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August 1998

TECH TALK TUESDAY – Green Nukes

nancy Techie Tues 9-2-97

Who has the bomb? There is no way to be sure. Last month GreenPeace revealed that they nearly bought a nuclear weapon. Are nukes as easy to purchase as a handgun? Almost!

Loose Nukes 

   Last month the environmental group Greenpeace said it tried to obtain a nuclear warhead from a Soviet army officer at the end of the Cold War.

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TECH TALK TUESDAY – Our Cousins In The Sea

nancy Techie Tues 9-2-97

WOW! Did you know how much we have in common with dolphins?
Genetically speaking, we are very close cousins!
Every human chromosome has a corollary chromosome in the dolphin, say scientists. So what?

Unlocking the Genetic Code of Dolphins 
by Mark Evans

   Although one eats fish, has fins and glides effortlessly through the water while the other eats hamburgers, wears Reeboks and drives a car to work every morning, humans and dolphins may have more in common than people think, especially when it comes to genetics.

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