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This month in Odyssey.

Feb 01, 2004; ... Last Christmas day, a blizzard turned the Northeast into the "whitest Christmas" that I can remember, From dawn until dusk, powdery snow poured from the sky, stranding travelers on highways and making me appreciate my family's decision to cancel its plans and stay at home. In fact, it was ...

The beast from 20,000 leagues ... for real?(Science Scoops)

Feb 01, 2004; ... In 1870, French novelist Jules Verne published his now famous 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The book follows the fictitious adventures of Captain Nemo aboard his submarine, the Nautilus, which is attacked by a giant octopus some 40 to 60 feet in length. Of course, everyone knows that such ...

Killer dust!(Science Scoops)

Feb 01, 2004; ... It comes from Africa. It travels thousands of miles. And when it gets here, it kills huge numbers of fish, shellfish, marine animals,?? and birds. It can even cause sickness in humans. What is "it"? "It" is Saharan dust clouds. In the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of West ...

Dirt bombs?(Science Scoops)

Feb 01, 2004; ... If you thought the previous scoop was alarming, get this: Dust clouds blown in from the African Sahara may carry infectious organisms across the ocean to foreign soils! That's right. Eugene Shinn, a geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in St. Petersburg, FL, has been ...

Weather forecast for June 2263.(Science Scoops)

Feb 01, 2004; ... Talk about long-range forecasts! What will the weather look like 50, 100, even 200 years from now? Incredibly, Japan's Earth Simulator, the world's largest and fastest supercomputer, is answering that question right now. Earth Simulator does it by turning weather patterns, from ...

Massive mystery flashes.(Science Scoops)

Feb 01, 2004; ... We usually associate lightning with the region of air between a cloud and the Earth. About 14 years ago, however, strange luminous events (known as red sprites and blue jets) were photographed accidentally in the air just above thunderstorms. Recently, however, a new phenomenon has been ...

Nature's fury: for better or worse.

Feb 01, 2004; ... Hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, floods, blizzards, cold snaps, monsoons, typhoons, and more. Severe weather affects millions of people--and even takes lives--across the globe every day. And it seems to be getting worse. Of is it? It might seem as if severe weather around the ...

Other worlds, other storms: weather is everywhere! We live in it every day, and with weather come storms. What you may not realize, though, is that our neighboring planets and moons have weather and storms much as we do.

Feb 01, 2004; ... "ET" storms We call the study of the planets in relation to each other comparative planetology. The field looks at the different natures of the planets and moons in our solar system to help understand the origin, history, and future of our own planet. Atmospheric scientists ...

Firestorm: weather on a neutron star.

Feb 01, 2004; ... Imagine yourself in a sea of molten iron. A cloud of superhot gas spirals overhead. Moments later, that same cloud explodes with the fury of billions upon billions of hydrogen bombs. The explosion drives the molten sea into a frenzy, stirring up storm waves that will endure for 300 "days." ...

EOS and Terra: seeing Earth as a system.

Feb 01, 2004; ... A simulated view of the Terra/Atlas II launch. INSET: This CERES image shows heat energy radiated from Earth in varying shades of yellow, red, and blue. The study of other planetary systems yields answers to questions about our own. Now we have turned our space instruments ...

Eye on Hurricanes.

Feb 01, 2004; ... HURRICANES CAN WREAK HAVOC. Last September, Hurricane Isabel killed at least 38 people as it smashed into the United States' East Coast. About 5 million people lost electricity, and public transportation shut down in Washington, DC. Early loss estimates neared $1 billion. In ...

Name that storm.

Feb 01, 2004 ... Should you worry about Bonnie? Or might Tomas be more terrible? These are two names on the 2004 list of tropical cyclone names for the Atlantic. The National Hurricane Center began using girls' names for storms in 1953. Since 1979, both boys' and girls' names have been used ....

Warning: flash flood.

Feb 01, 2004; ... Flash floods are America's deadliest weather hazard, says the National Weather Service. They occur in all 50 states and kill an average of 100 people each year in urban as well as rural areas. In 1972, 15 inches of rain fell in five hours near Rapid City, SD. Flooding killed 238 ...

Daniel Gropper gauges the weather.

Feb 01, 2004; ... For most of us, "weather happens." But for Daniel Gropper, it does much more than that. And when it comes to severe weather, well, this trained weather spotter and Skywarn team member admits, "Oh, yes, it's my passion!" Gropper witnessed his passion firsthand on August 24, 1992, ...

SURVIVOR: wild weather challenge.(Activity To Discover)

Feb 01, 2004; ... Can you use science to battle the most extreme weather on planet Earth? * A 250-mph tornado is bearing down on your car--how can you escape unharmed? * Hurricane winds are about to topple your house--what now? * You've been transported to the coldest spot ...

