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...spread through the feces of infected canines. The virus can remain infectious for months, and can be tracked long distances on the soles of shoes or by other means. The disease does not affect humans, but sniffing dogs can pick up the virus by ingesting less than one-thousandth of a gram of fecal material. Five to ten days after exposure, the dogs may become listless, then vomit and develop bloody diarrhea; they also lose their appetite. If the animal becomes dehydrated, it may die unless treated...
...word that neutrinos may not be so simple after all. Returning to the same nuclear facility in South Carolina where he had performed his detection feat, he found that the erstwhile ghosts do indeed seem to have substance. Not much even on the nuclear scale, perhaps only one ten-thousandth of the mass of the electron, but big enough to stir the world of physics. If his results are right, they may help explain the sun's puzzling behavior and perhaps hint at the universe's ultimate fate...