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Noah's directive was to preserve all species. Modern man has no such option. Some species are already doomed, the incidental victims of logging, mining, dams and the fragmentation of their habitats. Almost daily we face another agonizing conflict between ecology and economics. In the Pacific Northwest loggers' jobs are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Down with The God Squad | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

Is the Pentagon already flying new variations on the Stealth series of radar- fooling aircraft? Military aficionados think they've spotted at least two new planes near U.S. testing bases. One version is believed to be a prototype of the A-12, a successor to the Navy's A-6...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Flock Of Stealths | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

Yet another swarm of intruders has crashed through America's porous Southwestern border: so-called killer bees. Last week the Department of Agriculture spotted the first incursion on U.S. soil of Africanized bees, originally imported to Brazil from Africa in 1957 for a breeding experiment. All the bees were trapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas: Buzzing Over The Border | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

Love is blooming in Brazil, where private affairs can arouse public passions. Justice Minister Bernardo Cabral, 58, was forced to resign this month after the press revealed his romance with fellow Cabinet member Zelia Cardoso de Mello, the Economy Minister. Their relationship became common knowledge after Cabral, who is married...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil: Cupid in the Cabinet | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

Many scientists believe the Venusian volcanoes are still capable of erupting, and there is even a chance they may be caught in the act. After finishing a 243-day mapping mission, Magellan will start all over and do it again. Any change in the landscape that shows up in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: A Restless Venus | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

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