The Evening Standard (London, England) back issues from November 2008:
This month in Odyssey.(Science Scoops)(glass)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ever watch a fly into a window? The results aren't pretty. Ever walk into a glass door so clean you didn't realize it was there? Ouch! It hurts. What if I told you glass isn't really a solid? Would you believe me? Consider this: What happens ...
Skyscraper farms.(Science Scoops)
Nov 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Imagine a glass building reaching to the sky in the middle of a bustling city. Inside, an elevator takes you up, not to stores, office buildings, or apartments, but to rows of tomatoes, beans, or pumpkins. In May 2008 at the first ever World Science ...
Great booming bats!(Science Scoops)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Have you ever seen a bat swooping silently, Using echolocation to find its prey at night? Be thankful your ears can't hear ultrasonic frequencies, or you'd be in for a big, booming surprise. A new study shows that bats roar louder than a rock ...
Don't look down!(Science Scoops)(glass bridge)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Actually, looking down is the whole point of the skywalk, a glass bridge jutting out 70 feet over the western edge of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. How far is it to the Colorado River at the bottom? Well, consider that three Empire State Buildings piled on top of each other would fit under ...
Your cell phone's powers.(Science Scoops)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Cell phones transmit electrical signals. So does your brain. What happens when the phone is against your ear, just inches from your brainwaves? Could the phone's transmissions affect your health, mood, or thoughts? To be safe, all cell phones sold in the United States must have a specific ...
I know what glass is, thank you.
Nov 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You don't need glass explained to you, do you? You know glass when you see through it. Glass is what makes your milk sit up straight at the dinner table. Glass lets your mind wander outside when the rest of you is trapped in science class. Glass is what a ...
The tale of the Pharaoh and the green glass scarab: cutting-edge science solves the 3,000-year-old mystery of an ancient glass jewel.(Tutankhamun)
Nov 01, 2008; ... In a display case holding priceless Egyptian antiquities sits a magnificent golden necklace, once worn by the boy king Tutankhamun. At its center hangs a scarab, carved from shimmering green glass. But wait a minute. The Egyptians didn't have techniques to make glass like this. Even today, ...
Benjamin Franklin's singing bowls.
Nov 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] What do the movies March of the Penguins, Eragon, Interview with a Vampire, and Frida have in common? Listen closely to each soundtrack and you'll hear Benjamin Franklin's favorite and most scandalous invention, a musical instrument he named the glass ...
Make a set of musical glasses.(Activity to Discover)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2008; ... YOU'LL NEED: 3 Clean wine glasses or thin-walled goblets Small pitcher of water Bowl of water (to dip your fingers into) Towel (to protect the table from dripping water and to dry your hands) Spoon 3 labels marked C, D, ...
CSI: getting glass to "talk".(crime scene investigation)
Nov 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The newly built museum was stunning. Its six-foot by 10-foot windows, each composed of four panes of glass, were complex architectural marvels. But then the cracking started. At more than $40,000 each, the damaged windows were ringing up a hefty price tag ....
Prince Rupert's drops.(Prince Rupert of the Rhine)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Everyone loves a good practical joke, and Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619-1682) was no exception. He presented his cousin, King Charles II of England, with small teardrop-shaped glass objects that had unusual properties. The head of the drop could ...
Pulling Christmas from a honey pot.(glass furnace)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2008; ... HOT GLASS ARTIST Brook White opens the door to his "honey pot." That's his name for a glass furnace with flames inside so intense that although you can hardly see them, you can hear them seethe and whir. It's called a "honey" pot because the molten glass resembles honey. White edges the ...
Cookin' up rainbows.(glass recipe)
Nov 01, 2008; ... In its basic recipe, glass is clear. To give glass a rosy hue or golden sparkle, its optical properties, or how it absorbs and reflects light, must be changed. A basic glass recipe uses sand, soda ash, and lime. When cooked, the atoms of these ingredients loosen their ...
The glassblower's daughter.(Short story)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Gwyneth walked alone along the beach following her old familiar route. A pail for collecting sand hung in one hand, a shovel for digging it slung over her shoulder like a parasol. The cottage in which she and her father lived stood like a lonely sentinel guarding the shore. As she passed ...
