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...human genome is decoded, genetic sequences can be patented, licensed and (of course) sold. On a higher plane, in the past three years alone, astronomers have discovered 17 nearby stars that appear to be orbited by planets the size of Jupiter. We're experiencing a bit of trouble with outer space lately, having just lost two costly gizmos we launched toward Mars. Have you found them...
...they have a few hours to lose. But until then there are cars, and occasionally the back of a bicycle, and the hope that someone will stop. So the man in our car tells us where we're going, and then we're off, eastbound, through the outer parts of Havana, along the train tracks, more and more green, past the heartbreaking roadside propaganda, 10 miles, 15 miles out of the city's center...
What makes HPV particularly frightening is that there is no way to prevent it other than abstinence. Condoms to prevent transmission through bodily fluids, once thought to be enough, no longer are. The virus can live in outer skin cells and even in dead cells for a short time, then be transmitted to a partner...
...addition, the trumpets botched an entrance and the intonation between the flute and oboe was something less than desirable With the upper strings seated on the outside of the stage on both sides of the conductor, the imbalance of the string section was frequently overpowering.Traditionally, the cellos occupy the outer ring to the right of the conductor, and the Pops' alternate arrangement meant that the vocalists and soloists in the wind section were occasionally drowned out. But these were minor details, virtually forgotten through listening to the undulating dynamics of the orchestra and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, under the direction...
...that would last for a millennium--after all, that's an awfully long time. How can information be stored so that it will be readable in a thousand years? How can we insure the vessel won't be lost or destroyed? Possible solutions ranged from shooting the capsule into outer space to embedding the information in cockroach...