Monday, February 23, 2009

Good News From Mary Feb. 22, 2009

Brit Couple Saved After 40 Days Lost At Sea

A British couple have been saved from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean by an Italian tanker after spending 40 days lost at sea.

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More hospitals focus on mind-body connection

Popping a pill can cut your cholesterol. But did the doctor also prescribe cutting the stress that's eroding your immune system? Or teach you how to exercise without worsening painful joints?

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Lifeline for endangered albatross

The outlook for endangered seabirds looks better thanks to a scheme that reduces the numbers accidentally killed by the fishing industry.

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Hello, goodbye: Rare, little green comet streaking past Earth

Tonight, skies permitting, a greenish, "two-tail" comet that likely contains ice and dust from the beginnings of the solar system will offer a celestial spectacle on its first — and only — fly-by of our Earth.

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Strange fish has a see-through head

A bizarre deep-water fish called the barreleye has a transparent head and tubular eyes. Since the fish's discovery in 1939, biologists have known the eyes were very good at collecting light. But their shape seemed to leave the fish with tunnel vision.

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