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Senior editor at HISTORY, science writer, relocated Mainer. Opinions my own.
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Study Finds Doctors' Neckties Carry Pathogens

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By Amanda Onion Verified
| ABC News Verified
May 25, 2004 -- When your doctor smoothes his tie, leans over, places a stick in your mouth and asks you to say "ah," have you ever found yourself wondering where his tie has been? Steven Nurkin did. The fourth-year medical student at the Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine in Haifa, Israel, got to thinking that with hospital infections affecting 5-10 percent of all admitted patients, it might be interesting to analyze doctors' neckties for disease-causing pathogens.
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Human Din Is Drowning Out Nature's Quiet, Even in Parks

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By Amanda Onion Verified
| How Stuff Works Verified
Advertisement "Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity," naturalist John Muir wrote in 1901. Today, Muir would be dismayed to learn that in a majority of the United States' protected areas, there's no escape from human-made noise pollution.
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September 11: Six Ways Uncertainty Reigned Aboard Air Force One

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By Amanda Onion Verified
| The History Channel Verified
On 9/11, millions of Americans became glued to their televisions, watching in horror as hijacked planes attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. But there was one critical group of people who, for a time, received only snippets of information—and misinformation—as the day unfolded. They were the passengers of Air Force One—including the president of the United States.
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