NASA is using Earth's simpliest organisms as the basis for sophisticated life-support systems which might allow astronauts to colonize the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Classical guitarists have long complained that their instrument is an acoustic flop. This is the first major guitar redesign in more than 150 years. In July 1994, fourteen firefighters died in a huge wildfire on Colorado's Storm King mountain, because of a lack of sufficient fire shelters. Now, the brother of one victims is exploring ways to build a safer shelter.
Halons are man-made chemicals.
They are one of our most effective fire-fighting tools. Unfortunately the same chemical property that allows them to extinguish flames also destroys the ozone. Researchers are now looking for the next generation of fire-fighting chemicals.