Edible glass and rocks!? You may have crystal glasses in your house, but glass isn't a crystal.(Activity to Discover)
Nov 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] However there is a common household item that is crystal--it's sugar. If you look closely, you will see that granulated sugar is made up of tiny crystalline cubes. The sugar molecules in each tiny crystal are arranged in a regular pattern that forms the ...
Glass houses and other "impossible" structures.
Nov 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BUILDINGS MADE OF GLASS SHOULDN'T WORK. Unlike steel, glass breaks into treacherous shards. Unlike stone, it melts in fires. Unlike wood, it pops out when not properly sealed. Unlike brick, it conducts heat and cold, turning interiors into ovens or ...
The super powers of glass.(Cartoon)
Nov 01, 2008; ... EVER WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU FELL ASLEEP IN SCIENCE CLASS? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WINK NOD, an OFTEN SLEEPY SCIENCE STUDENT, IS GROWING DROWSY DURING A CHEMISTRY LESSON ABOUT GLASS ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Si ... Oz ... Na ... C ... ...
Through a glass darkly: the science of black glass.
Nov 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's a nightmare thought for any driver: a fog so thick you can't see anything in front of you--not another car, not a family walking along the roadside, not even a deer that's wandered onto a country lane. But a new kind of sensor can see right through ...
The Himalayan crystal.(Brain Strain)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2008; ... One day, while traveling through the Himalaya Mountains in Tibet, you stumble upon something very shiny on the ground. At first, you think it is a piece of colored glass sparkling in the sunlight, but on closer inspection you realize that it is a huge, exquisitely carved crystal. Its ...
Star chart.
Nov 01, 2008 ... To use the All-Sky Charts, first use a compass to find the direction you are facing--north, south, east, or west. Turn the chart so that the direction you are facing appears at the bottom of the chart. The chart will match the stars you see in the sky. The center of the chart marks the ...
Twin treats.(Stargazing)(Cartoon)
Nov 01, 2008; ... CASTOR AND POLLUX ARE THE GEMINI TWINS. IN EARLY EVENING WINTER, THEY FOLLOW ORION ACROSS THE SKY STANDING ON THEIR HEADS. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IF YOU WANT TO SEE THEM UPRIGHT, WAIT UNTIL THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING OR UNTIL MAY AFTER SUNSET AND LOOK ...
Stop experiments on monkeys.(You've Got Mail!)
Nov 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the April 2008 "Jane Goodall: Chimp Champion" issue, we asked you to tell us if you think it's right or wrong to do medical experiments on animals. We also asked if you think animals should be legally protected as persons. You sent many thoughtful ...
TV gets bigger.(ASK DR. CY BORG)
Nov 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dear Dr. B, What kind of glass is used in liquid crystal display TV screens? Matt Weyer, Web post Good question! Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) consist of liquid crystals (a compound that reacts predictably when ...
Fiber-optic wonder.(Animal Angles)
Nov 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Joanna Aizenberg, a scientist and one of Earth's most complex multicellular animals, entered a San Francisco store and encountered the elegant remains of Euplectdla speciosa--a deep-sea sponge and one of Earth's simplest multicellular animals. Scientist ...
Cut the swearing on our screens, says ITVs Grade
Nov 03, 2008; ... The chief executive of ITV today called for less swearing inBritish broadcasting in the wake of the BBC phone row. Sir Michael Grade, who defected from the BBC to ITV in 2006, saidthe furore caused by the obscene calls made by Jonathan Ross andRussell Brand to 78-year-old actor ...
Loans breather for Virgin Media ; IN BRIEF
Nov 03, 2008 ... VIRGIN MEDIA has won a major reprieve from its senior lenders ona [pounds]4.4 billion tranche of leveraged loans. The deal means thecable, broadband and telecoms group can delay repayments of[pounds]2.1 ...
Merged bank title will be Scot-free
Nov 03, 2008 ... LLOYDS TSB will not only drop the TSB from its name but therewill be no sign either of Halifax or Bank of Scotland in itsmonicker once the takeover is voted through. Instead, the newenlarged group will be called Lloyds Banking Group Plc. That is far from the soothing noises that ...
