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THE NEW SOLAR SYSTEM.(planets near star Upsilon Andromedae)

Sep 01, 1999; ... Last April, astronomers announced the discovery of a trio of planets around the nearby star Upsilon Andromedae -- a star like our Sun. Upsilon Andromedae lies 44 light-years away from Earth and is roughly three billion years old, two-thirds the age of the Sun. It has three large, ...

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS.(research about the effects of capsaicin)

Sep 01, 1999; ... Sorry, this item isn't about the rock group, but it does contain some really "red hot" news -- about chili peppers. You know, those colorful veggies that, when chomped into, set your mouth on fire, then send a fire alarm to the brain? Yes, those hot peppers. Well, David Julius, ...

Now For Some Hot Earth News.(earth temperature)

Sep 01, 1999; ... With the millennium approaching, scientists are beginning to reflect on the "superlative" records of the last 1,000 years. And the hottest topic on Earth is about global warming. Is our planet heating up? "Yes," says Michael Mann, a geophysicist at the University of ...

It's Lightning, by Jove!(on Jupiter)

Sep 01, 1999; ... That's right. Great burst of lightning on Jupiter have some astronomers simply "electrified." Excitement swelled after the Galileo orbiter spacecraft sent back stunning new images of Jupiter's night side. These images reveal several lightning storms ripping across the cloudy face of ...

Why Do We Yawn?

Sep 01, 1999; ... Yaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwn! Oh, excuse me. I must be tired. You see, I've been staying up late these last few nights finishing up "Science Scoops" for ODYSSEY. Maybe I should stop writing and do something else. Or maybe I'm just not getting enough oxygen. Perhaps I should go outside and take a big ...

IT'S A BIOMECHANICAL WORLD!

Sep 01, 1999; ... More than a quarter century ago, the lunar lander Eagle touched down in the Sea of Tranquility. With the words "That's one small step for man ... one giant leap for mankind," Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon's surface. Although we marvel now at the beauty of the images sent back from ...

Springing Down the Street.(mechanics of human movement)

Sep 01, 1999; ... Think about the shape of your body. Don't think about whether you're tall and thin, or short and more round. Think about the real shape of the human body -- most of your weight is on top, above two relatively thin legs. That's not an easy design to balance! Try standing with ...

RUNNING ON WATER.(how the Basilisk lizard is able to run across water)

Sep 01, 1999; ... The fact is, humans cannot run across the water's surface. We simply weigh too much, and our feet have too small a surface area to counter the effects of gravity. Biomechanists have determined that to walk on water, a person with a mass of 60 kilograms would need feet with 8,000 meters of ...

Win a Free Sprinkler!

Sep 01, 1999; ... It's springtime, and you're walking through a local garden supply store looking for a lawn sprinkler. Suddenly, you notice a particularly loud and aggressive salesperson. He's rotating his arms back and forth in such a weird way as he talks to another customer that his motions appear to be ...

AT A GALLOP.(how horses gallop)

Sep 01, 1999; ... The Pioneering Work of Muybridge and Marey How do horses gallop ... runners run? When photographer Eadweard Muybridge and physician Etienne-Jules Marey answered such questions in the nineteenth century, they pioneered the modern science of biomechanics. The experiments of ...

The Galloping Camel Phenakistoscope.(constructing a phenakistoscope)(Brief Article)

Sep 01, 1999; ... Can you say "phenakistoscope"? Fen-a-KISS-tuh-scope. It's the name of the device you're about to construct. Joseph Plateau invented the phenakistoscope in 1832. Plateau lived in Belgium and studied optics, the science of light and vision. As a young man, Plateau performed experiments that ...

Bodies in Motion.(biomechanics, as it applies to inline skating; includes specific techniques)

Sep 01, 1999; ... How do aggressive in-line skaters complete jumps, turns, and wild flips? Besides having lots of practice and conditioning, they use physics to their advantage. Read on to learn how biomechanics gets these athletes' bodies in motion. The science of biomechanics analyzes body ...

TO THE LIMIT?(sports performances)

Sep 01, 1999; ... New world sports records are often set at the Olympics or world championships. Just what are the limits of human performance in sports? Two main physics principles limit what people can do, says Vladimir Zatsiorsky at Penn State University's Biomechanics Lab. First, says ...

Have a Heart.(artifical hearts, heart transplants)

Sep 01, 1999; ... Lub-dub. Lub-dub. That's what a heart sounds like through a stethoscope. In an average lifetime, the heart beats more than two and a half billion times. It speeds up when we run; it slows down when we sleep. We pretty much take it for granted, but it is a highly complex biomechanical body ...

SMOOTH RIDING: Equine Biomechanics.(using computer modeling to evaluate the motion of horses)

Sep 01, 1999; ... Olympic judges watch a horse and rider move across their computer screens. One judge freezes the team's motion, carefully observing the horse's legs. Another judge replays a movement several times, then types in her score. In an arena thousands of kilometers away, a crowd applauds as a ...

Autumn Fare.(the sky in September 1999)

Sep 01, 1999; ... The All-Sky Chart depicts the sky (minus the Moon) as it appears at 7:30 p.m. (your local time) on September 15. Useful all month, the chart (except for planet positions) is also accurate for 8:30 p.m. on September 1 and 6:30 p.m. on September 30. This month, you will be treated ...

Flying: Was It a Drag for Dinosaurs.(the theory that birds are evolved dinosaurs)

Sep 01, 1999; ... MODERN BIRDS EVOLVED FROM DINOSAURS. HEARD THAT CLAIM? DO YOU BELIEVE IT? The idea that birds evolved from dinosaurs certainly has caused a ferocious pillow fight in some scientific arenas. But, since about 1995, new fossil discoveries have convinced most scientists that modern ...

A Day in The Life of a Zoo Cadet.(a former zoo cadet describes the experience of working with elephants)

Sep 01, 1999 ... The junior-high part of my school, the Charles R. Drew Science Magnet School, is located on the grounds of the Buffalo Zoo in Buffalo, New York. As an eighth-grade student I had the opportunity to be a zoo cadet and work behind the scenes with the zoo's animalkeepers. I was chosen along ...

SCI CHAT.(Poem)

Sep 01, 1999 ... Welcome back, and thank you for your letters, stories, and poems sent to ODYSSEY over the summer months. (You may want to remember that the ages and grades shown here are from last year.) Write a Luna Lyric In our April "Back to the Moon" issue, we asked you to write ...

Raining Fire!(Leonids meteor shower)

Sep 01, 1999 ... Where will you be when the stars fall? This November offers the last chance in this century to see the most spectacular meteor shower of all -- the Leonids. In 1966, when they last filled the sky in great numbers, observers reported 40 every second. Since the show returns at 33-year ...

The Real Jaws.(details of how sharks attack, and bite)

Sep 01, 1999; ... Meet Carcharodon carcharias, the great white shark. Here's what biologists John McCosker and Timothy Tricas have learned about the biomechanics of what this species has had millions of years to perfect -- an awesome first bite! STEP 1: Open wide. As it approaches prey, the great ...

All het up about nothing much

Sep 01, 1999;

'80 DEAD' AS JET CRASHES Plane drags cars across road after failed takeoff

Sep 01, 1999;

Funfair in the Queen's front yard

Sep 01, 1999;

Tory boost for Norris as London Mayor

Sep 01, 1999;

Cost of London's new hospital soars to GBP 320 million

Sep 01, 1999;

Hague accuses Blair of betraying Ulster over IRA ceasefire

Sep 01, 1999;