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Want to lose weight using ephedra? You can't. Bush's FDA has banned the over-the-counter supplement. Steroids? You heard the Nanny in Chief. And if you're a scientist researching a touchy subject, be prepared to feel the breath of Big Government down the back of your white coat. Early on in his Administration, the President--not scientists or patients--decided exactly how far federally funded research into stem cells could go. Cloning technologies? Forget about...
...plenty of soil, and if chemical samplers like those aboard Spirit prove that Mars dust isn't poisonous, it would be a relatively straightforward job to assemble a greenhouse-like enclosure, raise the temperature, pump up the atmosphere and plant a few seeds. Donald Henninger, a NASA chief scientist, has identified 13 crops that could thrive in a space habitat, including wheat, potatoes, soybeans and salad greens. "You can take stored food along, but how long does it last?" he asks...
...fact that some of these early experiments could take place with existing technology on future rovers is one reason mission advocates question Bush's long time frame for his Mars flights. "Johnson Space Center was a cow pasture when we started the lunar program," says Humboldt Mandell, a planetary scientist at the University of Texas who managed the last Mars initiative, "and still we got to the moon in seven years from a cold start...
...sure, there's something to be said for trying out your hardware and survival skills at a campsite only three days from home as opposed to one seven months distant. Wendell Mendell, Johnson Space Center planetary scientist, worries about the physical and psychological effects of a long Mars mission and agrees that the moon is a good place to try out survival skills. "The attitude is, They're astronauts, they're tough, stick 'em in a tuna can--it doesn't matter," he says. "But it does. That's why the moon is important...
...broader drive to find ways of modernizing public services without raising taxes - would stand rejected by his own M.P.s. "Disastrous" is how a senior aide envisioned that scenario last week. Then there's Lord Hutton, who releases his exhaustive report into the suicide of David Kelly, the government weapons scientist who found himself caught in a furious row between Downing Street and the BBC over whether Blair oversold the case for war in Iraq. A direct finding that Blair lied when he denied any role in "outing" Kelly's name to reporters - a conceivable outcome, based on the public evidence...