Wake-Up Call Direct Answers - Column for the week of October 7, 2002 In the first half of May, I went through two remarkable changes. One was physical and the other involved emotional recall. The physical one was what I thought was flu and a heavy dose of it. It was accompanied by a surreal shivering never experienced before or since. The recall was of a family I knew in my school days more than 20 years ago. I imagined them not during the school years, when I knew them, but much earlier. I got images of all three children as handsome creatures having just come into this world. I saw t ... Author: Wayne Mitchell CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE Additional Navigation: Genetics: 1 2 3 4 5 Engineering Diseases Genetic Testing DNA Testing 1 Genomes Gene Therapy 1 RNA 1 Chromosomes Cloning 1 2 3 Misc Stem Cells 1 2

Today's Featured Articles: Credit Traps Snag Consumers Nearly 20 years ago I worked for a small consumer advocacy organization in Washington, DC. Each week we received sacks full of mail from consumers across the country requesting our list of credit cards with low interest rates and no annual fees. If you wanted a low interest rate on a credit card back then, you often had to apply to a bank in Arkansas where interest rates were capped by state law. Those were the good old days. Now, interest rates range from zero percent to a high 39 percent. But it’s tougher to find (and keep) a good credit card than ever before. That’s because there are many n ... Author: Gerri Detweiler CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE THINGS YOU WON'T FIND ON MARS PUBLISHING GUIDELINES: You may freely reprint this article in a print or online magazine, e-zine, or newsletter provided that you leave the byline intact, do not alter the content, and make the blog address, www.quippingqueen.blogspot.com "clickable" in any electronic format. Please send a courtesy copy for my records via email to: quippingqueen@yahoo.com. WORD COUNT: 903 Well, I suppose we should all be "happier than a pig in a poke". Why? This year marks the first time a man-made object has landed on Mars. Let's see, at last count there were at least two charming little robots ... Author: Victoria Elizabeth CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE Want to read more of our articles?  Check out the Archive. Article Archive: Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13