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...flourish in toxic pools? The Times story doesn't go there, but it does say that the discovery of the?se doughty minutiae "could bear on estimates of the pervasiveness of exotic microbial life, which some experts suspect forms a hidden biosphere extending down miles [beneath the earth] whose total mass may exceed that of all surface life." Oh, and another study reported this week that the air we breathe is full of a far greater diversity of bacteria than we have known, including bacteria causing botulism and typhus, "lifted into the air from soil, lakes, sewer plants..." Also, meningitis bacteria...
...some, the outage illustrates the robustness of Asia's telecommunications infrastructure, since the quake did not cause a total blackout. Some traffic was quickly re-routed away from damaged Asian arteries through Europe and the Middle East. But for many, the unexpected return to the pre-Google era was a shocking reminder of the fragility of the technology we depend...
...Paul Budde, a telecommunications analyst based in Australia, says that the indirect impact on Asia's economy of a hypothetical total outage could easily reach $1 billion a day. Restoring communications links will take time, Budde says, because specialized ships will be needed to hoist damaged cables from the sea floor for repair. "There are only a handful of (the ships) around the world," he says. "It's not an easy job. This is going to take days." On Thursday afternoon, officials from the Hong Kong Office of Telecommunications Authority reported that two cable-repair ships had been dispatched from...
...Since May 2004, the Archives has received - both from the coalition and from other people phoning in leads - reports on a total of 610 suspicious documents for sale, which have helped investigators retrieve 19 documents that had either been stolen from the Archives or never made it to the repository in the first place. And Brachfeld revealed to TIME that his investigators are probing a separate "major case," in which "almost a hundred documents" are believed to have been stolen by a National Archives employee. Brachfeld would not discuss details of that case because "it is awaiting prosecution...
...more than your liver can handle - can be dangerous. And with more people taking more medications at a younger age, being aware of potential interactions among drugs, as well as potential overdoses, is critical. These over-the-counter drugs just have to be used with an eye toward the total dose per day, and amount being used over a period of days, says Cain. When used with care, acetaminophen is extremely safe...