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Since the chicken-wire dish is firmly attached to the ground, it cannot be turned mechanically. But by changing the position of the dangling waveguide that feeds radio energy from above, it can be swung electronically 20° north or south of vertical. The rotation of the earth takes care...
The heart of the project are the sweep-frequency receivers mounted on steel racks in the lab. Each receiver is simply an elaborate radio with a radio telescope for an antenna and lacks any sort of speaker for the sound to come out. Like an ordinary radio, these receivers can...
The kingdom of Jordan is hard at work on a peculiar problem: how to keep tourists from drowning in the desert. Such startling accidents actually do occur. Last spring, when a flash flood from a rare rainstorm roared down the Siq, a vertical-walled cleft that leads to the famous...
Cool Container. At 5:30 p.m. Callahan died. "When we were absolutely sure that life had left him," says Dr. Russell, "Mrs. Callahan signed the release." A phone message went to the Brigham even as the patrolman's lifeless body was wheeled into an operating room. There Drs. Nathan...
Six Russian gymnacrobats begin their act by holding themselves in the air at arm's length from vertical poles while they spin around in circles, smiling. An alpine aerialist climbs a high wire 45° steep with two women standing on his head. Four girls in sequined lavender bikinis...