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Infected Galápagos Penguins Could Get Avian Malaria
By ERICA GIES, The New York Times, August 19, 2008
A parasite has been found in Galápagos penguins, raising fears among researchers that it could lead to avian malaria, a disease that contributed significantly to the 50 percent extinction rate of endemic birds in Hawaii.
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A Quirky Athletic Tape Gets Its Olympic Moment
BY Tara Parker-Pope, The New York Times, August 19, 2008
Watching Olympian Kerri Walsh compete in beach volleyball last week, many viewers were wondering the same thing: what is that black thing on her shoulder?
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Well: Better to Be Fat and Fit Than Skinny and Unfit
By TARA PARKER-POPE, The New York Times, August 19, 2008
Often, a visit to the doctor’s office starts with a weigh-in. But is a person’s weight really a reliable indicator of overall health?
Increasingly, medical research is showing that it isn’t. Despite concerns about an obesity epidemic, there is growing evidence that our obsession about weight as a primary measure of health may be misguided.
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Out of Commission Above Water, but Not Below It
By ERIK OLSEN, The New York Times, August 19, 2008
PENSACOLA, Fla. — For Thom Dietmeyer, a retired naval officer, standing again on the bridge of his old ship was a dream come true, even if he was 70 feet below the surface of the ocean.
“I knew exactly where I was going as soon as I got down there,” he said, recalling the dive, which took place a year ago last May on the wreck of an aircraft carrier called the Oriskany. The U.S.S. Oriskany, known as the Mighty-O, was commissioned in 1950 and served in Korea and Vietnam. The ship was sunk by the Navy in May 2006 under a pilot program to convert decommissioned vessels into artificial reefs. At 44,000 tons, it is by far the largest vessel ever sunk to make a reef.
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By ERICA GIES, The New York Times, August 19, 2008
A parasite has been found in Galápagos penguins, raising fears among researchers that it could lead to avian malaria, a disease that contributed significantly to the 50 percent extinction rate of endemic birds in Hawaii.
( Read More )
A Quirky Athletic Tape Gets Its Olympic Moment
BY Tara Parker-Pope, The New York Times, August 19, 2008
Watching Olympian Kerri Walsh compete in beach volleyball last week, many viewers were wondering the same thing: what is that black thing on her shoulder?
( Read More )
Well: Better to Be Fat and Fit Than Skinny and Unfit
By TARA PARKER-POPE, The New York Times, August 19, 2008
Often, a visit to the doctor’s office starts with a weigh-in. But is a person’s weight really a reliable indicator of overall health?
Increasingly, medical research is showing that it isn’t. Despite concerns about an obesity epidemic, there is growing evidence that our obsession about weight as a primary measure of health may be misguided.
( Read More )
Out of Commission Above Water, but Not Below It
By ERIK OLSEN, The New York Times, August 19, 2008
PENSACOLA, Fla. — For Thom Dietmeyer, a retired naval officer, standing again on the bridge of his old ship was a dream come true, even if he was 70 feet below the surface of the ocean.
“I knew exactly where I was going as soon as I got down there,” he said, recalling the dive, which took place a year ago last May on the wreck of an aircraft carrier called the Oriskany. The U.S.S. Oriskany, known as the Mighty-O, was commissioned in 1950 and served in Korea and Vietnam. The ship was sunk by the Navy in May 2006 under a pilot program to convert decommissioned vessels into artificial reefs. At 44,000 tons, it is by far the largest vessel ever sunk to make a reef.
( Read More )
