Edgewood High School, El Corral, 1996, World Beat 6

Description:	ifet «Wubbo De Jong/Het Parool from SygmaAs the result of an improperlycleaned test tube at a fertilityclinic, a woman in the Netherlandsgives birth to twin boys, each froma different father.A stunning photograph from the Hubble Space Telescope captures amoment in the birth of a star in the Eagle Nebula, 7,000 light yearsfrom Earth. Light from the young stars nuclear furnace lifts toweringpillars of hydrogen gas and interstellar dust.Dr. Jeffrey Fried. Gamma/LiaisonIn March, the Federal DrugAdministration approves a chicken-pox vaccine. Rarely fatal,chicken-pox affects 3.7 millionAmericans annually.Archaeologists discover a3,000-year-old tomb in Maythat is believed to hold theremains of 52 sons ofRamses II, Pharaoh of Egypt.Researchers announce thatthey have isolated a gene inmice linked to obesity. Micewith a mutated OB gene areinjected with the hormoneleptin, resulting in dramaticweight loss. The public istantalized at the prospect ofleptin as a slimming treatmentfor use in humans./The worlds first test-tube gorillais born at the Cincinnati Zoo inOctober as part of an effort tosave the western lowland gorilla,an endangered species thatnumbers fewer than 450 animals.Fossils of a jawbone (left) andleg bone (right) found in Kenyain August reveal a previouslyunknown species of uprighthominid that lived four millionyears ago, pushing theemergence of bipedalism backhalf a million years. Walkingupright is a key adaptation thatseparates humans from apes.Media attention focuses onmelatonin, a naturally occurringhormone used to induce sleepand slow the effects of aging.Lauded as a wonder drug, akilogram of synthetic melatoninsells for as much as $10,000.In a procedure known as tissueengineering, scientists grow ahuman ear under the skin of alaboratory mouse. Researchershope the procedure will play animportant role in the future oftransplant surgery.As a protective measure againstcounterfeiting in the era of digitalpublishing, the TreasuryDepartment redesigns U.S.currency bills, to be issued overthe next five years, starting early1996 with the new $100 bill.
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