Edgewood High School, El Corral, 1999, World Beat 7

Description:	SDA announcesa 25-millisecondblast of 270-degree steamapplied to meat kills 99.99percent of the bacteria.This process followsthe unpopular methodof irradiation.O Paleontologists in Argentina discover thousands ofshards of fossilized dinosaur eggs. Several shardscontain the fossilized remains of unhatchedembryos and their never-before-seen embryo skin.CO© 1998 PhotoDisc.IncI \The Electronic Structureof Atoms3.1 The Nature Of Light AndEmission Spectra3.2 The Bohr Model Of TheAtom3.3 The Wave Model Of TheAtomC Chemistry professorClaude Yoder co-authorsInteractive Chemistry,a CD-ROM that usesanimation to leadstudents throughchemistry problems,eliminating the needfor a textbook.iPhoto courtesy of the authors (C. Yoder, 0. Retterer, M. Thomsen and K. Hess)C The FDA withholdsmedical approval ofSt. Johns Wort, thepopular herbalsupplement widelybelieved to relievedepression. However,American consumerdemand has led toits use in everythingfrom lipstick topotato chips.AP Photo/American Museum of Natural History; L. MeekerResearchers discover a gene that may causethe aggressive behavior of killer bees.This knowledge may help tame Africanbees, whose sting has deterred beekeepersfrom tending hives.NaturaLife,St Johns WortStandardized ExtractI300 mg at .3% Hypericin.Alan Shepard,the first Americanin space, dies onJuly 22 at theage of 74.FlashResearchers reveal anew technique thatdetermines the sexof a baby beforeconception. Thistechnique uses a laserdetector that measuresthe DNA in sperm cells.On August 12, the $1 billion Titan 4 rocket explodes 42 seconds afterliftoff. The rocket payload included a highly classified DefenseDepartment satellite.Astronomers discover and photograph aplanet outside our solar system that isabout 450 light years away from Earth.Alabama hairdresser Philip McCorydiscovers that human hair soaks up oilfrom water, which prompts NASA toinvestigate ways to use human hair toclean oil spills.In August, renowned Houston heartsurgeon Dr. Denton Cooley performsopen-heart surgery which is broadcastlive on the Americas Health NetworkInternet web site.David Scott, who lost his left hand in afireworks accident, receives the firstU.S. human hand transplant in January1999. Scott has regained limited motionin his donor hand.
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