"Yahoo! News" of the Day!

First of all... 3 million Muslims join mass prayer in Bangladesh seeking peace - USATODAY.com

Can't wait to see 3 million Christians do the same! :-)

Next, yesterday was a big newsday for global warming!

• Virgin's Branson offers $25 mln global warming prize
• Pelosi: Expect House global-warming bill by July
• 'Doomsday vault' to resist global warming effects
• Exxon Says Action Needed Now to Combat Global Warming
• China says global warming in hands of wealthy nations
• Inuit accuse US of destroying their way of life with global warming
• Researchers Examining Effects of Global Warming in Antarctica
• Dutch May Build Offshore Breaker Islands in Response to Global Warming
• Dutch scientist says software can cut car fuel use
• FOX News Poll: Most Americans Believe in Global Warming

And, last but not least,

• U.S. companies prepare for bird flu pandemic
• Poll shows Arabs dislike Bush (surprise, eh?)
• and (horrors!) Students use chat lingo in class

For Jackie... finally, the end of civilization as we know it? :-)

"U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern world, report says"

CNN.com - U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern world, report says - May 9, 2006

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FYI: Evolution & Avian Flu... "A Battle of time, luck and science"

Battle of time, luck and science - Sunday Times - Times Online: "Professor Colin Blakemore on the likely course of the outbreak...

Anyone doubtful about Darwin should do a little homework on flu. There is no intelligent design in a virus - only the mindless force of natural selection.

Darwin realised that random errors in reproduction will automatically ensure successive generations become adapted to their environments. Viruses are the speeded up version of evolution - the whole process is happening before our eyes. " (more)

"Health without wealth possible"

What do you think about this?

Aljazeera.Net - Health without wealth possible

The latest email newsletter from "Doctors Without Borders"

Doctors Without Borders just happens to be the charity that I decided to go with last year for Tsunami relief. They do great things!

Here's their email newsletter for March, which includes the latest about heat-resistant AIDS drugs for Africa...

Avian flu

Here is a link to an article on the avian flu from the New York Times. It a dissent from the view that the H5 virus will cause a pandemic.

Apparently the link doesn't show up if you click on "view blog" only on the screen that appears when you first sign in a click on The Capstone. If I can't figure this out and you're really curious I guess you could just check out the science section of www.nytimes.com.