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...Paris' Bibliothèque National and is too fragile to travel, and the brothers' most famous work, Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (circa 1411-16), is at the Musée Condé in Chantilly, near Paris; the museum is bound by contract not to lend it out. But the Valkhof show makes up for these missing pieces in a creative way: it features an animation of two scenes, February and April, from Les Très Riches Heures. The miniatures have been digitally redrawn and brought to life in a short video, through which...
...down the Ragunan Zoo when tests on 27 exotic birds revealed that 19 were infected with the H5N1 avian influenza, better known as the bird flu virus. According to authorities a woman in the area also died of the illness, while four children lay in hospital after appearing to contract the deadly disease. Perhaps even more concerning, the zoo hosted tens of thousands of guests this past weekend even while authorities knew of the positive results...
Klausner has said that he recused himself from the NCI consideration of the Harvard bid for a contract...
...example, chimpanzees contract HIV, but unlike humans, they do not develop full-blown AIDS, Waterston said. Further studies of the genome could explain why they do not experience the same symptoms...
...gambling meccas provide ultimate fighting the glitter of legitimacy, reality TV has given the sport its huge momentum. The first season of The Ultimate Fighter on Spike was a combination of The Real World and Survivor, with two rival teams living under the same roof and vying for contracts with the UFC. So much testosterone proved to be a combustible package, with infighting, drunken frolics, doors bashed in and one competitor urinating on another's bed. The payoff? Most episodes ended with a vicious fight to eliminate a contestant. The ratings spiked for Spike, and the Griffin-Bonnar light-heavyweight...