41 more railway stations to be staffed at night ; SAFER STATIONS STANDARD CAMPAIGN
Nov 03, 2008; ... FORTY-ONE more stations in London will be manned until the lastservice at night from next year after ministers ordered safetyimprovements. Every train on the new South Central franchise will also beequipped with CCTV under the measures. The criteria for the new franchise, ...
Sex and the higher teen pregnancy rate ; WORLD IN BRIEF
Nov 03, 2008 ... PREGNANCY rates among teenagers who watch a lot of TV with sexualcontent are higher than those with tamer viewing tastes, US researchpublished today suggests. Those who ...
Will Wossy's producer get heave-ho, too? ; The Londoner's Diary
Nov 03, 2008 ... FOLLOWING the suspension of Jonathan Ross's Radio 2 programme,there is much conjecture about the role of his chum Andy Davies, who"produces" it. Presumably at Wossy's bidding, Davies selects therecords, books and guests. More to the point, Davies acts as Ross'sverbal foil over the other ...
I did not hand Hamilton world title, insists Glock ; Toyota star says he did his best to beat Lewis
Nov 03, 2008; ... TIMO GLOCK maintained today that he did not hand the Formula Oneworld title to Lewis Hamilton by allowing the Briton to dramaticallyovertake him on the last lap in Brazil. Hamilton made up eight seconds on the final circuit at Interlagosyesterday as he passed the Toyota driver with ...
Baghdad blasts leave nine dead ; WORLD IN BRIEF
Nov 03, 2008 ... AT LEAST nine people were killed and 33 injured in a wave ofbombings in Baghdad today. Two bombs, one in a waste bin, exploded in Tahariyat square inthe city ...
French aid worker snatched in Kabul ; WORLD IN BRIEF
Nov 03, 2008 ... THREE gunmen kidnapped a French aid worker in a Kabul streettoday. But a colleague with him managed to escape when an Afghan manwho was passing by intervened and ...
Zimbabwe 'to hand back $7m for Aids' ; WORLD IN BRIEF
Nov 03, 2008 ... AN AIDS charity is today demanding the return of $7.3 million itdonated to Zimbabwe. The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis andMalaria said the money ...
UN aid convoy rolls in to relieve Congo's refugees
Nov 03, 2008; ... A UNITED Nations aid convoy escorted by UN peacekeepers crossedinto the rebel-held zone of eastern Congo today as supplies for morethan 250,000 refugees finally started getting through. Twelve all-terrain vehicles and two lorryloads of UN peacekeepersrolled through the front line ...
MATCH OF THE DAY
Nov 03, 2008 ... Liam Byrne v Chris Grayling Ground: Westminster Kick-off: 8am THE Minister for the Cabinet Office was determined to show off anew Downing Street Strategy Unit report claiming social mobility hadimproved under Labour. In a televised "battle of the baldies", Byrnetook on Grayling as ...
Minister of defence: I'm sorry for SAS 'criticism'
Nov 03, 2008; ... DEFENCE minister Quentin Davies apologised today to relatives ofSAS soldiers killed in Afghanistan, after appearing to blamecommanders for giving them poor equipment. The defence equipment minister said he "deeply regretted" it ifhis comments had caused offence. Mr Davies ...
Stop third Heathrow runway, Brown told as winter flights fall
Nov 03, 2008; ... GORDON BROWN was today urged to reconsider plans for a thirdrunway at Heathrow after new figures showed a fall in flights thiswinter. The number of flights from the airport is due to dip by 1.9 percent between October and March, compared with the same period lastyear, according ...
Wii will rock you: Justin returns at games festival ; REVIEW Hot Leg London Games Festival, Trafalgar Sq
Nov 03, 2008; ... DO you remember The Darkness, the four-headed lovechild of Queenand Spinal Tap that stormed the charts in tiger suits and Spandex?Well, their frontman Justin Hawkins is back. Hot Leg, his latesteffort, were Saturday night headliners at the London Games Festival a free interactive ...
RWE takes stake in UK wind farm ; IN BRIEF
Nov 03, 2008 ... GERMAN giant RWE, the group behind npower, is to come in on thedevelopment of one of Britain's biggest offshore wind farms.Scottish and Southern Energy, which trades as Southern Electric, hassold ...
