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...erectus individuals, discovered in Dmanisi, in the Republic of Georgia, have been dated to at least 1.7 million years B.P. What's more, researchers unearthed at the site primitive stone implements resembling those found at H. erectus digs in Africa, proving that fancy tools weren't the trigger for the departure...
...Ever wonder who's really in bed with you? Government researchers did. After collecting dust samples from beds in 800 homes, they declared U.S. bedding to be rife with dust mites--and their excrement. Droppings are estimated to exceed 2 mg per gram of dust, a level known to trigger allergies, in 44 million homes. In half of these, they're fivefold higher, a significant danger for asthma sufferers. What to do? Keep room humidity low (mites love moisture), wash linens in hot water and zip up duvets and pillows in impermeable, allergen-proof covers. Alas, these measures...
...Down syndrome, for example, victims somehow acquire a third copy of the chromosome, whereas most people have just two. But exactly which of the 225 or so genes on chromosome 21 trigger the scores of physical and cognitive symptoms typical of the syndrome--or whether it's simply DNA overload from having an extra chromosome--isn't clear, nor will it be without lots of additional research...
...some ways, Bush's quandary may be even worse: he has said enough about privatizing Social Security to trigger the usual Democratic alarms, but by withholding many details of how he would do it--what amount, for instance, of one's Social Security withholding could be invested in the stock-and-bond markets--he has allowed Gore to make the risible accusation that Bush is keeping his plans a "secret." Whether he's courageous or foolhardy, Bush is bucking a trend. Ever since Bill and Hillary Clinton served up more than 1,000 pages of health-care-reform proposals...
Sure as a soldier squeezing his M-16 trigger knows a burst of bullets will follow, politicians know that deploring "G.I.s on food stamps" will trigger a burst of applause. Senator John McCain has repeatedly called it a "national disgrace." The presidential front runners have picked up the refrain. Both Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush have decried the scourge of food stamps for the military and pledged to boost soldiers' pay to end it. "We must eliminate the need for any active-duty families to be eligible for food stamps," Gore declares...