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...spirituality. Last month, the American philosopher and evolutionary theorist Daniel Dennett provoked more controversy with Breaking the Spell, in which he cast religion in terms of memes - cultural ideas that can spread, mutate and survive in our minds, whether or not they are good for us. Meanwhile in Oxford, England, researchers at the Centre for the Science of the Mind are subjecting volunteers to severe pain to see if religious belief can help them cope with physical suffering. As a developmental biologist at London's University College, and one of Britain's loudest champions of the public understanding of science...
...study being published in Thursday?s New England Journal of Medicine provides disappointing news on the avian flu front. The good news is that the study of 451 healthy adults shows that a vaccine manufactured by Sanofi Aventis using current standard techniques is safe. The bad news is that the inoculation will most likely be effective in humans only at the highest doses. Furthermore, the results show that the vaccine - as it is currently constituted - would take two and perhaps three injections to achieve good protection. That is a problem, since the U.S.?s already modest stockpile of material...
...impossibly far removed. India requires first the basics of life and then transparency and accountability in local and national government. As Perry writes, it will take generations before India's becoming a nuclear power has any relevance for what the ordinary Indian calls the real world. Iona Sharma Formby, England Suffering for Society "Place your bets" [Feb. 27] predicted that the movie Brokeback Mountain would win the Academy Award for Best Picture, but the Oscar went to Crash. Brokeback may have lost because of its homosexual theme, but it has a story that everyone can relate to. We fear failure...
Plenty of folks still rave about the destination-club concept. Shirley Brown, 62, a retired caterer from Richmond, Va., and husband Morton, 64, a retired manufacturer and importer of men's clothing, have taken 15 trips with their three children, seven grandchildren and friends to such varied locations as England, Hawaii, Italy and Mexico since joining Exclusive Resorts in 2004. "The biggest complaint I had about one house was that it didn't have a garlic press," says Shirley...
...world turn its back on its own people? America may spend $30 billion reconstructing Iraq but quibbles about spending money on New Orleans. Let's hope that the recent Mardi Gras celebration will rally public opinion in favor of rebuilding the once proud city. Tony Keast Halifax, England...