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| Extreme mania |
| Why do some people want their limbs amputated? Robin Marantz Henig investigates |
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the legless man drove up on his own to meet Dr Michael
First for brunch in Brooklyn, it wasn’t just to show
First how independent he could be, despite his disability.
It was to show First that he had finally done it —
had finally managed to get both his legs amputated, even
though they had been perfectly healthy. ... |
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| Nicobar people aren’t Africans |
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ancestors of the Nicobarese arrived on the Andaman
and Nicobar islands as recently as 10,000 years
ago from Southeast Asia. Indian scientists, exploring
the origins of these islanders, have also found
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| Troublemaker hero |
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Philip Morrison, who helped assemble the first atomic
bomb with his own hands, and then campaigned for
the rest of his life against weapons that could
deliver such devastation, died on April 22 ... |
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| Fun in living room |
Personal computers increasingly fill home entertainment
needs. And why not? They are already the repositories
for digital photos, music and video collections.
With an attached TV or radio tuner and digital video
recorder and encoder, they can replace nearly every
entertainment device in the house ... |
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| QED: Sponsored science
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Last week another skeleton tumbled out of the closet of big pharmaceutical corporations when a researcher blew the whistle over ghost-written publications in medical journals. The revelation confirms what medical ethicists have been suspecting for yea
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| Recommended:
Of green grass and azure sky
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NATURE CURE
Richard Mabey
Chatto & Windus; £ 15.99 ... | Read.. |
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Why Corner
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| Why is grapefruit banned by some doctors? |
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The cuppa has long been a favourite; and should the brew
be green, it now brings an extra cheer for men. That is
the finding of the first-ever study in men with risk of
prostate cancer. ... | 
