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Experts say the undergarment bomb probably would have shown up on the new generation of whole-body imaging scanners that are chiefly designed to detect explosives. These devices, using millimeter waves or X-rays, generate a picture so detailed that the officials reviewing them are located elsewhere for the sake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What We Can Learn from Flight 253 | 12/30/2009 | See Source »

So five years after the bipartisan 9/11 commission recommended that Congress and the Transportation Security Agency "give priority attention" to screening passengers for explosives, the practice remains overwhelmingly the exception and not the rule. Only about 40 millimeter-wave devices are in use, at 19 U.S. airports. Standard magnetometers, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What We Can Learn from Flight 253 | 12/30/2009 | See Source »

The U.S. has spent nearly $800 million trying to develop sniffers and scanners that could be more widely used - a whole-body imager, a bottled-liquid scanner, an automated explosive-detection system for carry-on baggage and another made especially for shoes, designed to work while they're still on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What We Can Learn from Flight 253 | 12/30/2009 | See Source »

Appetite whetted? Here's a look at some of the ingredients most commonly used in tonic cuisine, and some restaurants that serve it.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recovering from Holiday Season Indulgence? | 12/30/2009 | See Source »

JUJUBE Also called red date, jujube is a neutral tonic used to relieve stress, replenish energy, and treat anemia.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recovering from Holiday Season Indulgence? | 12/30/2009 | See Source »

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