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...State University. According to Cross, the required materials are stiff, but if enough people are moving at the same time, he surmises, it's possible that that much energy could be produced. The rest of the electricity at Surya--Sanskrit for "sun god"--will come from solar panels and wind turbines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Powering Up the Electric Slide | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

...said, British Open courses such as Birkdale tend to be more sparsely decorated than the courses on which U.S. majors are played: with fewer scoreboards and no JumboTrons, the Open reminds competitors that golf is essentially a lonely sport, designed to be played over a large expanse, often in wind and rain. This feeling of isolation is intensified at Birkdale, where fairways run through valleys carved out of sand dunes. Playing among Birkdale's shadows and swales for the first time, says Leadbetter, "is like playing on the moon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: The Path to Perfection | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

Davies says the runner was scheduled to return to Malaysia with the other Asia-based athletes just a few days after she disappeared. Although she could still wind up competing at the Olympics, Davies says that every passing day makes it more likely that Afghanistan will have no women at the Games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Is the Afghan Female Runner? | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

Like many young people in Changsha, Mao Ce has great difficulty discussing his future. "I feel that my life is like a wind, blowing quickly and changing direction often," he says. "I have no plan for my future, and I don't want one. I never think about my future." Twenty-four-year-old Mao's comments are not reflective of some melancholic post-teen pouting - his feelings of resentment and despair are commonplace among the young adults of Changsha...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Lost Generation | 7/7/2008 | See Source »

...Night Shyamalan. Those who've seen his most recent film, The Happening, know why. The eco-pocalypse is coming and it's all the fault of the trees, which kill everything in sight (including, apparently, Shyamalan's film career). You'll never look at an oak wavering in the wind the same way again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bright Side of the End of the World | 7/5/2008 | See Source »

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