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Finding a new species of bird or bug is a little like finding a new use for duct tape--nice but not earthshaking. Finding a new species of human ancestor, on the other hand, is always a big deal. That's why Spanish scientists spent three years studying fossils they discovered at Sierra de Atapuerca in northern Spain. They wanted to be sure of what they...
Whoever the culprit, officials said, he was no mad-genius Unabomber type. Only one of the three pipe bombs in the duct-tape-clad package actually detonated. Match this criminal klutziness with a Southern accent and down-home demeanor, and the composite portrait was enough to inspire a spasm of dark humor. "The Una-doofus," joked Jay Leno. "Unabubba," a federal agent said...
...method of high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has pinpointed exactly where tiny TUMORS OF THE BREAST'S MILK DUCT are located in 95% of the women studied. Using mri, doctors can with greater confidence treat malignancies by removing a small amount of tissue in a lumpectomy, rather than performing a more invasive mastectomy...
Owing mostly to mammography, the number of women diagnosed with tiny, noninvasive tumors in the breast's milk duct has quadrupled since 1983. As many of these tumors never spread dangerously beyond the duct, researchers are concerned that women who opt for a MASTECTOMY may be undergoing unnecessarily radical surgery...
After licking marshmallow cream off of each other and duct-taping one boxer-clad man to the window, 10 guests jumped in the shower to rinse...