We're happy to bring you the 100th issue of Hot Articles.
Thank you for reading. This week: articles about making
new psychedelic drugs, why eating fat may not be so bad for
you, turmoil in Europe, and the insecurity of homeland
security.
---Business---
Bank Systems & Technology points to a glut in the ATM market
as a reason banks are rethinking their cash machine
strategies.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=105001
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=105001
---Deep Thought---
Scientific American reflects on the physical and
philosophical nature of time and our relation to it.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=105209
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=105209
---Drugs---
The chemist who introduced America to Ecstasy is hard at
work concocting new psychedelic compounds and testing them
out himself, Wired reports.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=105307
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=105307
---Health---
Artificial sight research has succeeded, reports a Wired
article, in restoring functional vision to a blind man.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=105343
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=105343
A New Republic article rejoices that the taboo against fat
in our diets may be easing, as other culprits for weight
gain turn up.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104891
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104891
Wired looks at "gene vaccines," potentially promising
protections against diseases such as anthrax.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=105339
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=105339
---Internet & Computing---
Are "secret admirer" websites genuinely helping the shy
connect with their crushes, or are these sites merely
spam-generating machines preying on the lonely? Salon
investigates.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104902
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104902
PC World offers a buyer's guide for home-networking
products.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=105160
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=105160
---Security---
An Atlantic Monthly article critiques the search for
"failsafe" technology in the quest for improved homeland
security, asserting instead that we need systems designed to
fail smartly.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=105086
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=105086
The CIA and FBI are now tracking down terrorists with
software originally designed to catch casino cheats, reports
PC World.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104934
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104934
---World Politics & Society---
Europe's opposition to American plans to attack Iraq stems
from both internal political pressures and the fear that
Washington isn't resolute on the matter either, according to
Time Europe.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=105234
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=105234
The battle over Islam is straining Europe's tolerance as a
society, argues The American Prospect.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=105272
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=105272
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