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Science News October 19, 2002 |
TimeLine: October 15, 1932 The saber-tooth strikes... Dangers of dust in industry described at safety congress... Scientist directs huge magnet in attack to smash atom... |
Outside November 2008 Alex Crevar |
A Brief History of Mountain Film The Banff Mountain Film Festival returns for its 33rd edition, with some 500 screenings in 30 countries. Here's a look at how high-altitude cinema arose from low-rent beginnings. |
Science News |
TimeLine: July 5, 1930 Power Plant Sentinels... Every Star a Celestial Furnace... New Robot For Artificial Breathing... |
Popular Mechanics January 8, 2009 Andrew Moseman |
Mt. Everest Climbers Measure Lowest Blood Oxygen Levels on Record--Their Own How low can your blood oxygen level go? To find out, you might need to climb a mountain. |
Outside September 2005 Mark Jenkins |
The Elements of Style It's time for a radical reform of high-altitude mountaineering -- and a fresh debate over what it means to climb right |
AskMen.com Julian Marcus |
The Truth About Oxygen Bars Oxygen bars have become increasingly popular among urban hipsters, and new bars keep popping up all over major cities. But is paying for oxygen a breath of fresh air or just a load of hot air? |
Science News July 5, 2003 |
From the July 1, 1933, issue Seven mummies from Texas cave brought to Smithsonian... Successes in atom smashing evaluated by Dr. Millikan... Atomic bombardment breaks up more elements |
Adventure Jun/Jul 2005 Ken Kamler |
Steroids on Everest The latest trend in mountaineering, steroids, may be pushing climbers over the edge. |
Outside May 2003 |
Everest's Destiny Hold on to your crampons. May 29 marks the 50th anniversary of the first successful summit of Mount Everest, by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Record crowds of climbers, trekkers, and gawkers are expected to cram the mountain. |
Wired May 2000 Andrew Rice |
High Trek Blizzard-ready laptops, snow-penetrating radar, titanium ice screws - an all-new breed of technical climber is tackling Everest this spring. |
Science News May 6, 2006 |
From the May 2, 1936, Issue 11 Million-Volt Bullets for Use in Attacking Atoms... Powerful Explosive Made From Cornstarch by-Product... Solar System Unstable After Great Lapses of Time... |
Outside September 2006 Ed Douglas |
Over the Top David Sharp's lonely death on Mount Everest revived the old, raging debates about personal ethics and the wisdom of commercially guided climbing. |
Science News August 25, 2007 |
Timeline: From the August 21, 1937, Issue A Tower to Stop the Sun... New Comet is Discovered; Finsler's Has Second Tail... Sex Found in One-Celled Animal Considered Sexless... |
Chemistry World March 25, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Water goes with a bang US researchers have found that water appears to play a key role as a catalyst in complex explosions. |
Outside September 2006 |
What the Pros Know: Mount Everest Guides Debate The experts weight in on the risks and rewards of climbing Mount Everest. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 |
NASA's Hubble Looks for Possible Moon Resources NASA is using the unique optical capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope for a new class of scientific observations of the Earth's Moon. |
Salon.com November 20, 2000 Dennis Drabelle |
Doctor on Everest by Kenneth Kamler A physician rides the "Into Thin Air" bandwagon with a grisly account of high-altitude medical disasters... |
Outside May 2007 Abrahm Lustgarten |
Automated Response Helicopter rescues on the summit of Everest may soon be reality. And the pilot won't be anywhere in sight. |
Chemistry World February 27, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
Quantum tunnelling sparks chemistry on cold surfaces Chemistry in deep space could be more diverse than thought after the discovery that larger atoms can quantum tunnel. |
Outside March 2006 Lindsay Yaw |
Clearing the Air Oxygen chambers allow you to simulate the world's altitude extremes. But should you? Depends on what you're after. |
AskMen.com |
Water On The Moon The moon isn't the dry dull place it seems. Traces of water lurk in the dirt unseen. |
IDB America July 2002 Claudia Neira |
Faith that moves mountains Jaime Vinals feels an irrepressible attraction for heights. So much so that he is the only Central American to have scaled the seven highest summits in the world, including Mount Everest, which he succeeded in doing on May 23, 2001. |
Chemistry World October 7, 2011 Elinor Richards |
Chameleon clothes to detect falling oxygen levels A cloth that changes colour when oxygen levels drop has been developed by scientists in China. The cloth could be used to make clothes that monitor oxygen levels for miners, high altitude adventurers and space explorers. |
Outside September 2003 Maria Coffey |
The Survivors "He died doing what he loved best," they always say. But when climbers meet their end on the high peaks, the ordeal is just beginning for their wives, husbands, children, parents, and friends. An exclusive excerpt from Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow |