— —— ee ee ee TECHNOLOGY 38 ENVIRONMENT EE SCIENCE “Toro, el SEL. OB BSE EET , Raed. 5 ACE A The Hubble Space Telescope shows never-before-seen details of a “cosmic butterfly,” material ejected by a star in the later stages of its life. A Computer scientists at Brandeis University make a robot that can design and build other robots with minimal help from humans. Sa A Scientists discover an ancient standing lizard fossil in a German quarry, suggesting that dinosaurs may not have been the first creatures to walk upright. Bie planetportal.com A PlanetPortal unveils the WebRemote, a remote built for use with the Internet. Users can surf their favorite sites at the touch of a button instead of keying addresses or scrolling a list of bookmarked pages. Scientists complete a rough “map” of the genetic code that makes a person human. The map will aid in the detection and prevention of cancer and other illnesses. Picture Library/Corbis Inc Jacana/Photo Researchers: Stephen J. Boitano/AP/Wide World Photos \% Apple Computer unveils its new G4 Cube computer in July. The 8-inch crystalline cube is commended for its small size, high speed, low noise level, touch-sensitive power activation and padless optical mouse. Photo Courtesy of Apple/Liaison Reuters/NASA/Archive Photos o \ es are made to the pace Station for its American astronaut and two Russian ve on the space station 1S Starting in November. New Internet domain names are created to lessen the load on the old .com standard. The new names, slated for use in mid-2001, include -info for general use, .biz for businesses, .name for individuals and .pro for professionals. Carolso Osorio/AP/Wide World Photos aoeeer it s of fiery streams of gas 1 300,000 miles high may ne sun’s atmosphere is ; Surface. ore than 200 animal he Iberian Lynx on the vation Union’s List of pecies. Their addition rld total to 11,046 plants aving threatened status. >>> p NASA/AP/Wide World Photos ) FLASH oe k% In 2000, both Honda and Toyota launch gas-electric hybrid cars. Operated by a battery-powered electric motor and a gas-run engine, the hybrids get up to 70 miles per gallon on the highway and release minimal emissions. real-time personal messages between users become the latest communication craze. The “instant messages” can be typed, written or spoken, depending on the brand, and devices cost less than $100. IF ETE \'/ Wireless devices that send f,\ Amtrak introduces the nation’s first high-speed train in November. The “Acela Express” travels up to 150 miles per Nour and runs between Washington, D.C., New York and Boston, »— with other routes planned for coming years.