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Dan Rather: America's News Anchor
Profile of CBS News anchor Dan Rather, from a British point of view. Features a chronology of his career, a video clip on Rather's career, and links to news stories about Rather's retirement announcement and other topics related to Rather and CBS. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Software To Improve Colon Exams
Two Iowa State University computer scientists are developing image-analysis software and related hardware that will measure the quality of colonoscopy procedures. Their goal is better procedures and better health for patients. NASA Researchers Discover Planet With Largest Solid Core
NASA researchers recently discovered the largest solid core ever found in an extrasolar planet, and their discovery confirms a planet formation theory. "For theorists, the discovery of a planet with such a large core is as important as the discovery of the first extrasolar planet around the star 51 Pegasi in 1995,"said Shigeru Ida, theorist from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. Following Tsunami, WHO Warns That Up To Five Million People Without Ac
The World Health Organization (WHO) said urgent action is needed to address the emerging public health needs of those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Southeast Asia. Between three and five million people in the region are unable to access the basic requirements they need to stay alive - clean water, adequate shelter, food, sanitation and healthcare. What Do You Think Is in the Macworld Air?
Banners at Macworld 2008 mysteriously proclaim, "There's Something in the Air." Is it a clue to this year's surprise announcement from the Turtlenecked One? Tell us what you think it means. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): National Priorities List (
Website for the EPA's "list of national priorities among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants throughout the United States and its territories."On this site "you can locate NPL sites, check their cleanup progress, and get information on new and proposed NPL sites."Details about sites can be viewed through a U.S. map or a database of Superfund sites searchable by numerous factors (such as contaminants). Organic Farming Can Feed The World, Study Suggests
Organic farming can yield up to three times as much food as conventional farming on the same amount of land -- according to new findings which refute the long-standing assumption that organic farming methods cannot produce enough food to feed the global population. Blast Affected Earth From Halfway Across The Milky Way
Forget "Independence Day"or "War of the Worlds."A monstrous cosmic explosion last December showed that the earth is in more danger from real-life space threats than from hypothetical alien invasions. Autobots and Decepticons: A Photo Gallery of Our Favorite Iron Giants
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