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...allows scientists to communicate their findings at conferences and over the internet. Instead of reading about anthrax in Science Magazine, terrorists need only poke around the internet for the latest research. The information on how to make viruses, for example, will be available only to the most determined and patient searchers. Given the meticulous planning evident in past attacks, it seems al Qaeda has no shortage of patience. Moreover, if information about bioterrorism is hard to find, legitimate researchers will have a harder time finding ways to counter potential threats. Instead of stimulating more research, papers suppressed because they...
...what a story it is. Though “Patiently Waiting,” describes his ascent to success, it’s misleading—if anything, 50 Cent is not patient. If he doesn’t like something, he tells you immediately. Exhibit A: the hypnotic “Wanksta,” a bonus cut also featured on the wildly successful 8 Mile soundtrack. Chock-full of thinly veiled jabs at Ja Rule and his label Murder, Inc., “Wanksta” is the latest opus in a complex longtime feud that involves stealing...
...pneumonia Feb. 17, while the son remains in stable condition. Officials say the victims were probably infected through contact with chickens while visiting China's Fujian province, and that until H5N1 is able to pass from one human to another, the threat of epidemic is miniscule. But if a patient with human flu contracted the avian variety, it could spawn a lethal genetic hybrid. "If it gets as transmittable as human-to-human flu viruses, we are basically looking at a pandemic," says Dr. Malik Peiris, a University of Hong Kong microbiologist. The 1997 outbreak came in the fall...
...powerful and the powerless of the possibility of change. "The music is so important to the people," says Mapfumo. "Let's just keep our fingers crossed that it will work." Some people may wonder why it hasn't already, but then the liberation war took years. "We are a patient people," says Jacob, a clerk from Mutare. "Sometimes too patient." "People are getting the messages through this music," says Chipo, a Bulawayo student. "We know they are singing from the heart. In time, it will help us stand up." On Mtukudzi's last morning in Binga, the choir seems...
...Still, the Santillan tragedy will prompt transplant patients and their families to wonder, now more than ever, how they can guard against potentially fatal medical errors. As any patient knows, it's bad enough going into the hospital; the last thing you want to worry about is doctors or support staff making a disastrous mistake. John Schochor, an attorney in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. who specializes in medical malpractice cases, offers this advice, not only to transplant patients, but to anyone entering a hospital for an invasive procedure...