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Soldier Tries to
Regrow a Finger
A wounded American soldier has
undergone a history-making
procedure in Texas that could
help him regrow a finger which
was lost in a bomb attack in Iraq.
Army Sgt. Shiloh Harris’ doctors
applied a special powder to what
was left of his finger. The surgery
is part of a major medical study
pursued by the Pentagon and
several top medical facilities into
“regenerative medicine, ” an effort
to help people regrow missing
body parts.—www.cnn.com
(5/27/08)
Cosmic Rays Could
Damage Computers
Supercomputers of the future may
be in danger from cosmic rays,
Intel says, and the manufacturer
of computer processors wants to
do something about it. A
supercomputer with 10,000 chips
could potentially experience 10 to
20 errors a week because of
cosmic rays entering a chip and
causing interference. As chips get
smaller, the problem will get
bigger. Intel has designed an on-
chip cosmic ray detector to try to
cope with the cosmic ray particles
which originate in space.—bbc.co.
uk (4/8/08)
China Now Has
Most Internet Users
China has surpassed the United
States to become the nation with
the most Internet users. More
than 250 million Chinese are
online despite government
controls on Web use. The figure
represents an increase of 56%
from a year ago but still accounts
for only 19.1% of the Chinese
public, leaving more room for
rapid growth. The U.S. has an
estimated 223.1 million Internet
users.—Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel (7/26/08)
Regrow a Finger
A wounded American soldier has
undergone a history-making
procedure in Texas that could
help him regrow a finger which
was lost in a bomb attack in Iraq.
Army Sgt. Shiloh Harris’ doctors
applied a special powder to what
was left of his finger. The surgery
is part of a major medical study
pursued by the Pentagon and
several top medical facilities into
“regenerative medicine, ” an effort
to help people regrow missing
body parts.—www.cnn.com
(5/27/08)
Cosmic Rays Could
Damage Computers
Supercomputers of the future may
be in danger from cosmic rays,
Intel says, and the manufacturer
of computer processors wants to
do something about it. A
supercomputer with 10,000 chips
could potentially experience 10 to
20 errors a week because of
cosmic rays entering a chip and
causing interference. As chips get
smaller, the problem will get
bigger. Intel has designed an on-
chip cosmic ray detector to try to
cope with the cosmic ray particles
which originate in space.—bbc.co.
uk (4/8/08)
China Now Has
Most Internet Users
China has surpassed the United
States to become the nation with
the most Internet users. More
than 250 million Chinese are
online despite government
controls on Web use. The figure
represents an increase of 56%
from a year ago but still accounts
for only 19.1% of the Chinese
public, leaving more room for
rapid growth. The U.S. has an
estimated 223.1 million Internet
users.—Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel (7/26/08)
Something Good
About Dirty hair
It is not a good excuse for
avoiding showering or bathing,
but dirty skin and hair do have an
advantage—they help to reduce
the dangerous pollutant ozone. A
study at the U. of Missouri found
that dirty hair, generally loaded
with skin oil, consumed seven
times more ozone than did clean
hair. On the other hand, the same
chemical reactions that reduce
ozone also create by-products
such as the respiratory irritants
formaldehyde and 4-oxopentanal.
—Discover (July, 2008)
Record Number of Births
A record number of babies were
born last year in the United
States, around 4,315,000, about
15,000 more than the peak of the
baby boom in 1957, says the
National Center for Health
Statistics. However, this doesn’t
mean a new baby boom is
underway. There were far fewer
women of child-bearing age in the
1950s.—(Racine) Journal Times
(7/18/08)
Baby Offered on EBay
A baby boy in Germany has been
returned to his parents after they
had jokingly offered to sell him on
eBay. Authorities had removed
him because they suspected
possible child trafficking but now
agree it was just a joke gone
awry. No bids were received in
the two and a half hours the ad
was online before it was taken
down.—Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel (7/4/08)
About Dirty hair
It is not a good excuse for
avoiding showering or bathing,
but dirty skin and hair do have an
advantage—they help to reduce
the dangerous pollutant ozone. A
study at the U. of Missouri found
that dirty hair, generally loaded
with skin oil, consumed seven
times more ozone than did clean
hair. On the other hand, the same
chemical reactions that reduce
ozone also create by-products
such as the respiratory irritants
formaldehyde and 4-oxopentanal.
—Discover (July, 2008)
Record Number of Births
A record number of babies were
born last year in the United
States, around 4,315,000, about
15,000 more than the peak of the
baby boom in 1957, says the
National Center for Health
Statistics. However, this doesn’t
mean a new baby boom is
underway. There were far fewer
women of child-bearing age in the
1950s.—(Racine) Journal Times
(7/18/08)
Baby Offered on EBay
A baby boy in Germany has been
returned to his parents after they
had jokingly offered to sell him on
eBay. Authorities had removed
him because they suspected
possible child trafficking but now
agree it was just a joke gone
awry. No bids were received in
the two and a half hours the ad
was online before it was taken
down.—Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel (7/4/08)
Man Loses Weight by
Eating at McDonalds
A Virginia man lost about 80
pounds in six months by eating
nearly every meal at McDonalds.
However, his food choices
consisted mostly of salads, wraps
and apple dippers without the
caramel sauce, not Big Macs,
French fries or chocolate shakes.
Chris Coleson weighed 278
pounds in December, but the 5-
foot-8 man now weighs 199
pounds. He said he chose
McDonald’s because it was
convenient.—Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel (6/21/08)
Red Wine Can
Counteract Fatty Food
Israeli scientists have discovered
that healthful chemicals in red
wine known as polyphenols can
counteract harmful substances
released during the digestion of
fat in meat. The red wine not only
helped prevent the production of
the substances but also their
absorption. Other research has
shown that polyphenols, which are
also found in fruits and
vegetables, are associated with
lower rates of cancer and heart
disease.—Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel (7/9/08)
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