Spring Break
On the morning of Dec. 26, 2004 at 07:58:53 a.m. local time (12:58:53 am GMT) at 3.3 degrees north and 95.8 degrees east, the Eurasian plate suddenly sprung up resulting in a massive earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter Scale. The Indonesian island of Sumatra, along with most of Indonesia, sits on the Eurasian continental plate.
Exercise is essential for good health, and drinking water to replace fluid lost through sweat is important, or dehydration will occur - common sense. But how much water is too much? Recently, a new health concern has come to light -- hyponatremia, or over-hydration.
A $12 million grant has been granted to the Drexel University College of Medicine's Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease for research of viral diseases. Directed by Brian Wigdahl, who is also the Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the institution coordinates work between researchers at DUCOM, as well as those in the College of Arts and Science, the School of Biomedical Engineering, and the Drexel Institute for Biotechnology and Virology Research, which investigates hepatitis B and C.
Early in December 2004, the suspicions of many sports fans around the country were confirmed; the owner of the hallowed single season home run record and seven-time Major League Baseball MVP, Barry Bonds, has been using steroids. Bonds testified in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) grand jury trial in December 2003, saying he received "the cream" and "the clear" from his personal trainer.
Humans have been trying to avoid its trademark fever and nausea for hundreds of years. Every year 500 million people are infected with malaria; close to one million of those people die. In Africa, this disease reeks havoc, killing many and hurting development in many children.
At first glance, there is no phenomenon creepier than crop circles - huge geometric designs that appear in fields overnight without explanation, cause, or reason. According to UFO enthusiasts, hundreds of thousands of these things have appeared all over the world, and some go so far as to claim that similar designs can be found in the sand at the bottom of the ocean.
As hackers continue to make Windows operating systems look like swiss cheese, Microsoft is taking steps to help its users protect themselves. Recently, Microsoft bought Giant Software Company, which produces anti-spyware software. On Jan. 6, Microsoft made anti-spyware software available for free on its Web site in a launch code-named "Atlanta".
