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...northwestern slope, although scientists were unable to confirm the sightings, saying the flow could have been a mixture of hot gas and ash. Though Redoubt had quieted down by week's end, experts cautioned that another violent outburst was possible as soon as sufficient energy has built up within the core...
...Within a month the books started arriving -- by the thousands. Soon Lansky was spending most of his time -- most of the next five years, in fact -- behind the wheel of borrowed or rented vans, collecting books from elderly donors who were too frail to pack and mail their books. Lansky no longer does the driving; a network of nearly 100 volunteers around the U.S. and Canada now handle most of the collecting. "We always expect the deluge to slow down," says Lansky. "Yet we're still getting 600 or 700 volumes a week." Late last year he visited half...
Around the edges, though, Antarctica is more than just an icebox. On the Antarctic Peninsula, which reaches like a finger to within 965 km (600 miles) of South America, the temperature has risen as high as 15 degrees C (59 degrees F). The peninsula is home to the continent's only two species of flowering land plants, a grass and a pearlwort. Off the coast is one of the world's most productive marine ecosystems. Antarctica supports 35 species of penguins and other birds, six varieties of seals, twelve kinds of whale and nearly 200 types of fish...
...effort represents the first stage of a two-part program to mark Harvard facilities with Braille signs, said Celia M. Kent of the Physical Resources Office. Kent said her office has ordered custom name plates for the main entrances to Yard classrooms and dormitories, and will install them within the next few months...
...Given the recent developments in molecular biology, the tools are at hand or within reach to help us understand some of the fundamental mechanisms that parasites use to fool the immune system of the host," said Ted Hearne, a spokesperson for the MacArthur Foundation...