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Butterfliesand birds aremissing from some areas and turning up in others?and now thesame thing is happening with lobsters. There are fewerlobsters than there used to be everywhere along the EastCoast except Maine, where there are more lobsters than everbefore. Scientists are trying to discover why this ishappening.

Jeff Donn writes that some researchers think overfishing isthe problem, but that doesn’t account for the huge lobstercatches in Maine. The same is true for diseases, pollutants,and predators?why would Maine be exempt?

The answer could be global warming, which is warming thesouthern waters where lobsters can be found. Maine, being sofar north, is still cold enough for them to livecomfortably, so they are thriving there.
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The mummy of King Cheops (also known as Khufu) is supposedto be inside the Great Pyramid, but it’s never been foundand it’s been assumed it was stolen by grave robbers, alongwith the gold and jewels entombed with it. But now, 4,500years after the pyramid was completed, Khufu’s burialchamber may have been found?but we’ll probably never get tosee it.

Laura Spinney writes in The Guardian that usingarchitectural analysis and ground-penetrating radar, amateurFrench Egyptologists Gilles Dormion and Jean-Yves Verd’hurthave discovered a previously unknown corridor inside thepyramid that they think leads to Khufu’s burial chamber. Ifthis room exists, it hasn’t been opened since the mummy wasplaced there, meaning everything Khufu was buried withremains intact.
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Those of you who are following the summer of ThePath will be glad to know that Whitley’s new Path talk hasjust been posted on our website. Anyone can listen byclicking “Dreamland” on our masthead and scrolling down tothe bottom. In case you need to catch up, subscribers canstill hear the first three Path talks. So grab yourtarotcards and listen!

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A killer strain of flu, like the kind that wiped outmillions of people in 1918, hasn’t struck again yet, butscientists are already planning for it. Health experts saywe may have to close schools, restrict travel and rationmedicine if a powerful new flu strain breaks out worldwide.

Lauran Neergaard writes that it will take months to create avaccine that works against this kind of superflu, soquarantine will be the weapon that is used before anythingelse. Flu specialists say it’s only a matter of time beforeanother superflu strain shows up. Dr. Julie Gerberding, headof the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says,”We’re all holding our breath.”
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