Because my face and nose were covered, they wanted to make sure I wasn't going to pass out from this very air-tight mask. Whenever you're operating on someone for infectious disease, there's a real threat that you yourself can get infected -- surgeons, nurses and observers. The most difficult and delicate part of this procedure was actually trying to separate the diseased part of the lung, the right upper lobe, from the blood vessels that provide blood flow and from parts of the airway...

Back on dry land, he converts them into monoprints, such as "Flowered Sea Urchin With Jeweled Moray Eel" and "Mexican Octopus," big works on paper whose rich oil colors--in pink, purple and ocher--are rolled on with brayers, printed and intensified with pastel. The book artist/photographer, one of Tucson's more avant-garde artists, started singing the Glass piece that enumerates the numbers from one to eight. Later, like a kid checking on what the tide had done to her sand castle, she...

Bigelow will help manage living marine resources in more than 100,000 square miles of ocean including Georges Bank, one of the worlds most productive fishing grounds, said retired Navy Vice Admiral Conrad C. The ship was named in honor of the founding director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a pioneering ocean researcher whose extensive investigations are recognized as the foundation of modern oceanography. Bigelow was the first NOAA ship to be named through a ship-naming...

We find a place overlooking the harbor and the scallops arrive sizzling, succulent and reasonably priced -- even though the Canadian dollar has almost pulled even with the U. After clearing customs, we want nothing more than dinner and a hotel before heading the next day to Wolfville, where we have booked a vacation home online. The 2 -hour crossing is on The Cat, a clean, spacious, well-run line where if the wonders of the North Atlantic are insufficient, there are movies, hot food, a...

Tehran - Iran has arrested the crew on three Emirati boats it has seized for illegal entry and fishing in its territorial waters in the Gulf, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday. Britain insisted they had been engaged in anti-smuggling operations in Iraqi waters. The men were released after five days. On May 1, the United Arab Emirates arrested 12 Iranian divers who were working on a sunken ship 18 nautical miles off the disputed Abu Musa island in Gulf waters in...

Congress should ensure sharing of firearm data Post Comment (July 16, 2007) The gun-rights lobby in Washington did the right thing this year when it supported tougher measures pushing states to share mental-health data so they are available to sellers when screening potential buyers. Congress should ensure sharing of firearm data Post Comment (July 16, 2007) The gun-rights lobby in Washington did the right thing this year when it supported tougher measures pushing states to share...