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...very edges of the universe. "Gamma-ray scientists are starved for information," says Richard Lingenfelter, an astronomer at the University of California at San Diego. Data gathered on such violent but poetic-sounding celestial bodies as neutron stars, supernovas and black holes could force astronomers to revise or even discard popular notions on the origin of the universe...
Last month prosecutors were forced to discard most of their evidence against the six, now 42 to 60. Tests that purported to show nitroglycerin traces on the hands of two of the men were proved to be unreliable. And confessions by four defendants, which they said had been coerced, were put into question when it was learned that police had doctored their notes of interviews with the accused...
...have agreed with the unions to discard many jobs," he said...
...workers is to improve infection-control techniques and equipment, something that is needed to guard against not only AIDS but also other potentially deadly blood- borne illnesses like hepatitis B. Basic precautionary measures call for workers exposed to contaminated blood to wear gowns, masks and latex gloves and to discard used syringes in special containers. Medical personnel would like to see continued development of needles that automatically sheathe themselves once they are withdrawn from the skin and flexible scalpels that minimize the chance of accidental cuts. Some operating-room teams have begun to wear protective space-suit-like outfits. Cost...
...faith was redoubled. But my mission of convincing the Harvard community to discard the myth of cow-tipping was still a failure...