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Ones that got away - December 03, 2008

“They would be expected to sleep better because their internal clock is on the right time.”
Elizabeth Klerman comments on her research that shows jet lag might be treatable with a drug that mimics melatonin (LA Times).

“I texted him and he texted back step-by-step instructions.”
Surgeon David Nott explains how a colleague talked him through a risky amputation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Guardian).

“The citadel [overlooks] an abyss that, we think, ancient inhabitants used as viewing-point and where they could see possible enemies.”
Benedicto Perez Goicochea reports discovering a pre-Inca citadel in Peru (Andina, mirror in English).

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