Trapped in a lock.(Brain Strain)

Feb 01, 2004; ... You are in a boat in a water-filled lock, waiting to be raised to a dock. You look up and see large storm clouds gathering, and a terrible wind is coming from the south. It's time for you to get your boat to the dock quickly and escape the freakish weather. Unfortunately, the ...

Tornado!

Feb 01, 2004; ... May 4, 2003, 5:49 p.m.-- Black clouds swirl in a greenish sky, reaching down with twisting fingers to touch the earth, just north and west of LaMar, MO. The local emergency broadcasting system blares: "The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a tornado ...

Chasing tornadoes: an interview with Howard Bluestein.(People to Discover)

Feb 01, 2004; ... Lots of people chase tornadoes, usually for the thrill. But Howard Bluestein is "the tornado chaser." He has spent 25 years getting up-close-and-personal with twisters, not for excitement, but in an attempt to learn more about them. His fascination with these violent weather events has ...

"Storm of the century".

Feb 01, 2004; ... In March 1993, a three-day-long superstorm cut a path of destruction from the Gulf Coast of Florida to the eastern shores of Canada. For the first time ever, every airport on the East Coast was closed at some time during the storm. The event knocked out power in more than three million ...

How deep is it?(Activity To Discover)

Feb 01, 2004; ... Look for a flat, somewhat open area away from buildings and trees. Then find a spot where the snow appears to be near its average depth. Measure the depth with a ruler (or yardstick as needed) at several locations and take an average. Traditionally, ten measurements are made and the ...

What's up.

Feb 01, 2004; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: The monthly All-Sky Chart depicts the sky (minus the moon) as it appears at 6 p.m. (your local time) on Feb. 15. Useful all month, the chart (except for planet positions) is also accurate for 7 p.m. on Feb. 1 and 5 p.m. on Feb. 29. To ...

Full moon and a full sky!(What's Up)

Feb 01, 2004; ... The Full Snow Moon occurs on Feb. 6. This Native American name probably refers to one of the snowiest months of the year in cold regions! When the weather is good, however, we can be outside checking out the night sky! Evening stargazers will find Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and ...

Planet watch.(What's Up)

Feb 01, 2004; ... Evening Planets: Venus (in Aquarius, moving into Pisces) is high in the southwest at sunset and sets 3.5 hours after the sun. By the end of the month, Venus is visible until almost 9 p.m. Look for Venus and Mars in the southwest in the early evenings of mid-February. Mars (in ...

Supermarket stars.(You Can Do Astronomy)

Feb 01, 2004 ... This month's activity involves a project you can do while grocery shopping. I have noticed that there are many food items with celestial names. They are found on things like cans of soup, bags of chips, and candy bars. The next time you are shopping at the grocery store, look ...

The pink iron planet and the earth's twin; stargazing with Jack Horkheimer.

Feb 01, 2004; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: GREETINGS, GREETINGS, FELLOW STARGAZERS. MERCURY AND VENUS ORBIT SO CLOSE TO THE SUN THAT WE CANNOT SEE EITHER OF THEM VERY LATE AT NIGHT ESPECIALLY MERCURY, WHICH LOOKS PINK BECAUSE WE SEE IT THROUGH THE DUSTIEST LAYERS OF OUR ...

Sci chat.

Feb 01, 2004 ... In the November 2002 Science Scoop "It's a Bug's World," we asked our readers to consider a name for the first new member of a newly discovered order of insects, "Mantophasmatodea." Discovered by entomologists in the Brandberg Mountains of Namibia, Africa, the new insect is a carnivore ...

The fear factor.(Countdown)

Feb 01, 2004 ... Does hearing the word "bioterrorism" make you wish that you lived on another planet? The word comes from two Greek roots: bio for "life" and terror for "fearing." And certainly word of anthrax-laced letters in the fall of the 2000 made many of us fear for our safety. ...

Animal forecasters: "everything is lovely when the goose honks high.".(Animal Angles)

Feb 01, 2004; ... Students in Singapore posted this weather proverb to an Australian Web site project on folklore. Do animals forecast the weather? In this case, yes. Migrating birds often fly higher in the high-pressure air that accompanies good weather. There's also truth to the New England ...

The rebirth of haringey; After the death of Victoria Climbie, the Evening Standard had harsh words to say about Haringey social services. But, as Yvonne Singh reports, dramatic changes have been made.

Feb 02, 2004

Drugs, sex and despair in my rural idyll...

Feb 02, 2004

'Radio is not the underdog of the BBC. I don't like a victim mentality'.

Feb 02, 2004

Peel away the tweeness; 'This is a man driven by an Alastair Campbellsize ego talking about his sexagenarian domestic bliss when a real rebel would be raging'.

Feb 02, 2004

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Feb 02, 2004

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