Hambach Forest race tests archaeologists with miners
Archeologists in Hambach Forest near Cologne and Aachen race with coal miners to save thousands of relics unearthed over two decades. They study 4500 to 4000 B.C. cultures, Roman glassmaking sites, ancient roads, and fortifications while giant excavators threaten to expose 2.4 billion tons of brown coal.
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Roon Lewald Hambach
West Germany
Rhineland
Hambach
Cologne
Aachen
Manfred Rech
Rhineland Museum
Bonn - Cologne
Rech
Ruhr
Scandinavia
Russia
Belgium
Europe
Nicotine found in breasts of women smokers
UCSF researchers report nicotine and its byproduct cotinine accumulate in the breast fluid of smoking women, suggesting other cigarette carcinogens may follow. The finding, published in Science, notes no current link to higher breast cancer rates but warns that exposure could influence future research on cancer causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of California At
San Francisco
Nicholas L. Petrakis
Petrakis
UCSF
Science
American Association For the Advancement of Science
U.S. Public Health Service
National Cancer Institute
Carter library groundwork in Georgia under way
Atlanta and Georgia towns explore hosting a Jimmy Carter presidential library as White House officials encourage a quick decision. Lipshutz notes interest in Atlanta Americus and Plains with private funding to acquire land and construct the library while Carter remains in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Jimmy Carter
Charles Kirbo
White House
Robert Lipshutz
Carter Foundation For Governmental Affairs
Lipshutz
Americus
Plains
National Archives
Ohio park cuts electricity to heat through wood stove
At Madison Lake State Park near London Ohio workers have disabled all electric lights and heating turning to a wood burning stove to warm the office. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources notes 21 state parks heat essential buildings with wood. Workers handwrite correspondence and brew coffee on the stove while delaying tasks that require electric tools.
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London
Ohio
Madison Lake State Park
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Madison Lake Park
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Hambach Forest
Archeologists
Italy
Turkey
Red
Bedburg-Harff
Copley News Service
Preventive Medicine
International Health
Larry D. Gruenke
Neal Castagnoli Jr
Cymerman Craig
Trudy C. Beelen
Carter Library
Seid
Qhardwick
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