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...scientists hope to learn how T-box genes turn on and off. That could give them clues to human birth disorders like Holt-Oram syndrome, which is characterized by stunted arms and hands and is linked to these genes. As for the chicks, the scientists didn't let them hatch, resisting the temptation to grow drumsticks...
...seniors are 200 times more likely to get into Harvard than to be murdered in their school, according to Newsweek, over 57% of Americans think that something like the Colorado murders could happen in their childrens high school. This statistic most likely helped produce this statement by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, after his panel passed the proposed flag-burning amendment: "We are experiencing a value malaise in this country, and the negative impact falls hardest on our children. Without a strong value system, our childrencannot distinguish good from bad or right from wrong...
...sandy knoll three miles deep, its window and parachute liner still intact and its periscope still extended. The words "Liberty Bell 7" and a fake crack painted on its side are still clearly visible. Even the singe marks left by the explosives that blew off that infamous hatch door are visible on the video sent back by a remote-control submersible...
...targets in the 24-square-mile area Newport had isolated after 14 years of analyzing NASA charts and photographs. The first object Newport checked out looked like airplane wreckage -- until he made out the words "United States" on the video monitor. Mission accomplished. But the mystery of why the hatch blew in the first place will likely go unsolved. Film and tape in the capsule is likely unsalvageable, and Newport estimates the hatch door itself could be as much as a mile away. But he plans to spend a day looking for it when the team returns to raise...
...WBOS Earthfest at the MDC Hatch Shell in Boston...