The Evening Standard (London, England) back issues from May 2006:
This month in Odyssey.(Winter Olympics at Torino)
May 01, 2006; ... As this issue goes to press, the Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, are just beginning. If you watched the events last February, you know that as a general rule, the more extreme the sport, the bigger the audience. Remember the daring and graceful performance of Shaun White, a 19-year-old ...
California teen wins science competition.(Michael Viscardi)
May 01, 2006; ... Michael Viscardi, a 16-year-old from San Diego, CA, won a $100,000 college scholarship, the top individual prize in the 2005-06 Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science, and Technology. Competition winners were announced last December. Viscardi has been dubbed the ...
The mysterious carnivore.(discovered by World Wildlife Fund)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006 ... Did you hear? A possible new and mysterious carnivore species was recently discovered in the jungles of central Borneo. No kidding! The source is a December 2005 press release from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Actually, finding this mysterious creature was literally a snap! ...
Singing icebergs.(Brief article)
May 01, 2006 ... Considering scientists' fears that Earth's polar icebergs are melting, is it any wonder that these giant ice cubes are singing the blues? It's true! Vera Schlindwein and her colleagues from the German Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research recently announced in ...
I, Wakamaru.(robot from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006 ... A child-size robot that can recognize about 10,000 words and work as a house sitter went on sale in Japan last September. Created by Mitsubishi-Heavy Industries, Ltd., in Japan, the "Wakamaru" robot stands 3.3 feet tall and weighs 66 pounds. Wondering about that name? "Wakamaru" ...
Getting high.(Eric Kuhne and Associates signed)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006 ... Superman's leaps may soon have to be greater than a single bound if he plans to hop over buildings in Kuwait's future City of Silk. According to Architects' Journal, the Kuwaiti government has asked the London-based architecture firm Eric Kuhne and Associates to draw up plans for a ...
Ouch! When extreme sports hurt.(sports injuries)
May 01, 2006; ... As he zoomed across the finish line in the qualifying race at the 2005 Winter X Games, snowboarder Chris Klug caught the edge of his board the wrong way. The Olympic medalist flipped into the air and came crashing down onto his shoulder. It took eight screws and a metal plate to repair his ...
Get geared up!(for hockey)
May 01, 2006; ... Whatever your game is, always wear the proper safety gear. It's specially designed to guard against the perils of your particular sport. Let's see how modern hockey gear helps protect players while letting them perform at the top of their game. Shoulder pads cover ...
Chemical edge: the risks of performance-enhancing drugs.
May 01, 2006; ... IT'S MAY 2004. American sprinter Kelli White, 27, has just lost every medal she won during the past four years. She has also lost her chance to compete in the 2004 Athens Olympics. The athlete's use of the stimulant Modafinil, a prescription drug, as well as evidence that she ...
Rip-roarin' and ready to fly!
May 01, 2006; ... Morgan Skiperdene is barely old enough to drive, but she's already been flying above the waves for five years. This 16-year-old honor student from Cape Hatteras, NC, is one of the best women kiteboarders in the world. By harnessing the force of the wind, riders like Skiperdene ...
Doing the Einstein flip.( Ben Wallace )
May 01, 2006; ... A Cambridge (UK) physicist and a teenage BMX champion have designed the world's wildest bicycle stunt. Read about this amazing ride--and then test its science yourself! Eighteen-year-old Ben Wallace is an international BMX champion. His world is about "getting air" (making huge ...
Extreme napping.(sailors)
May 01, 2006; ... AROUND THE WORLD. NONSTOP. ALONE. If you are the first one over the finish line--assuming that you survive!--YOU WIN. That's the basic format for a race known as the "Vendee Globe," the ultimate challenge for solo long-distance sailors. The boats are 60-foot monohulls, and the ...
Crouching tiger, hidden science: a physics student and a martial arts black belt have teamed up to explore the science behind kung fu. Are you ready to build some knowledge--and break some boards?
May 01, 2006; ... STACKS OF LUMBER SHATTERED with a single chop. Cement blocks smashed by the force of a kick. Is the extreme sport of kung fu some kind of trick? In fact, it is a dramatic example of the principles of force and energy. To honor the 100th anniversary of Einstein's scientific ...
A unicorn listened.(Short story)
May 01, 2006; ... Fin walked alone. The towering trees around her were, like herself, descendants of Earth. The trees had thrived here on planet Fairlight and grown massive, but Frin felt as if the people of this world wanted to keep her small. The first humans had arrived on Fairlight just over ...
What's up.(All-Sky Chart )
May 01, 2006; ... The monthly All-Sky Chart depicts the sky (minus the Moon) as it appears at 9:30 p.m. on May 15. Useful all month, the chart (except for planet positions) is also accurate for 10:30 p.m. on May 1 and 8:30 p.m. on May 31. Sky charts were made using modified output from MPj Astro ...
Planets and summer stars!
May 01, 2006; ... May is my unofficial start of summer, because it's now that the summer stars make their appearance in the eastern sky in late evening. If you have been observing the constellations, then you have noticed that the star patterns of spring (notably Bootes and Virgo) are high in the south in ...
