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JUNE 2004
TRAINING THE TRAINERS
A new "smart" running shoe from Adidas could revolutionise distance running and training. The company says it developed the "smart shoe", mating it with a computer chip to adapt its cushioning level to a runner's size and stride. A microprocessor in the arch of the shoe drives a tiny screw and cable system. It adjusts the heel cushion depending on the signals sent back by an electric sensor coupled to a magnet. It's powered by a battery that conserves power by adjusting the shoe while it is in the air during a runner's stride, avoiding resistance from the ground.  read more
NO EXCUSE FOR IMPOTENCE
We marvel at the human body? How complex it's engineering? Why, though, when we reach the pinnacle of health and fitness everything starts 'to go South' and, particularly in the male species 'the little soldier' no longer wants to 'stand to attention'? Considering the different substances that form these astonishing 'vehicles' we inhabit, I find it almost inconceivable that men should ever have to lose their 'hydraulics' at any stage of our brief existence. read more
GARDEN OF STRESS
I had always wanted a back yard big enough for a vegetable garden. So when my husband and I last went house-hunting 16 years ago, that was a top priority. When we first saw the house, the back yard was certainly big enough. There was a little L-shaped patch in the corner of the back yard, hidden behind the privacy fence surrounding the hot tub and redwood deck. This little patch looked a little neglected, read more
BODY ART IN THE WORKPLACE
Once strictly reserved for sailors, biker types and less than savoury individuals, Body Art has found its way into companies all over the world. Although some of the corporate world is adapting, not all companies are ready for studded and inked employees. Generally, body art is still viewed as a negative thing in the professional world but with the melding of so many cultures employers may find they have to come up with a dress code that limits employees' "personal expression" while not impinging on their civil liberties, since many cultures incorporate tattooing and piercing into their religious and or cultural ceremonies. The other problem that arises is consistency in setting rules.
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TOP DOC BACKS PICKING YOUR NOSE AND EATING IT
Picking your nose and eating it is one of the best ways to stay healthy, according to a top Austrian doctor. Innsbruck-based lung specialist Prof Dr Friedrich Bischinger said people who pick their noses with their fingers were healthy, happier and probably better in tune with their bodies. He says society should adopt a new approach to nose-picking and encourage children to take it up. read more
SCIENTIST CLAIMS TO EXPLAIN PARTING OF THE WAVES
A Russian mathematician says he's come up with a logical explanation for Moses' parting of the waves. Naum Wolzinger says it had more to do with the changing of the tide than divine intervention. The scene where Moses parts the waves and leads the Israelites across the Red Sea is one of the most well known stories in the Bible. read more
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