ShortTakes.* FIRST FRENCH FEET Unexplored for more than 20,000 years, an ancient cave in southern France Southern France (or the South of France), colloquially known as Le Midi, is a loosely defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Gironde, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea, Italy, and Switzerland south of the now reveals the oldest footprints ever found in Europe. Scientists suspect the 21-cm (8-in) long fossilized fos·sil·ize v. fos·sil·ized, fos·sil·iz·ing, fos·sil·iz·es v.tr. 1. To convert into a fossil. 2. To make outmoded or inflexible with time; antiquate. v.intr. prints were made by a 9-year-old boy. * NANO-BOMBS Chemists from the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. are testing a new weapon against germ warfare--microscopic oil droplets that blow up deadly viruses and bacteria! The oil dissolves microbes' cell walls, causing them to explode. * VEGGIE DESSERT Two Purdue University students have invented the first vegetarian gelatin gelatin or animal jelly, foodstuff obtained from connective tissue (found in hoofs, bones, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage) of vertebrate animals by the action of boiling water or dilute acid. dessert, called "NuSoy Gel" Regular gelatin contains collagen, a protein found in animal skin and bones. NuSoy Gel is made from water, sugar, soy, and seaweed. |
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