Saturday, November 7, 1998
Diva of alternative rock thanks India
Alanis Morissette did not have to fight for onions or stand in line to buy salt in India. But the angry young woman and contemporary rage of rock music found enough salvation in the favourite haunt of hip celebrities to eulogise and thank India in a song that is soaring to the top of the charts and promises to become a runaway hit in the United States and across the world.
Cell therapy to treat Parkinson's disease
Two teams of US researchers have successfully cultivated, for the first time in a laboratory, human cells that could someday be used to grow from scratch, anything from heart muscle to brain tissue.
Comfortably Numb
Are we drugged? Are we under a spell? Are we so fatalistic that we expect the Gods and the stars to determine our lives? Or is life such a burden that we don't care when we put it down?
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