Vol. 134 No. 2723, August 2005
Index
- Global slowdown underway.
- Roller coasters and funnel cakes rule.
- Gas guzzling proves costly.
- Staying slim on vacation.
- "Internet dating is projected to soon top $1,000,000,000 in yearly sales," claims Rich Gosse, author of eight books on the subject and chairman of American Singles, the world's largest nonprofit singles organization.".
- A fiber-optic intrusion-detection sensor for protecting long perimeters has been developed by Henry Taylor, professor of electrical engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station.
- A significant association has been found between the perceived attractiveness of a person's voice and the sexual activity of the speaker, maintain University at Albany (N.Y.) psychologists.
- Following the deaths of two farmers who reportedly suffocated in separate grain bin accidents, agricultural safety experts at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, are urging rural workers to take extra precautions while vacuuming grain this harvest season.
- Many couples who move in together do not do it with marriage in mind, according to a study conducted by Sharon Sassier, assistant professor of sociology at Ohio State University, Columbus.
- Married mothers and their children are less likely to be victims of abuse and crime than women who are cohabiting or living alone, the National Crime Victimization Survey and the Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C., reveal.
- Over two-thirds of women but only half of men think a baseball game is a good place to take a date--and nearly three-quarters of women think it is an ideal location to meet men--suggests a survey of over 8,500 singles in 60 cities nationwide by the dating service It's Just Lunch.
- How to beat the heat indoors.
- Parental precautions prevent tragedy.
- Enjoy the thrill of the grill.
- Fire hazards do not take holidays.
- Life jackets are life savers.
- Photographic excursions in tourism.
- Should Fannie and Freddie be privatized?
- EPA recommended application guidelines.
- Regulations make insurance unaffordable.
- Softening image of American companies.
- The mighty world of Roger Fenton.
- Mapplethorpe photos explore classical art.
- Saluting all-time greatest jockey.
- Youngsters competing while dehydrated.
- Is religious drug rehab constitutional?
- Graduates advised to start small.
- Lack of skilled workers stalling economy.
- Mr. Mom nation reaches new peak.
- New antenna systems for NASA satellites.
- Mitigating risks with new software.
- Caravan Kingdoms: Yemen and the Ancient Incense Trade.
- Kyoto conditions too restrictive for U.S.
- Polluted dust storms reduce global warming.
- Storm clouds gathering over Russia.
- Protecting public spaces from chemical attack.