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Benjamin Nugent, author of the book American Nerd, on the likelihood that Barack Obama will be banned from emailing to protect his privacy (Associated Press, 17 November)
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Mark Meekan of the Australian Institute of Marine Science reflects on the lengths he has had to go to in order to glean clues into the life of the little-understood ocean giants (BBC Online, 17 November)
鈥淧eople are dying, people are suffering and many people are living on a knife-edge of despair, waiting for a phone call that never comes.鈥�
The UK鈥檚 chief medical officer Liam Donaldson condemns a government review鈥檚 recommendation that explicit consent should continue to be required before organs from a dead body can be used for transplant (Telegraph.co.uk, 17 November)
鈥淚n my life there have been some things I have known and I don鈥檛 know why. I think there is a lot we don鈥檛 understand about human capability.鈥�
The UK鈥檚 science minister Paul Drayson describes a 鈥渟ixth sense鈥� that he believes helps him predict future events (The Sunday Times, London, 16 November)
鈥淓lephants are incredibly sensitive beasts; their appreciation of noise communication is far beyond our hearing range.鈥�
David Field, director of ZSL London Zoo and ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, on the discovery by Belfast researchers that classical music soothes elephants in captivity (The Guardian, London, 17 November)