Oct. 19 on attempted espionage charges, was a respected U.S. scientist who had worked on the Star Wars missile-shield effort and helped discover water on the moon. But around 2006 or so, investigators became suspicious that Nozette was secretly working for a foreign government, and in September they launched a sting: an FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence officer asked the 52-year-old to provide sensitive material. He allegedly coughed up a treasure trove of top secret information about U.S. early-warning systems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Accused Spy Stewart Nozette | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

...knowledge, he was a dedicated scientist whose manner would give you no clue he was a spy. He was a very solid scientist." - Craig Covault, editor at large for SpaceFlightNow.com, who interviewed Nozette multiple times during his 36 years covering the aerospace industry (the Washington Times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Accused Spy Stewart Nozette | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

...With Corzine there is a sense of resignation, and a feeling that there are a lot of unfulfilled promises," explains Ross Baker, a political scientist at Rutgers University. "He has not changed the way business is done in Trenton." See pictures of Barack Obama's nation of hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama in New Jersey: Trying to Rescue Corzine | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

...first artificial sweetener, saccharin, was discovered in 1879 when Constantin Fahlberg, a Johns Hopkins University scientist working on coal-tar derivatives, noticed a substance on his hands and arms that tasted sweet. No one knows why Fahlberg decided to lick an unknown substance off his body, but it's a good thing he did. Despite an early attempt to ban the substance in 1911 - skeptical scientists said it was an "adulterant" that changed the makeup of food - saccharin grew in popularity, and was used to sweeten foods during sugar rationings in World Wars I and II. Though it is about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Artificial Sweeteners Really That Bad for You? | 10/20/2009 | See Source »

...Even if the MDC does have a strategy in place, it may have drawn itself into a corner. "This is a period of confusion. There is too much heat emanating from the frustration the MDC has gone through," says Tendai Nyamutatanga, a political scientist at the University of Zimbabwe. "But what will happen if ZANU-PF sticks to its guns? The MDC might be doomed." Ominously, when asked to comment on the MDC's move, Mugabe's party could not have appeared less concerned. Initially, ZANU-PF claimed to not have heard about it. Then party leaders said they didn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Zimbabwe, Tsvangirai Gambles on a Boycott | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

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