2008 Woodie Awards
"Always think outside of the box, but never think outside of the Constitution," former Attorney General John Ashcroft told a friendly crowd of about 300 on Wednesday night at Missouri State University. His remark summarized the speech for the entire night: the United States must improve its techniques to prevent terrorism but also must use caution not to breech civil liberties.
Baby chicken regrows missing wing! Rats regenerate heart muscles after heart attack! The blind see! Are these headlines from the Weekly World News? Hardly. These feats are actually happening thanks to modern biomedical science. Researchers are working to adapt the first two for human use.