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...Caplan's idea doesn't take root? Are we really responsible enough to understand the most intimate secrets of human life? We're just going to have to wait and see - an uncomfortable prospect, but perhaps exactly what we deserve. After all, now that the champagne has been drunk and the congratulations exchanged, it's a bit late in the game to be overcome by a fit of reflection...
...technology--if he can get it without loosening his grip on power. There may be other motives. China has been pressuring Kim to open up--mostly out of fear that North Korean intransigence could lead to a bigger U.S. presence in Asia. In Washington, U.S. officials say the root of Kim's shift may be that the Dear Leader has realized there's no future in being a rogue. It's a message Kim seems to have absorbed. The smiling fellow who waved his South Korean partner goodbye at week's end was already looking less like a wacko...
...cause of tumors in the kidney and elsewhere along the urinary tract among patients in Belgium who took it as part of a weight-loss program. The highly toxic herb is likely to be present in a host of botanicals, including Dutchman's pipe, guan mu ton, heart snake root and birthwort. The FDA plans to seize any substance with Aristolochia that turns up at U.S. ports...
Despite our inherent love of conflict, it's tough for most Americans to root for a group that launches its protest by chanting "Rats have Rights!" But that's exactly what the folks over at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are planning to do outside the CBS studios during Dan Rather's evening news broadcast Friday night...
...that matter, to recall long-ago happenings. Alzheimer's, moreover, is one of the hottest areas of scientific research. Already scientists have identified some of the genes involved in the growth of the nerve-cell-killing plaques in the brain that are widely suspected to be at the root of the disease. These discoveries make it quite likely that we'll start seeing the first effective therapies for Alzheimer's in the next few years...