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...reality is that we live on a planet where new, potentially dangerous diseases are constantly emerging. Over the past six years alone, we've seen SARS, a more virulent bird flu and now H1N1, not to mention countless other pathogens that have escaped public notice but still keep infectious-disease experts lying awake at night. Thanks to the efforts of the WHO, we've built a remarkable early-detection system for new diseases - one sensitive enough to catch major threats and minor ones - and we should be rational enough to heed its warnings without acting as if the sky were...
...attention has been focused on climate change. Species extinction is real and irrefutable while the science regarding climate change is not overwhelming. Sure the climate is changing, but it may not be entirely our fault. But it is our fault that the Tasmanian tiger, the dodo and the elephant bird, among many others, are extinct and that thousands more may go the same way. So let's focus our attention on what we know: that if we don't do something quickly, more and more endangered species will die out. Our impact on the climate can be reversed but extinct...
...streets in search of fares still bear the original black lettering of previous ownership - the Crookston Public Schools, or some other school district from another place and time. The recycled buses are usually given some sort of minimal window dressing, often in the form of windshield decals featuring Tweety Bird, Jesus, Real Madrid or all three - the "Chicken Bus Trinity." But in Panama, these red devils - nicknamed for their colorfulness and reckless abandon - are given a complete and enthusiastic custom detailing makeover that makes MTV's Pimp My Ride look modest by comparison. (See the 50 Worst Cars...
...cannot be contracted through eating dead pig. Kenya, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe say they are checking arriving passengers at borders and airports and have response plans of varying sophistication should an outbreak occur. In some places, they've gone much further: Authorities in Egypt, which was affected by bird flu last year, have begun slaughtering the country's entire unfortunate pig population of more than 300,000. (A Brief History of Flu Pandemics...
HONG KONG Alessi's Whistling Bird kettle by Michael Graves ($169) is ideal for making afternoon milk...