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...this a missing letter from the Penthouse Forum? The steamy section of a well-thumbed romance novel? Try neither: The scene is actually taken from the April 2007 issue of the Gorilla Gazette, a primatology journal. Leah and George aren't star-crossed lovers caught in mid-tryst. They're western gorillas in Nouabale-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo, observed by primatologists whose interest is far more scientific than it is prurient. There's reason to watch - Leah and George's moment in the Mbeli Bai forest clearing, captured on film by a team of scientists from...
...plague is not just a disease of the distant past. While cases tapered off in the mid-20th century, the World Health Organization (WHO) now classifies plague as "re-emerging." No one is predicting another pandemic like the Black Death that devastated Europe. The WHO now records at most only a few thousand cases worldwide per year; and, if detected early, the disease can be treated effectively with antibiotics. But since the early 1990s, plague has returned to places - including India, Zambia, Mozambique, Algeria and parts of China - that had not seen it in many years or even decades...
...faith in the power of momentum. "We certainly don't factor momentum into any of our calculations," said David Plouffe, Obama's campaign manager, on Tuesday afternoon. "We obviously did well on Saturday and Sunday but we don't think that has much relevance to what happens in the Mid-Atlantic. And whatever happens [in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia] is not going to have much impact in Wisconsin or Hawaii [next Tuesday...
...Sometimes you get more of an opportunity so that was definitely good today.” Scoring opened just under two minutes into the game when Cahow capitalized on a power-play opportunity with an assist from junior Jenny Brine. Minutes later, freshman Kate Buesser hit classmate Chute at mid-ice who skated up the left side of the rink and wristed the puck into the back of the net at 5:00. Chute currently has 17 points in her rookie season. The Crimson headed to the locker room with a 3-0 cushion after Wilson netted her 11th goal...
...These were originally identified online in the science blog Pharyngula and further instances were found using Turnitin.com, a Web site devoted to plagiarism prevention. He expressed disbelief as to how the article could have been published into a respected, peer-reviewed journal. “Proteomics is a decent, mid-level journal; not the place you would send your very best work, but not someplace you would be embarrassed to publish in, either,” McDonald said. LaBaer said that it was surprising that the journal did not discover the plagiarism. “Usually you would think with...