Earthshine!(moon)
May 01, 2006; ... Throughout each month, the Moon appears to change its shape. It appears as a thin curve, then "grows" to a half Moon, expands to a full Moon, and then slowly shrinks back to a thin curve, until it finally disappears. These transformations are the result of the changing amount of sunlight ...
May 2006.(earthshine, moon changes shapes)
May 01, 2006; ... The moon viewing times characterize the May sky as it appears at 9:30 p.m. On dates when the sky is show to be moonless, this is usually just because the Moon is below the horizon at 9:30 p.m. Record the following information: 1. Date of Observation 2 ....
Why do the stars move hour after hour?(Cartoon)
May 01, 2006; ... GREETINGS, GREETINGS, FELLOW STARGAZERS. HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED JUST WHY THE STARS CHANGE THEIR POSITION FROM HOUR TO HOUR AND FROM SEASON TO SEASON? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WELL, WONDER NO MORE! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IF OUR EARTH WERE ...
Airplane antics.(jumping from an airplane in upward direction)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006; ... Barbara enjoys high-risk sports. Ben prefers to play things safe. Ben and Barbara are in a friend's modern airplane that is traveling at a constant speed. The weather is good and the ride is smooth. After asking the pilot for his permission, Barbara proposes an experiment that ...
I am not George Bailey.(Short story)
May 01, 2006; ... "That doesn't work!" Dr. Landsea said, as he erased a part of a complex formula. Dr. Landsea was a scientist at a small university. He worked in the area of aging. He wanted to give people the chance to live as long as they wanted to: 100, 200, 2,000 years--or even forever. But right then, ...
Short and swift.(cheetahs)
May 01, 2006; ... Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)are named for their spots (the Hindu word chita means "spot") and known for their speed. The fastest land mammals in the world, cheetahs can accelerate from 0 to 50 miles per hour in three seconds. Moving at four 25-foot strides per second, they can reach about ...
HERO OF PETROL BOMBS ATTACK; Dramatic rescue as police hunt arsonist.
May 02, 2006
Met knew Menezes was wrong man 'in hours'.
May 02, 2006
Cash-for-peerages donors face arrest.
May 02, 2006
Investigators search for friend of murdered music promoter.
May 02, 2006
We want to have fun, not babies.
May 02, 2006
Bus bosses kick up a stink.
May 02, 2006
Strike hits CSA and JobCentres.
May 02, 2006
Blaine's underwater challenge.
May 02, 2006
NY UK; Posh O'Hara and best of British celebrate style invasion of US.
May 02, 2006
[pounds sterling]2m bus lane; BUS LANES.
May 02, 2006
Mystery of parachutist's suicide jump.
May 02, 2006
Don't punish us, pleads Blair in panic-stricken appeal to 4 May voters.
May 02, 2006
Reid or Darling in the running if Clarke is forced to fall on sword.
May 02, 2006
Threat of an even bigger backbench rebellion on Education Bill.
May 02, 2006
Mozza still keeping up with Smiths; REVIEW.
May 02, 2006
One in three dentists ditch NHS patients.
May 02, 2006
Now embassies owe [pounds sterling]3.6m in unpaid C-charge penalties.
May 02, 2006
Banker's girlfriend sinks his [pounds sterling]250,000 yacht.
May 02, 2006
Blair's last chance for real change.
May 02, 2006
Brown's passive allies will miss the boat.(Column)
May 02, 2006
Lovers who changed the course of history.(Column)
May 02, 2006
AND INCIDENTALLY Publishing enters the Jade dynasty.(Column)
May 02, 2006
Prescott should go - but not because of Tracey; It's high time the Deputy Prime Minister was forced out - not over the revelations of his extramarital affairs but for his appalling record in office.
May 02, 2006
Clapton licks up the Cream in Sykes book deal.
May 02, 2006
The silence of the Ram.
May 02, 2006
DIARY.
May 02, 2006
Anji in an altared state.
May 02, 2006
Anna's a Wintour of content.
May 02, 2006
DIARY.
May 02, 2006
Bolting the stable door.
May 02, 2006
BNP MAN FACES ASSAULT CHARGE.
May 02, 2006
Tory candidate loses her own vote after paper is stolen in post.
May 02, 2006
Residents aim to take control of the council.
May 02, 2006
Bob Crow rounds on the BNP enemy within his own ranks; While the spotlight has been on Barking, a corner of Epping Forest is the real cause for alarm.
May 02, 2006
Sewage is dumped into the Thames at 51 sites.
May 02, 2006
Hugh and Jemima's [pounds sterling]18m Chelsea home.
May 02, 2006
And what happened to those other child stars-.
May 02, 2006
Stolen car driver runs over biker; In brief.
May 02, 2006
Joel show to move out early.
May 02, 2006
Prime hospital site set to make [pounds sterling]200 million; Largest central London property sale in 50 years.
May 02, 2006
Prince of Darkness Ozzy lines up for Prince Charles gig at Tower.
May 02, 2006
Tube chiefs bring back litter bins 10 months after 7 July attacks.
May 02, 2006
Teenager dies after hit-and-run collision with stolen BMW car.
May 02, 2006