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"The Internet," said one senior exec at ABC, "will be the CB radio of the 90s." WIRED

Old people shouldn’t eat health foods, they need all the preservatives they can get. Robert Orben

DREAMING BEYOND DEATH by Rev. Patricia Bulkley, a Hospice Chaplain, and her son Kelly explores the phenomenon that some Hospice patients experience. The book explores a few of the extraordinary dreams many people have in their final days. There are certain themes that emerge: reuniting with deceased loved ones, seeing stopped clocks, going on journies. Accounts of pre death dreams have spanned the centuries and cultures. However, the authors resist the idea that pre death dreams prove the existence of God. NEWSWEEK

Viagra for babies? The drug that put a bounce in the step of 16 million American men has found new life as a therapy for treating pulmonary hypertension.

"From a scientific perspective, it’s not as crazy as it sounds," says Dr. Andrew Atz of the Medical University of South Carolina, who pioneered the use of Viagra for hypersensitive babies. The same chemical messengers Viagra targets to improve blood flow to the penis are present in the heart and lungs. Ibid

Do you want a clone? In the movie "The Island," now in theaters, two clones escape from a secret institution in the near future after discovering their real purpose: to provide spare parts for rich and famous humans who have paid $5 million to be cloned. Kurzweil Newsletter