The Arrogant EmpireAmerica’s unprecedented power scares the world, and the Bush administration has only made it worse. “A war with Iraq, even if successful, might solve the Iraq problem. It doesn’t solve the America problem. What worries people around the world above all else is living in a world shaped and dominated by one country-the
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Incase you havent heard –Mouth membranes lead to new sightA team led by a Japanese eye doctor has succeeded in restoring the sight of patients by cultivating an artificial cornea out of membranes taken from their mouths. Conventional grafts using corneas taken from donors can be rejected by the patients’ immune system, but the new
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Singing StonesThe instrument is created with 100 river rocks suspended by music wire from a wing-shaped sound box and hanging in a steep arch. The strings (vibrating longitudinally) release their music as the performers dance and, with rosin-covered gloves, stroke, caress, and tug the strings. Ela Lamblin and Leah Mann gathered resonant slate from the
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