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...Parallel Earth, Resources Negligible, is a planet whose residents arrived from Earth many generations before and have reverted to a medieval lifestyle, losing their knowledge and understanding of advances such as computers. Fire-breathing dragons flourish on the planet, genetically engineered by the first settlers of Pern to combat the dreaded Thread--a corrosive substance that threatens Pernese existence every 200 years...
...weapon against Staphylococcus is cause for concern. "It would become very serious, because there are not many other antibiotics that could be active against the organism," he said. Sapico added, however, that new medications under development in the U.S. and Europe offer hope of a new way to combat new Staphylococcus strains into the next century...
...Faculty Council discussed the proposal on Wednesday and its members support it. There is wide consensus built by weeks of personal communications among the Faculty that the current proposal will combat the Core's largest flaws, and the Faculty usually follows council recommendations...
...speaking of competitors are always violent. He'll say, 'This is the quarter we put a knife in their chest,' or, 'The life will be choked out of them.' The metaphors don't come from chess, and they don't come from the Bible. He sees this as personal combat...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: A report that malfunctioning control systems have switched some missiles into "combat mode" on several occasions is raising new worries about the safety of Russia's rapidly deteriorating nuclear arsenal. According to the Washington Times, a CIA report says Russian Defense Minister Igor Rodionov warned Russian government officials in February and March that the country's nuclear control equipment will soon collapse without much-needed funding for repairs and upgrades. While the study rates the risk of an accidental nuclear attack as low under "normal circumstances," even one accidental launch could prove deadly. Although Russian missile technically...