Technology Gizmo The US military is attempting to give its pilots super-sharp vision. The Pentagon has awarded a $3.5 million grant to PixelOptics of Roanoke, Virginia, to develop a variable lens for flight goggles that will compensate for subtle optical defects that cannot be corrected with conventional lenses. An array of elements will be individually adjustable to … 51¶¯Âþ
Earth Editorial: A generator in every home AS countries navigate around competing demands for energy, rising gas and oil prices, security of supply and carbon emissions, one strategy seems to have been overlooked. A house turned into a power plant by fitting photovoltaic panels, a small wind turbine or a gas boiler that also generates electricity may seem trivial next to a … Opinion
Earth Something nasty in the air STOP five people on the street and chances are they will be able to tell you that carbon dioxide emissions cause global warming. Stop another five and ask them about nitrogen emissions, and they will probably stare at you blankly. But a growing number of scientists say that nitrogen is a problem that we ignore … Features
Earth The Conquest of Nature: Water and the making of the modern German landscape FREDERICK the Great of Prussia (1712-1786) regarded marshland reclamations as "conquests from barbarism". Over 250 years, the German leaders have taken this notion to heart, straightening rivers, draining fens and marshes and building high dams and hydroelectric schemes, sometimes at tremendous cost to the environment and human life. The wild Rhine has been transformed into … Books & Arts
Feedback Dopey dinosaur dates WHAT do creationists make of dinosaurs? The Arkansas-based Museum of Earth History ( www.moeh.org ) has some surprising insights. You might have thought, for example, that the dinosaurs couldn't fit on Noah's ark – but the museum reveals that God carefully selected pairs of young dinosaurs small enough to fit on board, … Regulars