Halifax and TSB names to disappear
Nov 03, 2008 ... LLOYDS TSB will not only drop the TSB from its name but therewill be no sign either of Halifax or Bank of Scotland in itsmonicker once the takeover is voted through. Instead the newenlarged group will quite simply be called Lloyds Banking Group Plc. That is far from the soothing ...
Borrowers need a real rate cut
Nov 03, 2008 ... IT IS widely expected that the Bank of England will cut interestrates on Thursday at a conservative estimate, by half a percentagepoint but possibly by a full point. It is equally widely expectedthat the rate increase will not be passed on in full by all banksand lending ...
Septimus is poised for Melbourne go-ahead
Nov 03, 2008; ... AIDAN O'BRIEN looks likely to risk Septimus in the EmiratesMelbourne Cup early tomorrow morning despite concerns over the fastgoing at Flemington. Europe's eight-strong team was reduced by one today when trainerJane Chapple-Hyam gave up the fight to get Yellowstone fit ...
Footsie aims for a fifth day of advances in a row
Nov 03, 2008; ... SHARE prices were steering a course for their fifth consecutiveday of gains on the London stock market today. If they were toachieve that goal, it would be the first time so far this year, andwould bring much-needed cheer and stability to frazzled Cityinvestors. The prospect of ...
500,000 spend, spend spend at Westfield
Nov 03, 2008; ... HALF a million shoppers swamped the [pounds]1.7 billion Westfieldcentre in chaotic scenes more reminiscent of the January sales thana dreary, autumn weekend. Staff at some of the 265 stores were forced to operate one-in-one-out queues to cope as more than 100,000 shoppers descended ...
Two out of three schools breaking admissions rules, warns watchdog
Nov 03, 2008; ... THE scale of the chaos surrounding the Government's new schooladmissions laws was revealed today. Two thirds of schools are failing to comply with the rulesdesigned to give parents a fair chance of securing places for theirchildren. Hundreds are committing "substantial" ...
Drummer dies from anthrax
Nov 03, 2008; ... A LONDON musician has died of a rare form of anthrax the firstvictim of the disease in England for 24 years. Father-of-four Fernando Gomez, 35, from Hackney, died in Homertonhospital yesterday with his family around him. Mr ...
Dreyfuss joins Spacey in Old Vic premiere
Nov 03, 2008; ... OSCAR-WINNING actor Richard Dreyfuss is to return to Londontheatre five years after he dramatically left the cast of themusical The Producers. The 61-year-old famous for roles in Jaws and Close Encounters OfThe Third Kind will appear in the world premiere of Complicit atthe Old ...
Booker winner heads all-male prize shortlist
Nov 03, 2008; ... AN all-male shortlist headed by Man Booker winner Aravind Adigais announced for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize today. The [pounds]5,000 prize is awarded to the best work of literatureby a British or Commonwealth writer aged 35 or under. It is thefirst list without a woman for 15 ...
Doesn't Kate brush up well
Nov 03, 2008; ... SURELY Kate Winslet hasn't been at the airbrush again? Theactress appears naked save for stilettos and stockings in the latestedition of Vanity Fair magazine. The photos will raise questions over whether Winslet, 33 and amother-oftwo, has had a little digital help. She was dubbed ...
Stars may quit BBC amid moves to rein in salaries
Nov 03, 2008; ... THE BBC could lose a number of high-profile employees as it plansto cut salaries in the wake of the Jonathan Ross phone row. Director General Mark Thompson has been warned by the body whichholds the corporation to account that big pay deals at the BBC fuelpublic ...
Bond film breaks box office record ; NEWS IN BRIEF
Nov 03, 2008 ... THE new Bond film has broken box office records on its openingweekend in the UK, taking [pounds]15.5 million in three days,figures showed today. Quantum of ...
Tobin stands trial over Vicky murder
Nov 03, 2008; ... PETER TOBIN today went on trial accused of murdering 15-year-oldVicky Hamilton more than 17 years ago. The 62-year-old denies abducting, sexually assaulting and killingthe girl from Redding, near Falkirk. She disappeared in 1991sparking one of the biggest missing persons ...
