• SCIENCE: Stem Cells - The Hope And The Hype - The debate is so politically loaded that it's tough to tell who's being straight about the real areas of progress and how breakthroughs can be achieved • SOCIETY: Why Teens Are Obsessed With Tanning - It looks hot, it feels good, and any downsides seem way off in the future. But skin cancer is striking more young people now • SPORT: Tour de Testosterone - A failed drug test taints cyclist Floyd Landis' heroic victory. Is he flawed, or is the testing?
The Swoop! tells of the simultaneous invasion of England by several armies — “England was not merely beneath the heel of the invader. It was beneath the heels of nine invaders. There was barely standing-room.” (ch. 1) — and features references to many well-known figures of the day, among them the politician Herbert Gladstone, novelist Edgar Wallace, actor-managers Seymour Hicks and George Edwardes, and boxer Bob Fitzsimmons.
