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...computers are protected against theft with a series of locks and clamps. Whoever set up the security system, in a brilliant flash of ignorance, clamped the power cord to the monitor...
Multiple sclerosis is considered an autoimmune disease, caused by the biological equivalent of friendly fire. For reasons that remain vague, cells of the immune system turn their potent chemical weapons against the myelin sheath that protects nerve fibers in the spinal cord and brain. While the severity of the disease varies widely, the resulting nerve damage can cause progressive disablement that, after two decades, leaves 30% of patients in wheelchairs...
...experiment supervised by Nicholas Toth of Indiana University, Kanzi watched as a favorite treat was placed inside a box. The box was then locked, and the key was placed inside another box tied up by a cord. It added up to a Houdini-like challenge for the chimp: how to get to the treat...
...inside his cage, Kanzi had the makings of a tool that could solve the riddle: some pieces of flint he had selected during an excursion to the countryside. No sweat! By slamming the flints against the concrete floor, the chimp created knifelike chips, which he used to cut the cord and free the key. He then used the key to open the other box and grab the treat...
Aristide supporter Pierre Fequiere, 29, was one of the lucky ones who won the right to seek asylum in the U.S. Arrested after the 1991 coup, he was bound with a cord around his neck and marched off to jail. He lost two teeth when an officer hit him with the butt of a gun. Released provisionally, he fled into the wilderness like the slaves of old. When he returned home, the police tried to gun him down. Days before he got his exit visa to the U.S., soldiers stopped him and kicked him. "If Aristide comes back," he says...