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...thoughts of the taxman threaten to befoul even the sweetest of spring breezes, take heart: You, the American people, are in the money. Among the roses that came up Tuesday: The Labor Department announced Tuesday that inflation in March was -- get this -- zero. That's the second nil reading in three months this year. The Dow, meanwhile, was up 100 in afternoon trading, and traders seem intent on dancing on 9000's grave...
...chances that anyone will die from an asteroid collision with Earth are close to zero [SPACE, March 23]. Perhaps we should take a look at another threat to countless lives, the nuclear bombs around the world. What would happen if one of those went off? NATHAN S. VAN CUREN Maryville, Tenn...
...them bother to wear hearing aids. Last week Starkey Labs introduced a new device that could encourage more people to seek help. Unlike typical aids that simply magnify all sounds, the tiny Cetera model uses new digital technology to mimic our natural ability to block out background noise and zero in on specific sounds, like a whisper or a voice across the room. If it wins FDA approval, the Cetera could be available for about $3,000 by summer...
While Viagra doesn't work for every impotent man, it does work for up to 80% of them. "There appears to be no group that has been tested that has a zero response," says urologist Dr. Harin Padma-Nathan of the University of Southern California. Even men with the most severe forms of impotence--spinal-injury victims, diabetics, those who have undergone prostate-cancer surgery--have responded...
...effective without adequate warning. And given the large numbers of undiscovered NEOs still out there, says David Morrison at NASA's Ames Research Center, an asteroid strike could take place with far less than a 30-year warning. Indeed, says Morrison ominously, "the most likely warning time would be zero...