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Saturday Jul. 4, 2009 |
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A Mummy is Unwrapped
03-Jul-2009
Using a computer -
Thanks to the skills of artists (and
psychics) who work on
cold case investigations, people have a chance to see what
the University of Chicago's mummy may have looked like when
she was alive and living in
Egypt.
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Saying Goodbye to Our Pets
03-Jul-2009
...when we no longer have a home -
There are many tragedies connected with the
recession, and one of these is the dilemma about
what to do with some special members of our families when
we can't afford to take care of them anymore: our
pets.
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Emergency Room Crowds
03-Jul-2009
Are they really that bad? -
Hospital Emergency Rooms increasingly seem crowded and
chaotic. George Bush suggested that if you didn't have health
insurance, you could always go to an emergency room, so
most people assume that's the reason for the long waits
three, but it turns out that primary care (non-urgent patients
with nagging colds, flu or aches) are NOT what is causing this
overcrowding.
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Plant Pretends to be Sick
02-Jul-2009
We now know that bacteria
plan
ahead. New research has revealed that some plants are
hypochondriacs. Nature has a lot to tell us if we'll only
listen.
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Homeless: The Ultimate Solution
02-Jul-2009
Something that government officials don't like to admit is that
most of the homeless people who ask for money on the street
are mentally ill. Some of them are addicted to alcohol,
drugs (or both), but since the mental hospitals have closed
and the recession is still going strong, we are all seeing more
and more of these people on the streets of our local
communities.
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