In this week's issue: A double-helix office tower, killing
your budget, the problems of mind-sharpening drugs, and
athletes in the fight against fat.
---Architecture---
According to Metropolis, a radical new skyscraper design
incorporating a carbon-fiber structure is now facing
doubters who worry about its safety in a post-9/11 world.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00122821
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00122821
---Business---
An Optimize article suggests that companies can improve
performance by doing away with the traditional annual
budgeting process itself.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00123287
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00123287
An article in MyBusiness looks at the challenges and rewards
when a married couple runs a business together.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00122715
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00122715
A Fortune article tracks e-mail's transformation into a
preferred form of evidence for prosecutors and the No. 1 way
for a company to get sued.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00123023
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00123023
A Fortune piece offers advice on how to fix the U.S. airline
industry.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00123043
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00123043
---Health---
Sports Illustrated points out that professional athletes are
struggling with the same fight against obesity as regular,
couch-potato fans.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00121162
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00121162
---Home---
A This Old House article explains what homeowners and buyers
need to know about easements that give others use of their
property.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00123036
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00123036
---Parenting---
A Money article challenges some of the traditional thinking
about kids' allowances.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00120701
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00120701
---Science---
CIO reports that a Texas chemist has come across an
environmentally friendly way to harvest gold particles from
the soil using alfalfa plants.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00122777
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00122777
Technology that will allow people to enhance their brain
function and memory is rapidly developing. A Reason article
takes up the ethical debate over how it should be used.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00123080
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00123080
---U.S. Politics---
The American Prospect sizes up the coming battle over
Medicare reform, particularly since the ascendance of a
health-industry millionaire to head the Senate majority.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00121327
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00121327
---War---
Time Asia has an update on the war in Afghanistan, which is
still very much alive.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00123116
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00123116
Outside reports from Kashmir's Siachen Glacier, where
Pakistani and Indian armies have dug into the highest
battleground in the world for over 19 years.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00123200
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00123200
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