Technology First people on Mars will be shrink-wrapped IF THE mission to Mars outlined by President Bush goes ahead in 2020, astronauts taking a walk on the planet are going to need specially designed spacesuits. Wearing one might feel a little like wearing an inflated blood-pressure cuff all over your body, if the prototype sleeve that 51¶¯Âþ tried on is anything to … 51¶¯Âþ
The true cost of meat Robert Lawrence is Edyth Schoenrich professor of preventive medicine at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. After medical school, he was part of the epidemic intelligence service at the CDC. He spent 11 years on government preventive task forces, then decided to concentrate on the big issues underlying disease, such as food … Opinion
Deep heat "THIS is our gold," Gudmundur Omar Fridleifsson beams, as steam rising from the ground mists up his glasses. "Geothermal, hydrogen…and fish." The wind changes direction and we get a sulphurous lungful. "In Iceland we call this 'the pleasant smell'," he adds. The first thing you notice about Iceland are the bleak, moss-covered lava flows overlooked … Features
Exhausting adventure Valverde's Gold by Mark Honigsbaum, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25, ISBN 0374191700 Reviewed by Roy Herbert RESEARCHING a book on malaria, Mark Honigsbaum ran across the 19th-century English botanist Richard Spruce on his quest for cinchona trees, the source of quinine to treat the disease. Honigsbaum discovered that Spruce had also "stumbled on" a map … Books & Arts
Feedback HER wish is for world peace and she wants to work with PDAs or other small, cute computers. Yes, you've guessed it, she is a Miss Digital World contestant. Digital artists, advertising agencies and video-game programmers from around the world have been asked to submit a design of their perfect woman to www.missdigitalworld.com , complete … Regulars