22 years in jail for shopkeeper's killer ; NEWS IN BRIEF
Nov 03, 2008 ... A ROBBER was jailed for a minimum of 22 years at the Old Baileytoday for stabbing to death a stand-in shopkeeper. The victimArulanatham ...
Caffeine 'can affect weight of babies' ; NEWS IN BRIEF
Nov 03, 2008 ... JUST two cups of coffee a day doubles the risk of having anunderweight baby, pregnant women were told today. Even caffeine intea, cola, chocolate ...
Glimmer of hope for 2.1 million shareholders ; COMMENTARY
Nov 03, 2008; ... TODAY'S detailed terms of Lloyds TSB's takeover of HBOS make itabundantly clear why, by the start of next year, Britain will haveonly four big high-street banks rather than the current five. This is not just because the Government is doing everything itcan to make the deal happen, ...
Menezes police 'out of control' says eyewitness
Nov 03, 2008; ... POLICE marksmen who shot Jean Charles de Menezes were "out ofcontrol", the inquest heard today. Tube passenger Anna Dunwoodie said she was "very, very clear"that officers did not shout a warning to the innocent Brazilianbefore opening fire. She described a "sense of panic" ...
Lloyds writes off [pounds]10bn in takeover of HBOS
Nov 03, 2008; ... LLOYDS TSB will have to write off another [pounds]10 billion whenit takes over rival HBOS to create a new "superbank," it wasrevealed today. The new estimate of HBOS's bad debt was revealed in a document toshareholders issued by Lloyds TSB and comes as it emerged thattaxpayer ...
DARLING UNDER FIRE AS HE UNVEILS NEW BAIL-OUT AGENCY
Nov 03, 2008; ... CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling came under fire for his handling ofthe financial crisis today as he unveiled a government-owned companyto oversee the [pounds]37 billion bank bail-out plan. The new body is UK Financial Investments Ltd a company wholly-owned by the Treasury which will ...
BANKS REFUSE TO CUT RATES ; (1) Hope of one point reduction on Thursday ..(2) But millions of homeowners will miss out ..
Nov 03, 2008; ... HOMEOWNERS were warned today that the expected cut in interestrates on Thursday will not be passed on to them in full. David Hodgkinson, chief operating officer at HSBC, said therewould be some "stickiness" in mortgage rates even if there is a bigreduction in the Bank of England's ...
Geldofs go bump in the night ; The Londoner's Diary
Nov 03, 2008 ... SPOT the Geldof in fancy Halloween dress. Pixie Geldof joined thelikes of Alexa Chung, Josh Hartnett, Daisy Lowe at the Browns FocusHalloween bash at the House of St Barnabas in Soho over the weekend. Meanwhile, a far more ghoulish Bob Geldof was being honouredalongside Goldie ...
Black on the black hopeful ; The Londoner's Diary
Nov 03, 2008 ... CONRAD Black may not be able to vote in the American electionsbut that doesn't stop him giving the world a full run-down of hisopinions on the contest. "The voters have been heavily distracted by the financialcrisis," Lord Black argued in the Canadian National Post thisweekend ....
The mover and sheiker ; The Londoner's Diary
Nov 03, 2008 ... AMANDA Staveley was out celebrating her role in brokering lastweek's capital injection into Barclays by Qatar investors atAnnabel's in Mayfair over the weekend. According to reports, theformer girlfriend of Prince Andrew, pictured here with Ali Jassim,adviser to Sheik Mansour, will earn ...
Still evading the issue ; The Londoner's Diary
Nov 03, 2008 ... WHY is BBC D-G Mark Thompson still refusing to say who was incharge when he was on holiday? Thompson balked at the question whenit was put to him on Radio 4's Feedback yesterday. Presenter Roger Bolton asked: "Who was in charge when you wereaway on holiday?" To which Thompson ...
For a few roubles more ; The Londoner's Diary
Nov 03, 2008 ... LEADING British historians who specialise in Soviet Russia havefound themselves the subject of an extraordinary attack from anobscure American journal because they are too commerciallysuccessful and attend book launches with Kate Middleton. The editors of Kritika: Explorations in ...