The great balloon race

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Steve Fossett with his team and craft Solo Challenger is just one of four teams planning to circle the globe using balloons that outdo each other in terms of size, technology, maximum flying altitude and costs. Fossett's first attempt failed, but he plans to try again in late 1996.

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The Body Farm

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Forensic entomology utilizes insects that feed on carcass to estimate the time and place of a person's death. The sequence of insects that prey on the corpse was determined by observing a dead pig at the University of Tennessee's Body Farm.

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The lightning stalker

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Findley may be the world's only full-time storm photographer. He developed a fascination for storms as a young child and began photographing them as a college student. Findley's background and work is described.

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